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"Black America Since MLK" Panel Discussion (2016)
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Robyn Merrick hosts a preview screening and panel discussion on the PBS miniseries "Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise" at Southern University in Baton Rouge on November 9, 2016. Paula Hartley Clayton, the president of the La Capitale Chapter of The Links, Inc., and Beth Courtney, the president and CEO of Louisiana Public Broadcasting, address the crowd before the preview screening. Following the screening, Merrick leads a discussion with the following panelists: Dr. Donald Andrews, the Dean of the College of Business at Southern University; Michael "A.V." Mitchell, of MetroMorphosis and the Urban Congress of African American Males; State Senator Regina Barrow; Dr. Albert Samuels, the chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Political Science at Southern University; and Zana Harris, the student government president at Southern University. They discuss: what they would say to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. about the past fifty years; President Barack Obama's impact as the first African American president; President Obama's impact on higher education and historically black colleges and universities; what it means to be black in America today; the wealth and achievement gap…
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Robyn Merrick, Paula Hartley Clayton, Beth Courtney, Donald Andrews, Michael A.V. Mitchell, Regina Barrow, Albert Samuels, Zana Harris, Southern University, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, The Links Inc., MetroMorphosis, Urban Congress of African American Males, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 2016 United States presidential election, wealth gap, racial integration
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