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Thursday, October 06, 2011

Remembrances

Derrick Bell, Influential Legal Scholar, Dies At 80

Derrick Bell, the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School, died of cancer Wednesday. He is seen here in 2002.

October 6, 2011 Bell was the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School. He championed the idea that racism was ordinary, not exceptional, in American life. He died Wednesday in New York of carcinoid cancer.

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Paying Homage To Black History Heroes

A Clever Hero: Slave Revolt Leader Charles Deslondes

This portrait depicts the Louisiana slave revolt in 1811 led by Charles Deslondes.

February 11, 2011 In 1811, more than 200 slaves revolted against plantations along the Mississippi River near New Orleans. White planters formed militias to quash what became known as the German Coast Uprising. Two white men and almost half of the rebels were killed. One of the leaders of the revolt was Charles Deslondes. Guy Raz, host of NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, pays tribute to Deslondes.

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Monkey See

Favorite Books Of 2010: Guy Raz On The Terror Of 'Freedom'

The cover of Freedom

December 10, 2010 Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz reads two books a week for the show. Of the 104 books he read last year, Jonathan Franzen's Freedom "stands alone."

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Commentary

'Nazis': A Word With Deep And Brutal Meaning

November 21, 2010 This past week, Fox News president Roger Ailes referred to NPR executives as "Nazis." As Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz writes, it's a word that pains the hundreds of thousands who are still struggling with the legacy of World War II.

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