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THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG Both Parts to Air March 2, 2021 starting at 8:00 p.m.   and explores African American faith communities on the frontlines of hope and change Featuring interviews with Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Bishop Michael Curry, Cornel West, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Rev. Al Sharpton, Yolanda Adams, Rev. William Barber II, BeBe Winans, Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie and more   THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG will...

A New Documentary Seriesfrom Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONGto Air February 16 and 17, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. Two-part series reveals the bro

14 December 2020 - Wits University Almost 10 000 students graduate from Wits in 2020. “You represent hope for a nation, you demonstrate that it is possible to overcome and to achieve, despite the odds. You provide hope for society. You have the ability to heal the divides of our fractured past so that we come together as a country and a collective humanity. You are on the frontlines of creating a global academy of commons, and producing world-class science, technology and innovation to solve ...

Theyd like to highlight for black history month. you wanted to talk about henry lewis gates. >> so, mika, 45 years ago, i was a graduate student at cambridge. one of my klosest friends was a young scholar, skip gates, we called him. he is gone on literally to make mi history. to change the way we think about ancestry and african-american eck appearan experience in america. hes been head of african-american studies at harvard for many years. hes created a tv show and other ways to look at our dna...

Im just listening to jeffrey talk about whats at the core of how the justice department works and the sensibility about not getting involved. do you guys remember back at the beginning of the obama administration when president obama weighed in on an arrest of skip gates, a harvard professor and police officer and they needed to have a beer summit at the white house because the president got involved in something that perhaps he should have stayed out of. >> outrage. >> it was like unbelievable....

Than falsely complaining about the election results. all talk, talk, talk, no action or results. sad. >> personal insults against john lewis are not going to hurt john lewis reputation or standing and the work hes done for many, many year, and by the way, maybe the president should visit atlanta, georgia a thriving new city which just elected a woman mayor a few days ago and not a city "thats falling apart." i would like president trump to sit down with distinguished scholars like skip gates and...

That you can or cannot do this during work hours. no one is trying to take away these players rights to do this. i think the nfl, its an embarrassment that they are supporting disrespecting this country all races who protect and defend this country and every race in this country has had someone die for this country sesk in o serving in our military and its sad. >> mark? >> this is not a question of first amendment. im a little surprised that ben has this position around donald trump weighing in ...

Say the crust of you acting surprised you had slaves. >> i have never heard of my great -- my great, great, great, great grandfather on m >> what have his last name? >> burwell boykin. i have never heard of him before. >> you have no idea? >> the cooper. >> the vanderbilt. >> it was my dads side from mississippi. they fought for the # confederacy and thought they would have owned slaves if they could have. they were sharecroppers. >> never heard that until that moment? >> i had not. >> do you cu...

Second term. first term barack obama we dealt with issues of race but not in the way he did the second term. first term he talked about issues -- well, he was asked by lynn sweet about the issue with skip gates and the police officer in boston and that was a knee-jerk reaction that caused a whole crescendo of police issues for this president and he had to have the beer summit. then later on in the first term we had the trayvon martin issue where he said "that could be me." so we saw issues and i...

300 extra people who are out of work. then watching donald trump, watching erin burnett last night and hearing what this local union official had to say, then has to tweet about it. so again, drawing attention where he doesnt need to draw attention to himself. he should take the win and try to move on. but i suspect thats not going to happen for the next four years. >> eliana, last word? >> for trump, using the power of the bully pulpit now that hes president to personally attack individual amer...