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(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.)

(tape no. 33)

(Duration: 00:27:36)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Dr. Earl Lewis, Director of the Center for African American Studies at the University of Michigan. Dr. Lewis was part of a University of Michigan delegation that visited seven South African universities to investigate possibilities of establishing exchange opportunities for faculty, staff, and students.)

(tape no. 34)

(Duration: 00:26:56)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Fred McCuiston, President of the Ann Arbor Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and Christina Montague, Washtenaw County Commissioner and Chairperson of the NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACTSO) Committee. Includes interview with Christie Martin, a senior at Huron High School and a member of the ACTSO program.)

(tape no. 35)

(Duration: 00:28:16)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Christina Montague, Washtenaw County Commissioner of District 9. Montague discusses her reasons for joining local government and her duties as a commissioner.)

(tape no. 35)

(Duration: 00:27:30)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Carl Breeding, President of the Michigan State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), about the status of Black Americans in Michigan and the NAACP's agenda in the 1990s.)

(tape no. 36)

(Duration: 00:27:11)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Dr. Willie Hobbs Moore, Senior Quality Associate at Ford Motor Company and selected by Ebony Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Black women in corporate America.)

(tape no. 37)

(Duration: 00:28:10)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Ray Pipkin, historian, scholar, and entrepreneur, who is the President and CEO of Paramidian Enterprises. Pipkin holds seven degrees in the areas of World History, Social Studies, Art, and Art Languages from Bellview College and the University of Michigan.)

(tape no. 38)

(Duration: 00:26:40)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews John Barfield Sr., the General Chairman of the United Negro College Fund of Washtenaw County. The United Negro College Fund started in 1944 and its purpose is to raise 10 percent of the general operating funds for 43 predominately Black colleges throughout the state. Includes interview with Sharon Burge, the Pre-College Program Coordinator for the Minority Engineering Program at the University of Michigan. A second program begins at 00:21:39 partway through an interview with a student named William who won high awards at an International Science Fair.)

(tape no. 39)

(Duration: 00:38:05)

(Host Denise Harvey interviews Larry Fox, a representative of the Homeless Action Committee. They are joined by William Campbell, an unhoused individual who shares his views on being homeless in Ann Arbor.)

(tape no. 40)

(Duration: 00:29:30)

(Host Carole Gibson interviews Winifred Northcross, the first woman and first African American to hold the office of City Clerk in Ann Arbor. Northcross studied English at the University of Michigan prior to becomnig involved with local government. Includes youth segment in which host Scott Sims interviews Vincent York, jazz saxophone musician.)

(tape no. 41)

(Duration: 00:28:39)