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(Host Denise Harvey interviews Brenda Flanagan, award-winning author from Trinidad and associate professor of English at Eastern Michigan University, to discuss Flanagan's literary achievements and her West Indian background. Patricia Manley, a representative from the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, discusses the 32nd Annual Ebony Fashion Fair, which features designer fashions from Europe and the United States. Footage of the fashion show is shown during the credit sequence.)

(tape no. 23)

(Duration: 00:26:45)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Robert Fletcher, Korean War Veteran and former Prisoner of War.)

(tape no. 24)

(Duration: 00:26:45)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Dr. Terri Johnson and Sylvia Hood about the adoption of Black children. Johnson and Hood discuss their decisions to pursue adoption and the process for adopting their children.)

(tape no. 25)

(Duration: 00:27:05)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Nancy Francis. Francis was the first Black judge in Washtenaw County, appointed to the probate court on February 12, 1990.)

(tape no. 26)

(Duration: 00:27:51)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews local Jazz Artist Louis Smith, who was a Jazz Trumpeter in the 1960s and former director of the University of Michigan jazz band, and Nicole Wilson, a senior from Ypsilanti High School who won the 100 and 200-meters and the 800 relay at the Class A Track and Field championships at Middleton Stadium.)

(tape no. 27)

(Duration: 00:27:11)

(Host Ron James interviews publicist David Mitchell and Floyd Walls, the first Black firefighter in Washtenaw County and later reverend.)

(tape no. 28)

(Duration: 00:26:51)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Tomi Washington, the Assistant Director of Challenged Inc., to raise awareness of the needs of the physically challenged population.)

(tape no. 29)

(Duration: 00:27:10)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Dr. Charles Wright, physician and founder of the Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan.)

(tape no. 30)

(Duration: 00:26:56)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Dr. Joseph Dulin, Principal of the Ann Arbor Roberto Clemente Development Center, and William Ratcliff, counselor and Director of the Saturday morning Academy for African American students, about the programs available for African American students.)

(tape no. 31)

(Duration: 00:28:25)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews General Motors executive Joseph B. Anderson Jr. about the state of African Americans in Michigan. Anderson graduated from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor's degree in Math and Engineering, and he earned two Master's degrees from the University of California Los Angeles and as a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management program. He commanded troops as an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division and served in two tours in Vietnam.)

(tape no. 32)

(Duration: 00:26:16)