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(Host Denise Harvey interviews storyteller LaRon Williams about the importance of storytelling in the African culture and the continuing of that tradition in the United States. Williams has a background in sppech, drama, and fine arts, and he graduated from Eastern Michigan University.)

(tape no. 63)

(Duration: 00:27:10)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Colonel Charles S. Bolling Jr., astronaut with the United States Space Program. Also includes an interview with Carole Giss, Miss USA of 1990.)

(tape no. 64)

(Duration: 00:24:40)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Dr. David Burks, a Urologist at the Henry Ford Hospital, and Dr. Theodore Meadows, a Pathologist and Chairman of the Pathology Department at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, to discuss prostate cancer and the Detroit Education and Early Detection (DEED) project. DEED was started at Wayne State University and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital with the aim to screen as many African American males as possible to detect prostrate cancer and hypertension at an early age. Also includes an interview with James Beard, a prostate cancer survivor and volunteer lecturer with the DEED project.)

(tape no. 65)

(Duration: 00:28:41)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Mary Jackson, artist from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and is a renowned artist in the art of sweet grass basket weaving. Jackson explains the history of sweet grass baskets and provides a demonstration. Khari Brown, host of the youth segment, interviews seventh and eighth graders Lemar Thomas, of Clague Middle School, and Kelli Anderson, of Tappan Middle School, about their upcoming trip to Hakone, Japan.)

(tape no. 67)

(Duration: 00:27:41)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Henry Johnson, former Vice President of the University of Michigan and senior consultant for the alumni association. Johnson discusses his experience being adopted and recently discovering his birth family.)

(tape no. 68)

(Duration: 00:28:40)

(Host Crystal Jones interviews Beverly Jenkins, author of the first African American romance novel "Night Song.")

(tape no. 69)

(Duration: 00:27:45)

(Host Crystal Jones interviews a panel of guests about elder health and care. Guests include Kevin Watson, from Human Growth Systems; Ingrid Deininger, an experienced nurse and founder and administrator of Individualized Home Nursing Care, Individualized Hospice, and Individualized Home Care; Becky Czarnick, an experienced critical care nurse and the Clinical Director of Individualized Home Care; Charlene Flagg, social worker with the Turner Clinic at the University of Michigan and a team coordinator for Comprehensive Outreach Program to the Elderly (COPE); and Louis Gould, a registered respiratory therapist from National Respiratory Services.)

(tape no. 70)

(Duration: 0:27:46)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Dr. Lorna Thomas, a dermatologist in Detroit who specializes in the treatment of hair loss in her private practice. Also featuring an interview with Ann Schriber and Gail Barnes, parents of community high school students, who are invovled in a cookbook project called the Ethnic Feasts: A Culinary Journey Around the World. Schriber is the editor and marketer of the cookbook and Barnes is a volunteer. Paul Johnson hosts the youth segment and interviews Ratiera Harrison, Community High School student, and Erica Newman, Huron High School student, about the problem of violence in schools.)

(tape no. 71)

(Duration: 00:29:35)

(Debbie Lewis-Johnson, host of Design Revolution, reviews the most popular and useful design software with Pat Lehman, design expert. The computer software Quark XPress is reviewed.)

(tape no. 72)

(Duration: 00:29:53)

(Host Crystal Jones interviews former astronaut Colonel Jack R. Lousma, one of the originators of the space shuttle program and Ann Arbor resident. Also includes a youth segment with host Paul Johnson, who interviews three eighth grade students from Afro-American Academy, Lemar Thomas, Karla Williams, and Romney Reed, about their essay that won the 1995 Detroit Future City Contest for the Best Essay. The topic of the essay was effictive ways to reduce residential and industrial waste in their city.)

(tape no. 73)

(Duration: 00:29:36)