Tag: CNN

  • The ‘white’ student who integrated Ole Miss Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-02-05 Allyson Hobbs, Assistant Professor of American History Stanford University (CNN) — When Harry S. Murphy arrived at the University of Mississippi in the fall of 1945, he was nervous. He landed at Ole Miss by way of the Navy’s V-12 program, a wartime…

  • Biracial, and also black Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-02-12 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History University of Michigan (CNN) — My winter 2010 seminar began the way I start every class. I made introductory remarks about themes and requirements for my course on the history of race, law and marriage…

  • Soledad O’Brien Explores Racial and Ethnic Identity in Provocative Black in America CNN Press Room Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-04 Who is Black in America? Debuts Sunday, Dec. 9 at 8:00 p.m. & 11:00p.m. ET & PT U.S. Encore: Sunday, January 27, 2013,  20:00 p.m. ET, 23:00 p.m ET, and Monday, 02:00 ET International Debut on CNN International:…

  • Overseas adoptions rise — for black American children Cable News Network (CNN) 2013-09-17 Sophie Brown Editor’s note: In this series, CNN investigates international adoption, hearing from families, children and key experts on its decline, and whether the trend could — or should — be reversed. (CNN) — Elisa van Meurs grew up with a Polish…

  • What Obama must say to African-American grads CNN Opinion Cable News Network 2013-05-18 Paul Butler, Professor of Law Georgetown University —”My brothers.” That is how President Obama should begin one of the most significant speeches of his presidency: the commencement address at Morehouse College this Sunday. Addressing the historically black all male institution gives Obama…

  • Don Lemon: It only takes one drop Cable News Network (CNN) In America: You define America. What defines you? 2012-01-15 Don Lemon, Anchor CNN Newsroom This piece is part of a three-part series tied to the (1)ne Drop Project. (CNN) – For years, the woman on the left in the photograph below could not be…

  • CNN’s Soledad O’Brien on Her Entrepreneurial TV Future Bloomberg Businessweek 2013-03-07 Soledad O’Brien as told to Diane Brady I never really hesitated about going to Starting Point [which premiered on Jan. 2, 2012]. I thought there was an opportunity to get beyond the platitudes of “Yes, Medicare! No, Medicare!” and actually look at the Congressional Budget…

  • Bengali Harlem: Author documents a lost history of immigration in America In America: You define America. What defines you? Cable News Network (CNN) 2013-02-15 Editor’s note: CNN’s Moni Basu, a Bengali immigrant, was born in Kolkata, India. Moni Basu (CNN) – In the next few weeks, Fatima Shaik, an African-American, Christian woman, will travel “home”…

  • CNN Joins Forces with Soledad O’Brien’s New Production Company Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-02-21 Starfish Media Group Will Produce Specials and Documentaries for CNN   CNN is entering into a production and distribution agreement with critically-acclaimed journalist Soledad O’Brien, whose new production company will produce long-form programming specials for the network it was announced today…

  • Black in America: It’s not just about the color of your skin In America: You define America. What defines you? Cable News Network 2012-12-15 Moni Basu (CNN) – What is black? Race. Culture. Consciousness. History. Heritage.   A shade darker than brown? The opposite of white?   Who is black? In America, being black has…