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Arkansas Week

(5/22) It's primary eve, with most of the action on the GOP side. (Runoffs) There'll be some second primaries, yes, but in many race there'll be no need of November. ('14) Already the action's underway for the next cycle... (Center) ... but where to find the old main stream? Arkansas Week aired Friday, May 18, 2012 8:00 pm Learn More

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Barnes and... A Conversation with Melissa Harris-Perry

Steve sits down with Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry, one of the speakers of the "Bless The Mic" lecture series hosted by Philander Smith College. Dr. Harris-Perry is host of her new weekend program, "Melissa Harris-Perry" on MSNBC. She has authored two books, most recently "Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America", and her first book "Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought". In addition, she is a columnist for The Nation, a magazine, and a Political Science professor at Tulane University where she is the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South. The interview took place in the Kendall Center at Philander Smith College. During the interview they talked about the stereotypes of women referring to her most recent book, "President Obama and Black America, post racialism, and Election 2012". Here is a link to her site. http://melissaharrisperry.com/ Barnes and... A Conversation with Melissa Harris-Perry aired Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:30 pm Learn More

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Barnes and....: A Conversation with Kenneth C. Barnes

Steve Barnes visits with Kenneth C. Barnes, a professor of history at the University of Central Arkansas to discuss his book "Journey of Hope: The Back-to-Africa Movement in Arkansas in the Late 1800s". Kenneth Barnes explains why a number of African Americans from rural Arkansas, particularly Conway County, emigrated to Liberia between 1879 to 1899. He also shares accounts of his visit to Monrovia, Liberia in 1998 where he interviews descendants of the emigrants. Here is a link about the book, Barnes and....: A Conversation with Kenneth C. Barnes aired Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:30 pm Learn More

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Barnes and....: A Conversation with Abigail Disney

Steve Barnes talks with filmmaker, philanthropist and scholar Abigail Disney, producer of "Pray the Devil Back to Hell", to discuss her film that premiered on PBS in October 2011. The film tells the story of how a group of women in Liberia banded together in the midst of a civil war to demand peace for their country. Barnes and....: A Conversation with Abigail Disney aired Thursday, May 3, 2012 6:30 pm Learn More

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