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Jessica Mitford an English born author, investigative journalist, and civil rights activist discusses her book "Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business,". Ms Mitford and Studs discuss her finding that prisoners were used as test subjects for drug trials and other medical research, and slave labor. Ms Mitford's book makes the argument that prisons are a governments means to making money from the prisoners they have punished. They speak about reform needed in the laws and decriminalization of many things and the abolishing of prison altogether. Ms.
James Baldwin discusses his book "Another Country" and his trip to Africa. Mr.Baldwin and Studs speak about his place in social reform and his fight for civil rights for all.
E.R. Braithwaite, Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat discusses his writing and career. The interview opens with Mr. Braithwaite, reading from his book "Reluctant neighbors".
Discussing the book "Biko" with the author Donald Woods.
Discussing the book "The harder we run" with the author William Harris.
Discussing the book "The courting of Marcus DuPree" with the author Willie Morris.
Discussing "Dossier : the Secret Files They Keep on You" and interviewing the author Aryeh Neier.
Discussing the book "Fanny Wright: rebel in America" with the author Celia Morris Eckhardt.
Discussing the book "Any Place But Here" and interviewing the authors Arna Bontemps and Jack Conroy.
Discussing the book "Leadership, love and aggression. As the twig is bent: the psychological factors in the making of four black leaders - Frederick Douglas, W.E.B. Du Bois, Richard Wright and Martin Luther King Jr." with the anthropologist-author Allison Davis.