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Professor Lester Spence talked about efforts to take down Confederate statues. He spoke via video link from Baltimore, Maryland.

Panelists talked about the future of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. “Baltimore: The Path Forward” was a panel discussion in the Literary Salon at the 20th annual Baltimore Book Festival…

Lester Spence talked about the racial and economic divide in U.S. inner cities and how urban renewal efforts in the mid-1900s have affected minorities.

Lester Spence talked about his book, Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics, about the influence of hip-hop music on politics. This interview, conducted at Johns Hop…

A panel discussion was held on the life and work of African-American history scholar, Manning Marable, who died on April 1, 2011, days before the publication of his biography of Malcolm X. T…

Panelists talked about the role of African-Americans in presidential politics. They talked about the campaigns of African-American candidates, including Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Shirley C…