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Being Black in Germany
April 25, 2008
Nguvi Kahiha writer, cross-cultural scholar [homepage]

Nguvi Kahiha, child of a black African father and a white German mother, provides insight into the Afro-German identity. He looks at the historical influx of blacks, which started over 400 years ago and shifts focus to the current Afro-German culture. Past African American presence in Germany includes W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Colin Powell, among others.

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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
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.
That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World & How We Can Come Back
Thomas L. Friedman
00:27:01
According to New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman, the U.S. faces four major challenges that threaten to jeopardize the American dream for current and future generations and lessen the U.S.'s standing in the world.
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.
African Meeting House Rededication Ceremony, Boston, Part 1
Beverly Morgan-Welch
00:54:54
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.
Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution
George W. Dent
01:26:00
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), passed by Congress in 1996, defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman.

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