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APM Reports: The Living Legacy — Black Colleges in the 21st Century
Before the civil rights movement, African Americans were largely barred from white-dominated institutions of higher education. And so Black Americans, and their white supporters, founded their own schools, known as Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In this documentary, we hear first-person testimony from students about why they chose an HBCU; and we travel to an HBCU that’s in the process of reinventing itself wholesale.
APM Reports: The Living Legacy — Black Colleges in the 21st Century
Before the civil rights movement, African Americans were largely barred from white-dominated institutions of higher education. And so Black Americans, and their white supporters, founded their own schools, known as Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In this documentary, we hear first-person testimony from students about why they chose an HBCU; and we travel to an HBCU that’s in the process of reinventing itself wholesale.
APM Reports documentary, Covid on Campus
APM Reports documentary, “Covid on Campus.” Coronavirus disrupts higher education, magnifies inequities and accelerates change.
MIT's Sherry Turkle on technology and empathy during — and after — the pandemic
With the COVID-19 pandemic underway, and a lot more of our lives lived in the digital world, Sherry Turkle was invited by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to share her insights on this world that seems turned upside down.
In his own words: John Lewis on civil rights and his life's work
This hour, we remember Rep. John Lewis by listening to his own words. Lewis spoke at the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival about civil rights, equal justice and his life’s work. He died on Friday, at the age of 80.
A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned in July 1967
A documentary, "A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned," is about the causes and consequences of major violence and fires that broke out in north Minneapolis in July 1967.
Climate One: Will climate change matter in the 2020 election?
From the Commonwealth Club of California’s “Climate One” series: Will climate change matter in the 2020 election?