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Abolitionism and Human Rights in the U.S.
March 7, 2003
Angela Davis professor, UC Santa Cruz [homepage]

Political activist Angela Davis talks about abolitionism and human rights in the United States.

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Generations of Social Justice
Xernona Clayton
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This program invites two individuals, Xerona Clayton who worked with Dr Martin Luther King 50 years ago and today is the president of the foundation that presents the Trumpet Awards, a prestigious award ceremony which recognizes African American accomplishments and is sponsored by the Turner Broadca
African Meeting House Rededication Ceremony, Boston, Part 1
Beverly Morgan-Welch
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The African Meeting House, located in Beacon Hill, Boston, was built in 1806 by skilled African-American craftsmen, and was the center of Boston's African-American community for nearly one hundred years.
John Callahan and Adam Bradley on Ralph Ellison
John Callahan
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Editors John Callahan and Adam Bradley discuss Ralph Ellison's posthumously-published second novel Three Days Before the Shooting.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I
Malik Neal
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CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol
The Freedom Rides
Bernard LaFayette
01:02:00
PBS and the Kennedy Library hosted a Boston screening of American Experience’s “Freedom Riders.” Following the documentary, Bernard Lafayette and others participated in a panel discussion moderated by 89.7 WGBH radio host, Callie Crossley.
Isabel Wilkerson: Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
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Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson discusses her first book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.
Image of Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Author: Angela Y. Davis
Publisher: Intl Pub (1989)
Binding: Paperback, 416 pages
Image of Women, Race, & Class
Author: Angela Y. Davis
Publisher: Vintage (1983)
Binding: Paperback, 288 pages
Image of The Angela Y. Davis Reader (Blackwell Readers)
Author: Angela Y. Davis
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 384 pages
Image of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Author: Angela Y. Davis
Publisher: Vintage (1999)
Binding: Paperback, 464 pages
Image of Women, Culture & Politics
Author: Angela Y. Davis
Publisher: Vintage (1990)
Binding: Paperback, 256 pages
Image of If They Come in the Morning
Author: Angela Davis
Publisher: Okpaku Communications Corp (1991)
Binding: Paperback, pages
Image of Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor
Author: Angela J. Davis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (2009)
Binding: Paperback, 280 pages

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