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Race and Social Change
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Max Klau
Recent events in America have once again turned the spotlight on the issues of race. Just when we think we are overcoming our racial divide, anothe...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Black Lives Matter protest shapes Ohio ballot
From: George Drake, Jr.
Caption: Black Lives Matter protesters take over city hall in Columbus, OH., Credit: George Drake, Jr.
Black Lives Matter protesters take over a city council meeting to protest against police killings of blacks, and how Ty're King's death overlapped ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Monique W. Morris
Black girls make up for more than one-third of all girls with school related arrests. Yet, they comprise just 16-percent of female students.

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
No One Was Thinking that Cop Has Kids at Home
From: Vivian Chum
Series: A Matter of Black Lives: Mothers and Fathers
Caption: Antonio McKinney
As an African-American and the son of a police officer in Shreveport, LA, Antonio McKinney offers a nuanced view of the relationship between Africa...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2016
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
Just Another Man Trying to Hit My Mama
From: Vivian Chum
Series: A Matter of Black Lives: Mothers and Fathers
Caption: Khiari Benson
Khiari Benson recalls coming to his mother's defense when a police officer attacked her. He was just five years old. "I didn't see the badge. I d...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2016
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Jeff Menzise on race, education and equity
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Dr. Jeff Menzise of Morgan State University's Institute for Urban Research talks with Jason Fuller of Generation Justice about education equity. In...

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 14:28
Part 1 - Hip-hop Artist One Be Lo talks Music, Youth, and Empowerment.
From: Noah Chandler
Series: Imagine 2050 Podcast
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Part 1 of an interview with indie- hip-hop artist, One Be Lo.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
Stubborn Roots
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Department of Education logo
American and South Africa’s schools are similar. Both have fallen short of producing an educational system consistent with its national goals of e...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 14:46
St. Louis blogger helps inner city youth find "on-ramp" to science (long)
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: Danielle Lee has been blogging about science since 2006., Credit: (Alecia Hoyt Photography - www.aleciahoyt.com)
A conversation with science blogger Danielle Lee about the ways she’s using hip hop songs and backyard wildlife to reach out to young people in und...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 09:46
St. Louis blogger helps inner city youth find "on-ramp" to science (short)
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: Danielle Lee has been blogging about science since 2006., Credit: Alecia Hoyt Photography - www.aleciahoyt.com
A conversation with science blogger Danielle Lee about the ways she’s using hip hop songs and backyard wildlife to reach out to young people in und...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:41