Kerner Commission 40 Years Later
Professor Roger Wilkins talked about the 40th anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report on the 1967 race riots. He also talked about the state of race relations in the U.S. today, as well…
613 viewsProfessor Roger Wilkins talked about the 40th anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report on the 1967 race riots. He also talked about the state of race relations in the U.S. today, as well…
613 viewsBeverly Daniel Tatum talked about her book, Can We Talk About Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation, published by Beacon Press. She argued that negative stereotyping of…
1,296 viewsProfessor Wilkins talked about his book, Jefferson’s Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism, published by Beacon Press. The book demythologizes the four Virginian…
1,356 viewsProfessor Wilkins talked about the state of race relations in the U.S., the history of the civil rights movement, and the way in which racism has affected politics in the U.S. Following his…
39 viewsJournalists talked about race in America and how journalists have treated the issue of race relations over the years. Among the topics they addressed were media coverage of the civil rights…
95 viewsHistory and American Culture Professor Roger Wilkins talked about the depth and pervasiveness of racism in the United States. He noted that institutional racism often went unrecognized. He…
140 viewsClint Bolick, Vice President of the Institute For Justice, and Professor Roger Wilkins, of George Mason University, discussed race relations in the U.S. and debated the need for affirmative…
62 viewsProfessor Wilkins talked about the book on which he is currently working. It focuses on the views of some the principal founders of U.S. democratic principles, especially their views on…
124 viewsFollowing prepared remarks about race and affirmative action, Former Judge on the U.S Court of Appeals Robert Bork and Roger Wilkins, professor of history at George Mason University,…
95 viewsThe Commission on Civil Rights sponsored a hearing on multiculturalism in American education during its two day series of hearings on rising racial and ethnic tensions in America. Witnesses…
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