Black Perspectives; Maintaining Our Black Heritage in Ethnically Diverse Society with Robert Hayden
Description:
Marking Black History Month, host Charles Desmond talks with Robert C. Hayden, a scholar of black history and the director of project development at Boston Public Schools. Hayden discusses the life of Carter G. Woodson, founder of Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month; the responsibility of parents, schools, churches, and other organizations to educate youth about black history year-round; impediments to teaching/studying black history, the need for more black history scholarship, particularly to document black people's contributions in science and technology; the impact of the newly-instituted Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, and the Museum of Afro-American History in Boston. Black Perspectives is a public affairs talk show featuring in depth conversations about issues of interest to the African American community.
