Politics of Culture

Race and the Black Church in America, Part I

Host:

Ruth Seymour

Produced by:

Sarah Spitz

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Barack Obama's speech was supposed to calm the waters concerning controversial comments by his Pastor, It generated more headlines instead. Ruth Seymour joins Reverend James Lawson, Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy, USC Professor Robin D.G. Kelley for a conversation about race. (Part 1 of 2: Part II will air next week at this time.)

Guests:

James Lawson: Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University
Randall Kennedy: Professor of Law, Harvard University
Robin D.G. Kelley: Professor of American Studies, Ethnicity and History, University of Southern California

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