A history professor theorizes on why many black neighborhoods declined into slums half a century ago. Then, Nelson George growing up in a Brooklyn housing project in the 60’s and 70’s. And, we’ll speak to the directors of new feature film “Sugar,” Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden. Plus our latest Please Explain looks at how we learn to read.
Race & Real Estate
In 1957 Chicago lawyer Mark Satter uncovered a citywide scheme in which African Americans were sold overpriced homes at high interest rates. His daughter, Beryl Slatter is a history professor at Rutgers and argues the phenomenon her father discovered drove many black neighborhoods into slums. Her book is Family ...
Ghetto Life
Writer and filmmaker Nelson George grew up in the Tilden housing project in Brownsville, Brooklyn. That setting plays a large role in his memoir City Kid.
Events:
Nelson George will be speaking and signing books
Monday, April 6, at 6:00pm
HUE-MAN Bookstore
2319 Frederick ...
"Sugar"
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s latest feature film is "Sugar." It’s the story of a 19 year old Dominican baseball pitcher who dreams of making it in the major leagues.
Sugar is opens today, April 3, and is playing at the Angelika, 1st & 62nd, Empire, and Coliseum.
Sugar is opens today, April 3, and is playing at the Angelika, 1st & 62nd, Empire, and Coliseum.
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Please Explain: How We Read
If it comes to you easily, being able to read is easy to take for granted. But reading is an extraordinarily complex process, one that researchers are still working to understand fully. On today's Please Explain we look at the science of reading. Dr. Sally E. Shaywitz and Dr. Bennett ...
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