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Historians Race Relations
  • John D. Weaver discusses his book "The Brownsville Raid"

    Apr. 6, 1971

    Events not recorded in history books is what prompted John D. Weaver to write "The Brownsville Raid: The Story of America's Black Dreyfus Affair". Weaver had heard the story of Black Army soldiers causing a raucous, when they were actually set up. Without even being granted a trial, President Theodore Roosevelt, dismissed those soldiers from the United States Army, Weaver explained.

  • Interviewing St. Clair Drake, author of "Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City."

    May. 10, 1976

    A discussion with sociologist and anthropologist St. Clair Drake at the time of his receiving an honorary award from Roosevelt University on the themes of his convocation address. A fascinating deep-dive into race relations from the Revolution to the Bicentennial, touching on the contradictions, crises, and struggles that led to Black institutions and liberation. Studs plays several excerpts from previous programs with St.

  • Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses race and the magazine "Critical Inquiry"

    Jan. 24, 1986

    As the guest editor of “Critical Inquiry,” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. covered the importance of Black writers and their contributions. Because there is no color blindness is the western world, explained Gates, pointing out that one is a Black writer or a Black doctor is important to society. Gates also covers the issue of race not being solely about Black and white people but rather it has to do with multi-ethnic and multi-cultural people.

  • Edward W. Said

    Edward W. Said discusses Palestine, history of and struggles in the Middle East

    Oct. 1, 1984

    Edward W. Said talks about the importance of language in shifting perceptions of Middle Eastern people, refutes some opinions about Palestine, identities, and overlapping Eastern and Western cultures.

  • Discussing the book "Biko" with the author Donald Woods.

    Donald Woods discusses his book "Biko"

    May. 17, 1978

    Discussing the book "Biko" with the author Donald Woods.

  • Discussing the book "The harder we run" with the author William Harris

    Jan. 21, 1982

    Discussing the book "The harder we run" with the author William Harris.

  • Discussing South Africa with Jennifer Davis, Bill Sutherland and Zola Zembe

    Feb. 27, 1979
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