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Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black
June 14, 2013
This week on Basic Black we look at issues in higher education including:
- Affirmative action hangs in the balance at the US Supreme Court - what's at stake?
- What happens when the financial demands of the for-profit college industry intersects the goals African American struggle for education?
- How diverse is the leadership in the halls of the Ivy League?
(Photo: People supporting the University of Texas rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in some college admissions. The case could produce new limits on affirmative action at universities, or roll it back entirely. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black
June 14, 2013
This week on Basic Black we look at issues in higher education including:
- Affirmative action hangs in the balance at the US Supreme Court - what's at stake?
- What happens when the financial demands of the for-profit college industry intersects the goals African American struggle for education?
- How diverse is the leadership in the halls of the Ivy League?
(Photo: People supporting the University of Texas rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in some college admissions. The case could produce new limits on affirmative action at universities, or roll it back entirely. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black
June 14, 2013
This week on Basic Black we look at issues in higher education including:
- Affirmative action hangs in the balance at the US Supreme Court - what's at stake?
- What happens when the financial demands of the for-profit college industry intersects the goals African American struggle for education?
- How diverse is the leadership in the halls of the Ivy League?
(Photo: People supporting the University of Texas rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in some college admissions. The case could produce new limits on affirmative action at universities, or roll it back entirely. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black
June 7, 2013
The folks who make Cheerios thought their commercial highlighted the heart health benefits of their product. All anyone sees is the interracial family consuming the cereal; the virulent racist reaction moves YouTube to shut down the comments section...
Michelle Obama confronts a heckler who interrupted her remarks at a private fundraiser…Twitter erupts on all sides of the issue...
And a challenge to the appointment of a white person to lead the board of Roxbury Community College sparks a debate….?
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black
June 7, 2013
The folks who make Cheerios thought their commercial highlighted the heart health benefits of their product. All anyone sees is the interracial family consuming the cereal; the virulent racist reaction moves YouTube to shut down the comments section...
Michelle Obama confronts a heckler who interrupted her remarks at a private fundraiser…Twitter erupts on all sides of the issue...
And a challenge to the appointment of a white person to lead the board of Roxbury Community College sparks a debate….?
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black
June 7, 2013
The folks who make Cheerios thought their commercial highlighted the heart health benefits of their product. All anyone sees is the interracial family consuming the cereal; the virulent racist reaction moves YouTube to shut down the comments section...
Michelle Obama confronts a heckler who interrupted her remarks at a private fundraiser…Twitter erupts on all sides of the issue...
And a challenge to the appointment of a white person to lead the board of Roxbury Community College sparks a debate….?
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Sarah-Ann Shaw, a lifelong community and civil rights activist, is best known for becoming Boston’s first African American reporter in 1969. She worked for WBZ-TV for more than 30 years, both as a reporter and as host of the public affairs program Mzizi Roots. She also appeared regularly on the WGBH show Say Brother, which eventually became Basic Black.
A native of Roxbury, Massachusetts, she was heavily involved in her community from her childhood. In the late 1950s she was asked to lead the Boston Northern Student Movement, which involved organizing voter education, high school tutoring, and economic housing education. She has long been involved with Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD), which offers job training to the disadvantaged, and Boston Partners in Education, which provides volunteers to the Boston Public Schools. She has served as president of both the Boston Coalition of Black Women and the League of Women for Community Service.
Sarah-Ann Shaw has been recognized with numerous honors, including Lifetime Achievement awards from the National Association of Black Journalists and the ABCD.
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