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SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which he delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his last speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.
 

Minister Farrakhan interview by Barbara Walters (1994)

Minister Farrakhan interview by Barbara Walters (1994)

Black Paper on White Racism Part 2 (1971)

Continuing its analysis of institutional racism, Black Journal invites Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Dan Watts, and Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) to discuss racism in terms of psychological development, culture and colonialism. Dr. Poussaint, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of the forthcoming book "Why Blacks Kill Blacks," sees white racism as a mental illness. For that reason he questions "whether black people can find themselves and have self-determination or find their cultural self within the confines of American shores."

A Black Paper on White Racism Part 1 (1971)

Black Journal conducts an investigation of institutional racism with the aid of six Black scholars and philosophers in a two-program study entitled "Black Paper on White Racism." The first part surveys racism in the areas of history, education and Christianity. The investigative team includes Reverend Albert Cleage, pastor of the Shrine of the Black Madonna in Detroit; John H. Clarke, an associate professor of African and Afro-American history at Hunter College and author of 11 books including "Harlem USA"; and Preston Wilcox, head of the education workshop of the Congress of African People and president of the educational consultant firm AFRAM Associates.
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Mugabe's Legacy: Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children (Global Documentary) | Real Stories

[BAFTA-Winning Documentary] Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children tells the story of three children trying to survive in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, a country which was once the jewel of Africa but where the infrastructure is now in terminal collapse. Grace, Esther and Obert show us how they not only struggle to put food in their mouths but also desperately seek the money they need to pay next term's school fees.

Great Zimbabwe & The First Cities of Southern Africa // History Documentary

Great Zimbabwe & The First Cities of Southern Africa

15 South Africa—The Dutch Cape Colony

An excellent, and informative series. As a history lover, I find South African history particularly interesting and intriguing.

Burkina Faso: African dolls challenge barbie stereotype |

In Burkina Faso, the creators of African dolls hope that their toys will resonate more with the children of the continent than the typical blue-eyed Barbie dolls. But the uncertain security situation in Burkina Faso means that sales figures are never certain. 

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