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Central Standard
12:53 pm
Mon December 31, 2012

Panther Baby: A Life Of Rebellion And Reinvention

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*** This is an extended encore presentation of a show originally aired October 1st, 2012 ***

They warned him, “Once you get in, there’s no getting out.”

Journey with us on Monday’s Central Standard for a discussion with former Black Panther Jamal Joseph. We're stepping back in time to the late 1960s and early 1970s, and looking through the eyes of one of the youngest Black Power leaders in New York.

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Central Standard
2:06 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Presidential Policies and Black Entrepreneurship

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Robert Weems, Professor of Business History at Wichita State
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An American president once said that black power is the power that people should have over their own destinies, the power that comes from participation in the political and economic process of society. That president? Richard Nixon.

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Central Standard
2:39 pm
Wed April 18, 2012

The Traveling Trunk Of African American & Latino Inventors

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Students from the Youth Leadership Summit from the Urban League's national conference in Boston last year
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Students from a local community group in Boston peruse the traveling exhibits
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Students from the Exxon Mobile Bernard Harris Summer Camp
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Students from the Youth Leadership Summit from the Urban League's national conference in Boston last year
Carroll G. Lamb, Executive Director of The Institute of Black Invention and Technology
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If you're a young black or latino student plotting your future, do you look up to athletes or entrepreneurs? Entertainers or innovators?

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Central Standard
1:26 pm
Tue February 21, 2012

The Formation Of Freedom Inc.

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While sitting in the UMKC course “The Kansas City Black Experience,” Emiel Cleaver decided to write a paper on KC's first black political group, Freedom Inc.

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Central Standard
1:36 pm
Wed February 8, 2012

Should Black History Month Exist?

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On this Wednesday's Central Standard, a look at a documentary that argues that Black History is American History.

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KC Currents
4:56 pm
Tue January 17, 2012

Preserving The History Of Black Kansas City

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The new home of the Black Archives of Mid America.
Doretha Williams, the new executive director of the Black Archives, stands next to founder Horace Peterson's portrait.
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The Black Archives of Mid-America recently completed renovations on a new exhibit and archive space and also welcomed a new executive director, Doretha Williams. Williams has a doctorate from the University of Kansas in American Studies and hopes to bring the community back to the archives.

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