Mixed Race Studies

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  • Episode Six: A More Perfect Union

    Episode Six: A More Perfect Union The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.) Public Broadcasting Service Tuesdays, 2013-10-22 through 2013-11-26, 20:00-21:00 ET From Black Power to Black President By 1968, the Civil Rights movement had achieved stunning victories, in the courts and in the Congress. But would African Americans finally…

  • Breath of Freedom

    Breath of Freedom The Smithsonian Channel Premieres Monday, 2014-02-17 20:00 EST Narrated by Cuba Gooding Jr. They fought to liberate Germany from Nazi rule, as racism reached unfathomable levels. Their fight would continue back home on American soil. This is the story of the one-million-plus African Americans who fought in World War II. Discover their…

  • For me as a young lieutenant, who couldn’t go off the post in Columbus, Georgia, could go off the post anywhere in Germany. It was a breath of freedom.

    “When I first went to Germany in January, 1959, I just finished my training in Columbus, Georgia, at Fort Benning. In Columbus, Georgia it was still segregated. There was discrimination. There was racism. For me as a young lieutenant, who couldn’t go off the post in Columbus, Georgia, could go off the post anywhere in Germany. It…

  • African Americans and the Presidency: The Road to the White House

    “African Americans and the Presidency” explores the long history of African American candidates for President and Vice President, examining the impact of each candidate on the American public, as well as the contribution they all made toward advancing racial equality in America.

  • Color outside the lines

    Color outside the lines Columbia Missourian 2006-06-11 Sara Fernández Cendon The boundaries between traditional racial categories shift as more people identify themselves as multiracial. The term adds another dimension to the complex issue of race in America. Some say Tiger Woods started it all. After winning the Masters Tournament in 1997, the golf star described…