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(Host Carole Gibson interviews Reverend Floyd Walls, Co-Director of the John Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground Railroad Museum, who discusses the many freed slaves who founded Black towns in Ontario after escaping through The Underground Railroad. Reverend Walls traced his family history back to freed slave John Freeman Walls)

(tape no. 53)

(Duration: 00:27:16)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Dr. Eve Higginbotham, an ophthalmologist at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Shawna Smith, an internist at the University of Michigan, to discuss the state of heatlhcare in Black America.)

(tape no. 54)

(Duration: 00:28:38)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Harlan Hucklebee, news reporter for WJR Radio and former University of Michigan football tailback from 1975-1978 who was 7th for career rushing at U-M with 2,624 yards and is 9th on U-M's all-time rushing attempts with 500 carries. Hucklebee also played professional football in Canada and spent six years with the Green Bay Packers.)

(tape no. 55)

(Duration: 00:29:06)

(Host Lisa Mathis interviews Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair of the Department of Black Studies at California State University and creator of the Kwanzaa holiday.)

(tape no. 56)

(Duration: 00:24:45)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Gloria Naylor, nationally known novelist of "The Women of Brewster Place," "Linden Hills," "Mama Day," and "Bailey's Cafe." Naylor discusses the importance of libraries and the diversity that can be found at the University of Michigan in the library system. Includes interview with Faye Wattleton, past President of Planned Parenthood, reflecting on 20 years since Roe vs. Wade.)

(tape no. 57)

(Duration: 00:25:40)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Christine Z. Oram, Chairperson of the Iraqi-American Humanitarian Delegation, who discusses the condition of Iraqi citizens as a result of the Iraq War.)

(tape no. 58)

(Duration: 00:29:05)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Sonya Sanchez, leading African-American poet, playwright, and author of 12 books, including "Homecoming," "We a Bad People," "Love Poems," and others.Sanchez was invited to speak at the Women of Color Task Force annual career conference.)

(tape no. 59)

(Duration: 00:26:45)

(Host Crystal Jones and guest Dr. Deborah Smith Barney discuss African American book clubs. Dr. Smith is one of the founders of Bookies, a local book club, and has a PhD in English from Michigan State University in the American Studies program. Label on original does not match content: "Another Ann Arbor": "Children First" Program at the Free Press. Guest: Neal Shine, Publisher Detroit Free Press)

(tape no. 60)

(Duration: 00:28:30)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Dr. John Simpson, Superintendent for the Ann Arbor Public Schools and graduate of the University of Michigan with a PhD in Education Administation and Policy.)

(tape no. 61)

(Duration: 00:30:06)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Ted Spencer, the Interim Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan.)

(tape no. 62)

(Duration: 00:29:05)