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CHAPTER FIVE [00:02.98]READING [00:05.62]Pages 66 and 67 [00:10.34]Fishing with Birds Wang Damin sits on the side of the river cooking a meal, [00:19.38]with a large bird on his head. [00:23.64]The bird is a cormorant,and Damin is a fisherman [00:29.
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The artist Kerry James Marshall has a remarkable history. He was born in Birmingham, Ala., and was a little boy when Martin Luther King Jr. was in jail there. Later, his family moved to Los Angeles not long before the Watts riots.
When the Aldens arrived at breakfast the next morning, Cousin Mary and Grandfather Alden were discussing future plans for Pineapple Place. Well, Mary, Im sorry I couldnt arrange that bank loan on this trip. I know how disappointing that is, Mr. Alden
Black Lives Matter Movement Seeks Reforms to End Police Brutality WASHINGTON The Black Lives Matter movement is renewing calls to end police brutality and is pushing for criminal justice reforms across the United States. The social movement is trying
Dr. Peter Bossman, who was born in Ghana, is starting his work as mayor of Slovenia's coastal town of Piran. Bossman's election earned him the distinction of being Eastern Europe's first black mayor. But he has urged supporters not to view him as the
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And now to the civil rights phrase of this moment - Black Lives Matter. You'll see those words on T-shirts or on yard signs or billboards. It's easy to forget that something that's become such a part of a culture started just a f
Black holes got their name because light can't escape them, beyond a certain radiusthe event horizon. But in 1974 Stephen Hawking proposed that quantum effects at the event horizon might cause black holes to benot completely black. Hawking said that
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 February 2006 A movie to be released later this year will highlight an unsolved murder that horrified Los Angeles nearly 60 years ago. Numerous books have also examin
By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 02 November 2006 watch Black Candidates report Two African American candidates running for the U.S. Senate this year appear to have a chance to win election -- and make history. Democratic Party Congressman Harold Ford
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 23 February 2006 watch Frederick Douglass report Frederick Douglass February is African-American History Month in the United States. It's a time people recall and celeb
By David McAlary Washington 20 March 2007 Black Americans do not live as long as white Americans, but a new study shows that the gap in life expectancy is slowly closing. VOA's David McAlary says the findings explain some of the reasons why. Life exp
By Efam Dovi Accra 28 June 2006 It has been very anxious moments for fans in Ghana as they watched the Black Stars on television lose to Brazil 3 to 0. Ghana was the last African country to be eliminated from the World Cup. Despite the somber mood a
Historic Theater With Black History Roots Reopens in Washington The Howard Theater, a Washington DC landmark, is reborn. The sound of music once again fills the historic venue that was built in 1910 as the largest theater in the world for African Ame
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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: On Tuesday, Wisconsin goes to the polls. And the primary election will be an early test of voter enthusiasm ahead of the November midterms. Democrats in the state are trying to hang onto their Senate seat, take back the gov
By Carolyn Weaver New York City 12 November 2007 A docudrama play from Scotlands new National Theatre, about Scottish soldiers in Iraq, garnered accolades from critics and a sold-out run during its recent tour in New York. Black Watch, by Gregory Bur
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For a third year, an Arkansas town is host to a Hollywood-style film festival started by Gina Davis, the Oscar-winning actress. The Bentonville Film Festival aims to headline creative works by women and filmmakers of color. Opening
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Netflix show Black Mirror has always asked viewers to imagine technology slightly more advanced and more sinister than we have today. Well, this morning Black Mirror dropped an episode that uses a technology most of us haven't
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's new focus on R. Kelly and accusations that he committed sexual abuse now that Surviving R. Kelly, the Lifetime docuseries, has aired. Pop artists, including Lady Gaga and the band Phoenix, have apologized for their collabor