Affirmative Action

Monday 04/15/1996

Authors Barbara Bergmann and Terry Eastland argue opposing sides of the debate on affirmative action.

Richard Kluger; 'Shtetl'; Affirmative Action
Law, Health, History
Air Date 04/15/1996
The author of "Ashes to Ashes," about the tobacco industry. Documentarian and Holocaust survivors on "Shtetl." Authors debate affirmative action. 53:56
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Books, Society
Air Date 07/13/2015
Ta-Nehisi Coates recollects his experiences with racism growing up in Baltimore in his memoir, "Between the World and Me." 33:31
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Race in America
Society
Air Date 06/26/2000
Editors and writers from The New York Times discuss their six-week series, "How Race is Lived in America." 55:27
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Affirmative Action
Politics, Society
Air Date 03/20/1995
Scholars Patricia Williams, Abigail Thernstrom and Roger Wilkins and columnist Joe Klein debate affirmative action. 32:52
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Brown v. Board of Education
Society, Law, History
Air Date 05/17/1994
Forty years after Brown v. Board of Ed. ended school segregation, lawyers and journalists discuss its impact on society today. 18:46
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