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Civilization's Firstborn
The discovery of the 3.3 million-year-old fossil of a Dikika infant is a major development in the study of human evolution. Evolutionary biologist Dr. Joseph Graves, author of “The Race Myth: Why We ...
Episode 3001, Aired in 2007
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Were Angolans The First African Americans
How much do we know about the first Africans to settle in the English colony of Jamestown in 1619? Recently discovered artifacts suggest that the true origin of the first African Americans is Angola....
Episode 3002, Aired in 2007
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Pearl An Underground Railroad
The 54-ton schooner named the Pearl sailed into the history books on April 15, 1848 when 77 enslaved Americans attempted an escape to freedom. Mary Kay Ricks, author of “Escape on the Pearl: The Heroi...
Episode 3003, Aired in 2007
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A $40 Million Slave?
"William C. Rhoden, New York Times’ sports columnist and author of “Forty Million Dollar Slaves,” discusses the evolution of exploitation in athletics.
Episode 3004, Aired in 2007
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The Black KKK First Lady
In a mixture of fact and fiction, writer Charlene Porter, author of “Boldfaced Lies,” examines the social concept of race, the KKK and the cultural phenomenon called “passing.”
Episode 3005, Aired in 2007
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Woman Gifted And Black
Educator Dr. Diann Jordan, author of “Sisters in Science: Conversations with Black Women Scientists on Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science,” gives a historical and contemporary examination of ...
Episode 3007, Aired in 2007
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An American Wake Up Call
Can the present middle class maintain its own indebtedness and remain competitive in a knowledge-worker labor force and sustain the American economy as the world’s leader? Guest James Carr, a senior v...
Episode 3009, Aired in 2007
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The New Black Leaders With An Accent
The increasing number of Blacks at the nation’s major universities may be Black, but they are also Black people who are immigrants from Africa, the West Indies and Latin America. The largest minority ...
Episode 3010, Aired in 2007
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Who Does Illegal Immigration Hurt?
Educator and immigration specialist Dr. Frank Morris examines the affect of immigrant policy on the African-American community and the position of the Black leadership on this issue.
Episode 3011, Aired in 2007
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The First State To Apologize For Slavery
As the first colony to own slaves, Virginia became the first state to apologize to African-Americans for slavery. Virginia State Sen. Henry L. Marsh III and Delegate Donald McEachin talk about this hi...
Episode 3013, Aired in 2007
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