- -: Going Out with a Bang: The Death of a Massive Star
March 29, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/07/Wonderfest_2010_The_Lives_of_Stars_with_Ken_Croswell Ken Croswell, author of The Lives of Stars, describes what happens to a massive star at the end of its life cycle. ----- This program was recorded at the 12th Annual Wonderfest, the San Francisco ...
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- -: Star Trek's Biggest Fan? Nichelle Nichols Remembers MLK, Jr.
April 13, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/92y_arts_entertainment Actress Nichelle Nichols, who played the role of Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek series, recalls a surprise visit from her biggest fan: Martin Luther King, Jr. Nichols describes how Dr. King approached her as she ...
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- -: Racial Profiling After 9/11
May 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/03/Racial_Profiling_in_a_Post-Racial_America Legal scholar Paul Butler examines four primary attitudes on racial profiling in post-9/11 America. Butler argues that proponents of racial profiling underestimate the costs of the practice, while overestimati...
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- -: Cornel West: Courage is Contagious
May 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/12/Marables_Malcolm_X_A_Life_of_Reinvention Author Cornel West discusses how to ignite a movement toward change by echoing the spirit of courage embraced by activists like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. "The crisis in this empire is going to come,"...
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- -: The Hacker Wars: A Threat to Open Networks?
July 6, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/nextwork_conference_2011 Panelists Paul Sagan, Pradeep Sindhu, and Tim Wu discuss the implications of recent security breaches caused by various hacker groups. "On the state level we moved from this fear of nuclear war," says Sagan, "to the fear of cyber ...
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- -: Is Capital Punishment Color Blind?
October 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011 Danalynn Recer, founder and executive director of the Gulf Region Advocacy Center, discusses accusations that race affects sentencing in death penalty cases. She suggests that while the prosecutors may not intentionally take r...
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- -: President Reagan: Speech to the NAACP, June 29, 1981
March 23, 2011 (about 13 years ago)This is a shortened, edited version of the full speech. For more presidential speeches and transcripts, please visit http://www.millercenter.org/president The University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs is a leading public policy institution that serves as a national meeting place w...
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Jason Styles: Gentrification
July 12, 1991 (almost 33 years ago)Jason "Furious" Styles - Laurence Fishbourne - makes a street lecture on how gentrification happens in the black community in the 1991 crime film, Boyz n the Hood.
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Malcolm X: I Charge the White Man
November 18, 1992 (over 31 years ago)In the beginning of the film "Malcolm X," Denzel Washington delivers a speech as the renowned minister Malcolm X about the charges he presses on the White Man for depriving the black citizens of freedom and democracy.
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Matt Drayton: Two People Who Fell In Love
December 12, 1967 (over 56 years ago)Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) gives his blessing to the soon-to-be couple but also gives them encouragement on the obstacles their unlikely marriage may face in the drama film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
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