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Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage
March 30, 2007
Phoebe Eng human rights activist

Phoebe Eng relates stories about crossing cultural borders, discipline borders, and borders across generations.

Culture & Identity | Politics & Public Affairs
Activism | Asian | Asian American | Asian Pacific | cross cultural | Culture | Heritage | Human Rights | Identity | Pacific | Asian | Asian American | Pacific Islander
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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I
Malik Neal
00:50:40
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
Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century
James Orbinski
00:59:29
Physician and humanitarian James Orbinski discusses his new book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part II
Hill Harper
01:31:12
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
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.
Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU
Wendy Kaminer
01:19:01
Wendy Kaminer, lawyer, social critic, and former American Civil Liberties Union national board member, joins Peter Kadzis, Executive Editor of The Boston Phoenix and political commentator on FOX25 News, to discuss the virtues of dissent and free speech, and why organizations so often stray
Civil Rights in the Age of Obama: Part I
Roger Wilkins
00:41:27
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and civil rights leader Roger Wilkins reflects on the state of American race relations, the evolution of our electoral politics, and Barack Obama's historic election with journalist Callie Crossley.
Image of Warrior Lessons: An Asian American Woman's Journey into Power
Author: Phoebe Eng
Publisher: Atria (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 384 pages
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