Emigrationists

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Professor Diana Schaub looks at the views of free blacks (prior to the Civil War and emancipation) who supported emigration of free blacks and freed slaves to Africa or elsewhere away from the U.S. She considers why they believed emigration was the best choice for African Americans.

Adrian Basora on Democratic Transitions

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Adrian Basora, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Director of the Project on Democratic Transitions, offers an in-depth assessment of the political, economic, and social transitions of Central and East European countries 15 years after the fall of communism; and discusses the development of non-democratic countries following 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He examines responses to democracy and looks at attempts to spread democracy.

To listen to this lecture, select "A - Adrian Basora on Democratic Transitions on Radio Times (on NPR-affiliate WHYY), 3/16/2007" under "2007."

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AIDS: 25 Years Later

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NBC's Robert Bazells reports on AIDS, 25 years after the Centers for Disease Control first issued a report on what was then a new mystery illness. Since that day, the virus has infected 65 million people, and killed 25 million.

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My Lai Massacre (Vietnam War)

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Michael Ray narrates a basic overview of the 1967 My Lai Massacre, including the events that led up to the Massacre and those that followed it. The presentation posits ethical questions that events like the Massacre raise.

To listen to this lecture, scroll to and click on "My Lai Massacre (Vietnam War)."

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