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Racial Justice

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Friday, October 13, 2006

The 30 Issues in 30 Days election series continues with issue 15: The state of racial justice in America. What do African-Americans get for their votes? Also: author Salman Rushdie and a look at the nobel peace prize winner.

A Tryst With Destiny

Salman Rushdie, author - speaks about his book Shalimar the Clown and other works

Shalimar the Clown is available for purchase at Amazon.com

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And the Winner is…

Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize Winner for Economics (1998), professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University and author, The Argumentative Indian: Writing on Indian History, Culture and Identity (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux 2005)
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Alex Counts, president and CEO of

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30 Issues:The State of Racial Justice in America: What Do Black Americans Get for Their Votes?

Tavis Smiley, host of The Tavis Smiley Show, which airs Fridays at 9PM and Saturdays and Sundays at 2PM on AM 820 and author, What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America (Doubleday, 2006)
- what he learned about American and himself in ...

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Congressman Major Owens




Congressman Major Owens

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Democrat, 11th District (Brooklyn), discussing racial justice in America on the Brian Lehrer Show.

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John McWhorter




John McWhorter

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Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of "Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America", John McWhorter debates the state ...

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