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A Year Later: Black-Owned Businesses And The Pandemic
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Special | 10m 42s | Revisiting four local Black and brown business owners we have spoken with this this year. (10m 42s)
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Special | 26m 46s | Free Speech and Fair Play (26m 46s)
Historical facts and uncomfortable truths
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Special | 26m 46s | We'll explore what happens when an historical fact is an uncomfortable truth. (26m 46s)
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Special | 26m 46s | A Thaw in the Cold War? (26m 46s)
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Special | 26m 46s | Wealth in Black and White... (26m 46s)
Selma and the "fierce urgency of now..."
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Special | 26m 46s | Selma's social justice campaign is on the big screen as current protests demand change. (26m 46s)
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Special | 26m 46s | This week, we consider the changing face and force of future social justice movements. (26m 46s)
Immigration Reform and an Icon Implodes
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Special | 26m 46s | This week on Basic Black: Immigration Reform and an Icon Implodes. (26m 46s)
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Special | 26m 46s | This week on Basic Black: A Hyphenated Life? (26m 46s)
Mayor Menino's Imprint on "The New Boston"
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Special | 26m 46s | Mayor Menino and the imprint he left on Boston's neighborhoods and communities of color. (26m 46s)
Cornel West and Black Prophetic Fire
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Special | 26m 46s | Cornel West sits down for a conversation with Callie Crossley about his new book. (26m 46s)
Voting Matters in Black & White
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Special | 26m 46s | How the candidates for governor are delivering their message to communities of color. (26m 46s)
The Health & Policing of Communities of Color
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Special | 26m 46s | The Health & Policing of Communities of Color (26m 46s)
Politics in black and white... and color
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Special | 26m 46s | Politics in black and white... and color (26m 46s)
Race and Ferguson Beyond The Headlines
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Special | 26m 46s | Basic Black Special: Race and Ferguson Beyond The Headlines (26m 46s)
Basic Black: 50 Years After The Civil Rights Act
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Special | 26m 47s | "We Who Believe In Freedom": 50 Years After The Civil Rights Act and Freedom Summer (26m 47s)
Race and The U.S. Armed Services
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Special | 26m 46s | Victory at Home and Victory Abroad: Race and The U.S. Armed Services (26m 46s)
Brown v. Board and the Return of Segregation?
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Special | 26m 46s | This Week on Basic Black: Brown v. Board and the Return of Segregation? (26m 46s)
Affirmative Action: Not Always Black and White...
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Special | 26m 45s | This Week on Basic Black - Affirmative Action: Not Always Black and White... (26m 45s)
Gentrification Along Racial Fault Lines and Cultural Shifts
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Special | 26m 46s | This week on Basic Black: Gentrification Along Racial Fault Lines and Cultural Shifts (26m 46s)
Brothers and Sisters On The Run
Special | 26m 46s | This Week on Basic Black: Brothers and Sisters On The Run (26m 46s)
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Special | 26m 46s | This Week on Basic Black: Black Power... Then and Now (26m 46s)
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Special | 26m 46s | This Week on Basic Black: Becoming A Black American (26m 46s)
Black History Icons - Respected, Revered, and... Repackaged?
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Special | 26m 46s | This week on Basic Black: Black History Icons - Respected, Revered, and... Repackaged? (26m 46s)
Jordan, Trayvon, and the Consequenses of Implicit Bias
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Special | 26m 47s | This Week On Basic Black: Jordan, Trayvon, and the Consequenses of Implicit Bias (26m 47s)
PTSD: The Lingering Impact of Violence
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Special | 26m 46s | We focus on the public health impact to communities in the wake of gun violence. (26m 46s)
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Special | 26m 47s | Scandal and conviction has resulted in the expulsion of State Rep. Carlos Henriquez (26m 47s)
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Special | 26m 46s | Our panelists discuss the State of the Commonwealth and State of the Union addresses. (26m 46s)
Filmmaker Joe Brewster on American Promise
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Special | 26m 46s | Filmmaker Joe Brewster joins us to talk about the making of his film, American Promise. (26m 46s)
Rap, Race, the First Amendment, and Crime
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Special | 26m 46s | This Week on Basic Black: Rap, Race, the First Amendment, and Crime (26m 46s)
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Special | 26m 46s | This Week on Basic Black: New Political Realities (26m 46s)
Feminism Isn't Black and White
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Special | 26m 46s | Basic Black: Feminism Isn't Black and White (26m 46s)
Nelson Mandela: A Revolutionary Who Preached Reconciliation
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Special | 26m 16s | Nelson Mandela: A Revolutionary Who Preached Reconciliation (26m 16s)
Hollywood And The Slave Narrative
Special | 26m 41s | Can Hollywood ever tell the real story when it turns its lens on African American history? (26m 41s)
Do Political Endorsements Have Any Power?
Special | 26m 40s | Are endorsements of any value beyond the photo op? (26m 40s)
Special | 26m 39s | A focus on contributing factors to childhood obesity in communities of color. (26m 39s)
Not Just The Blues: Race & Mental Illness
Special | 26m 43s | Not Just The Blues: Race and Mental Illness (26m 43s)
Special | 26m 46s | Will the health insurance marketplace become a defining moment of President Obama'slegacy? (26m 46s)
Basic Black: A New Kind Of Politics In Boston?
Special | How will John Connolly and Martin Walsh appeal to a diverse, majority-minority city?
Basic Black: Down to the Wire - The Boston Mayor's Race
Special | 26m 46s | Basic Black opens the season with a candid conversation on the Boston Mayor's race. (26m 46s)
Basic Black: Where We Live and Vote
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Special | 26m 48s | This week on Basic Black: Where We Live and Vote - June 28, 2013 (26m 48s)
Basic Black: Recipes For Racism
Special | This Week on Basic Black: Recipes For Racism - Black Twitter Responds to Paula Deen
Basic Black: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Special | Basic Black: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations.
Basic Black: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Special | This Week on Basic Black: Shifting Racial Fault Lines.
Special | This week, we'll discuss why the stereotype of the "welfare queen" persists.
Basic Black: The Message to Graduates of Color
Special | Basic Black: The Message to Graduates of Color. May 24th, 2013
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