This is a classic lecture from John G. Jackson about his work Christianity Before Christ.
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When Barack Obama says that “we are a nation of laws,” asking that we accept the verdict freeing the killer of Trayvon Martin, much as he did when asking that we accept the verdict that freed the killers of Sean Bell, he is asking us to willingly submit to rules of law that are routinely…
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Legendary Panel On Black Radio History
March 8, 2007 National Public Radio (NPR) hosted a historic but never-to-be-aired panel on the history, politics and contemporary state of Black radio. Panelists included Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs and the late Teshima Walker, and Glen Ford.
Read moreI SEE U, Episode 51: Someday, Will We Ever Be Free?
Many view Juneteenth as a celebration for slaves in Texas who finally received word on June 19, 1865, that they were free. But it took more than two years for that news to reach the ears of those enslaved after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. While it took several more months for slavery to…
Read more10th Anniversary Debate Over Media Reform with Robert McChesney
As a follow up and response to his keynote address on the state of mass media and journalism Robert McChesney sat down this morning with Jared Ball for a discussion of that address. This all was part of the Center for American and World Cultures Robert E. Strippel Memorial at Miami University (OH). McChesney and Ball discussed differences of historical interpretation, societal…
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