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In an event hosted by The HistoryMakers to mark its 20th anniversary, panelists discussed the importance of preserving African American women’s history.

Book TV looked at books about race in America.

New York University Journalism Professor Pamela Newkirk talked about her book, Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business, in which she examined whether diversity progr…

Seven years before Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947, a group of African-American businessmen was hired by Pepsi-Cola Co. in Queens, New York becoming among the first Af…

Pamela Newkirk discusses her book, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, with Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. “Pride and Pr…

Pamela Newkirk talked about her book, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, about the life of Ota Benga, a Congolese dwarf who was featured in an anthropology exhibit during the 1904…

Pamela Newkirk presented the book she edited, Letters from Black America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; February 3, 2009). It is a history of African-American men and women through their person…

Pamela Newkirk talked about the book she edited, Letters from Black America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; February 3, 2009). It is a history of African-American men and women through their per…

A panel discussion was held on independent media voices. Dennis Loy Johnson, the moderator, also talked about issues such as how the book Revolt on Goose Island (Melville House, 2009) evolve…

The panelists talked about their memoirs and autobiographies. Ms. Newkirk is the editor of “A Love No Less.” Ms. Duke is the author of "Mandela, Mobutu, and Me". Ms. Louise is the author of…

Author Pamela Newkirk spoke about her book Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media, published by the New York University Press. The book examines racial stereotypes and their impact…