Lectures tagged "racial discrimination"

Nicole Bacharan on Integration
Nicole Bacharan
April 10, 2009
01:37:55
Nicole Bacharan, historian and political scientist, presents an unbiased comparison and surprising contrasts on how France and the US handle integration. This event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology's Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.
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Time, Talent, Treasure, and Tradition in a Tight Economy
Meizhu Lui
March 14, 2009
00:27:43
Meizhu Lui, director of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative at the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, talks to the Women's Economic Forum at Simmons College about her new book, The Color of Wealth.
Capitol Men: The First Black Congressmen
Philip Dray
February 24, 2009
00:46:02
Philip Dray tells the the epic story of America's reconstruction through the lives of the first black congressmen.
Black Men at Risk: From Plantations to Prisons
Rhonda Wilkins
September 23, 2008
00:37:42
Professor Rhonda Wilkins examines the theory that US prisons have become the modern day plantations for young black men. Her presentation is part of a slavery symposium at Georgia Perimeter College.
Encarta Africana: From Du Bois to John Coltrane
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
February 13, 2003
01:21:42
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses the comprehensive project, Encarta Africana.
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Bayard Rustin: Live Speech on the Freedom Budget
Bayard Rustin
December 11, 1967
00:49:17
Bayard Rustin, a leader of the civil rights movement, proposes the Freedom Budget. In 1941, Rustin helped plan the March on Washington Movement to dramatize to President Franklin Roosevelt, and the nation, the circumstances of African Americans.
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1963 March on Washington: "Blowin' in the Wind" Leaders and Lawmakers
Eugene Carson Blake
August 28, 1963
01:41:08
In 1963, WGBH 89.7 broadcast the entire event as part of the National Educational Radio Network, the precursor to NPR.
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1963 March on Washington: "Whole World in His Hands" Speeches and Spirituals
John Lewis
August 28, 1963
00:41:10
In 1963, WGBH 89.7 broadcast the entire event as part of the National Educational Radio Network, the precursor to NPR.