This week on Basic Black:  We'll take a look at Senator Scott Brown and the African American community; we'll also discuss the beginning of the Massachusetts gubernatorial race.  Our panelists this week:  Journalist Phillip Martin; Peniel Joseph, professor of history at Tufts University, Rev. Hurmon Hamilton, Roxbury Presbyterian, and Robert Fortes, Jr., former Boston City Council candidate and Scott Brown supporter.
 

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