July 18, 2006

Success for Young Black Men

The Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a forum called “Paths to Success: A Forum on Young African-American Men.” The forum featured Bill Cosby… read more

The Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a forum called “Paths to Success: A Forum on Young African-American Men.” The forum featured Bill Cosby and a panel of national leaders and young people who examined strategies to enable young black men to succeed in America today. The forum also addressed the results of a national survey conducted by The Washington Post, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University. The survey included information on public stereotypes, career aspirations, religious experience, and education. close

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Marcellus Allen President Saving OurSelves
Drew E. Altman President and CEO Kaiser Foundation

Ras Baraka Vice Principal Weequahic High School (Newark, NJ)
Philip Bennett Managing Editor Washington Post
Bill Cosby Entertainer
Ronald V. Dellums Mayor-Elect
James Forman Jr. Associate Professor Georgetown University Law Center
Steven Holmes Deputy Editor Washington Post->National Desk
Donald L. Isaac Executive Director East of the River Clergy-Police-Community Partnership
Joy Angela DeGruy Leary Assistant Professor Portland State University->Graduate School of Social Work
Jachin Leatherman Graduate Ballou Senior High School (Washington, DC)
Joshua Murfree Chairman 100 Black Men of America->National Mentoring Program
Wayne Nesbit Graduate Ballou Senior High School (Washington, DC)
Eleanor Holmes Norton Congressional Delegate [D] District of Columbia
Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Professor Harvard Law School
Alvin F. Poussaint M.D. Professor Harvard University->Psychiatry
Eva R. Rousseau Program Manager Associates for Renewal In Education
Faye Wattleton President Center for the Advancement of Women
James "Loose" C. White III Founding Member Saving OurSelves
Corey Wiggins Co-Founder Executive Edge Investments

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Program ID:: 193476-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Forum
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Aug 19, 2006 | 8:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Aug 28, 2006 | 5:04pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

Airing Details

Aug 19, 2006 | 8:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 19, 2006 | 11:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 20, 2006 | 10:35am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 24, 2006 | 3:32am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Aug 28, 2006 | 5:04pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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