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Basic Black: 2009 Local Elections & Gay Rights vs. Civil Rights Movement
(Broadcast on November 5, 2009) Our first topic will be a discussion of the outcome of Massachusetts history making elections in the cities of Boston, Newton, and Lawrence.
moreBasic Black: 2009 Local Elections & Gay Rights vs. Civil Rights Movement
(Broadcast on November 5, 2009) Our first topic will be a discussion of the outcome of Massachusetts history making elections in the cities of Boston, Newton, and Lawrence.
moreBasic Black ONLINE Exclusive: Gay Rights and the Civil Rights Movement (November 5, 2009)
After the television broadcast, our panelists continued to explore the intersection of the gay rights movement and the modern civil rights movement.
moreBasic Black LIVE: President Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Black Vote
(Originally broadcast May 11, 2012)
President Obama surprised the world yesterday when his stance on same-sex marriage finished "evolving" and he came out in support of it. Will his position hurt or help his chances at re-election? How will it affect his relationship with black clergy? Will it alter his support in the black community?
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Basic Black LIVE: President Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Black Vote
(Originally broadcast May 11, 2012)
President Obama surprised the world yesterday when his stance on same-sex marriage finished "evolving" and he came out in support of it. Will his position hurt or help his chances at re-election? How will it affect his relationship with black clergy? Will it alter his support in the black community?
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Basic Black Live: Looking Ahead to the Second Obama Administration
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Business | Politics
January 25, 2013
President Obama officially began his second term of office on January 20th. In his inaugural address to the nation the following day, his focus was on the strengths and promises of America. In this Basic Black conversation, we explore the challenges, the goals, and the demands for the second Obama administration.
Photo: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to President Barack Obama during the inaugural swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)
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Basic Black Live: Looking Ahead to the Second Obama Administration
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Business | Politics
January 25, 2013
President Obama officially began his second term of office on January 20th. In his inaugural address to the nation the following day, his focus was on the strengths and promises of America. In this Basic Black conversation, we explore the challenges, the goals, and the demands for the second Obama administration.
Photo: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to President Barack Obama during the inaugural swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)
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Basic Black After The Broadcast: Should the President Have a "Black Agenda?"
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Politics
January 25, 2013After the broadcast, the conversation continued with a discussion of whether or not President Obama should have explicitly mentioned a program for progress aimed specifically at African Americans in his second inaugural address.
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Denise Simmons, Mayor of Cambridge, MA
Before the controversial arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Basic Black contributor Talia Whyte sat down for a conversation with Mayor E. Denise Simmons about her thoughts on the gay rights movement. The former city council member is the first openly lesbian African American to serve as mayor of Cambridge. She recently married her long-time partner Mattie Hayes.
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