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  • Soledad O’Brien and three of the interview subjects from her docu discuss the fifth installment of CNN’s Black in America series

    Soledad O’Brien and three of the interview subjects from her docu discuss the fifth installment of CNN’s Black in America series Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-10 Soledad O’Brien, Host The fifth installment of CNN’s Black in America Series focused on the question, “Who is black in America?” That single, seemingly…

  • “Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien” with Dr. Yaba Blay

    “Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien” with Dr. Yaba Blay Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien Cable News Network (CNN) Monday, 2012-12-10, 12:00-14:00Z (07:00-09:00 EST) Soledad O’Brien, Host Dr. Yaba Blay Professor, Scholar and Co-Producer of “Black in America 5” will appear.

  • Why isn’t ‘colorism’ gone?

    Why isn’t ‘colorism’ gone? Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-05 Has “colorism” disappeared? CNN’s Soledad O’Brien asks author and Activist Tim Wise.

  • Soledad O’Brien: Who is black in America? I am

    Soledad O’Brien: Who is black in America? I am Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-07 Editor’s Note: In today’s United States, is being black determined by the color of your skin, by your family, by what society says, or something else? Soledad O’Brien reports “Who Is Black in America?” on CNN at 8 p.m. ET/PT this…

  • Did one-drop rules have a positive side?

    Did one-drop rules have a positive side? Cable News Network (CNN) Black in America: A Soledad O’Brien Report 2012-12-05 Soledad O’Brien, Host   Ethnographer and professor Dr. Yaba Blay explains why she thinks the one-drop rule has a positive side. [Transcription by Steven F. Riley] Soledad O’Brien: Why do so many black people—me included—embrace the “one-drop…

  • Sneak peek at next ‘Black in America’

    Sneak peek at next ‘Black in America’ Cable News Network 2012-11-27 What makes someone black in America? Skin color? History? Culture? Soledad O’Brien reports on Sunday, December 9 at 8pm ET/PT.

  • Parallels to country’s racist past haunt age of Obama

    Parallels to country’s racist past haunt age of Obama Cable News Network In America: You define America. What defines you? 2012-11-01 John Blake, CNN This is the second in an occasional series on issues of race, identity and politics ahead of Election Day, including a look at the optics of politics, a white Southern Democrat…

  • Obama makes history, again

    Obama makes history, again Cable News Network 2012-11-08 Moni Basu, CNN (CNN) — A black man is returning to the White House.   Four years ago, it was a first, the breaking of a racial barrier. Tuesday night, it was history redux.   And more.   In the midst of national splintering and a time…

  • Discovery of first black Harvard grad’s papers leads to as many questions as answers

    The recent discovery of Richard Greener’s papers could fill some of the gaps in his biography.

  • Pain of ‘Trail of Tears’ shared by Blacks as well as Native Americans

    Pain of ‘Trail of Tears’ shared by Blacks as well as Native Americans Cable News Network (CNN) In America: You define America. What defines you? 2012-02-25 Tiya Miles, Professor of American Culture, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Native American Studies University of Michigan Editor’s Note: Tiya Miles is chairwoman of the Department of Afro-American and…