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African Americans and the Environment
April 19, 2007
Valerie Jackson host, Between the Lines [homepage]
Lawrence Blumer professor, biology, Morehouse College [homepage]
Frank Peterman chair, Keeping It Wild [homepage]
John Lewis US Representative, D-GA [homepage]
Jerome Ringo board chairman, National Wildlife Federation [homepage]
Charles Jordan board chairman, The Conservation Fund [homepage]
Nia Robinson director, EJCC Initiative
Gerald Durley reverend, Providence Baptist Church [homepage]
Doria Roberts spoken word artist [homepage]

WABE-Atlanta radio talk show host Valerie Jackson moderates a town hall-style panel discussion on Global Warming and other environmental challenges, featuring national environmental leaders. The event includes a video message from Congressman John Lewis, a letter read from Senator Barack Obama, and a spoken word performance by Doria Roberts.This National African American Earth Day Summit is sponsored by The Keeping It Wild program, which is a series of events to raise public awareness about the importance of Southeastern wild lands. This event honors the contributions of African American conservationists, re-energizes and builds partnerships among diverse communities engaged in natural lands protection in Georgia and the Southeast. Keeping it Wild is a program of The Wilderness Society, a national member group of Earth Share. Keeping it Wild connects people to the land and to each other in order to protect and conserve our wildlands.

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Generations of Social Justice
Xernona Clayton
00:29:24
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
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.
The Road to Justice: Civil Rights and Legal Developments
Fred D. Gray
01:15:00
The United States made enormous progress toward racial justice since World War II. Fred D. Gray, one of the nation’s preeminent civil rights lawyers, analyzes legal developments in this field, drawing on his own leading role in many landmark civil rights cases.
Net Delusion: Dark Side of Internet Freedom
Evgeny Morozov
01:02:00
Amid the euphoria about the power of the Internet and social media, Morozov sounds a note of caution. He reminds us that these tools can also entrench dictators, threaten dissidents, and make it harder—not easier—to promote democracy.
John Callahan and Adam Bradley on Ralph Ellison
John Callahan
00:49:33
Editors John Callahan and Adam Bradley discuss Ralph Ellison's posthumously-published second novel Three Days Before the Shooting.
US Supreme Court and Race
Randall Kennedy
01:07:00
Two Harvard legal scholars discuss the complex and often misunderstood history of how decisions by the United States Supreme Court have affected the legal status of racial minorities in America, and ask if the Supreme Court has been a friend or a foe to African Americans.
Image of Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
Author: John Lewis, Michael D'Orso
Publisher: Mariner Books (1999)
Binding: Paperback, 496 pages

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