Videos

Janet Langhart Cohen spoke about race relations in America and President Obama’s reaction to the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial in which he was acquitted of the murder of T…

Mr. Christie explores the history of the disparaging term “acting white,” from its origin during the Reconstruction era to its current use. He discussed the phrase and its impact with Janet …

In summer 2008, the Cohens conducted a forum on race relations in America with a long list of participants. That forumis encapsulated in their book, which they discussed with civil rights ac…

Douglas Blackmon talked about his book, Slavery by Another Name, which details the age of “neo-slavery” that he asserts took place between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World…

Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and his wife, playwright Janet Langhart Cohen, hosted a conference at the National Press Club on “Race and Reconciliation in Ame…

Sheldon Hackney discussed his book Magnolias Without Moonlight: The American South from Regional Confederacy to National Integration, published by Transaction Publishers. He discussed the po…

Senators Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) and George Allen (R-Viginia) and others spoke to reporters about a proposed resolution apologizing for past Senate inaction on proposed anti-lynching law…