His Historic Program and event. We just completed a Film Festival showing i am not your negro and our particular guest and keynote speaker spoke about that particular film. Since she is a biographer for James Baldwin. His voice is very significant to detroit. He is a founder of metro times but has had deep experience in terms of launching the black Study Department at wane state university. Herb in many ways is like malcolmx having foots in harlem and detroit. We are very happy to have him and dr. Rita kiki edozie here today. I would like to give you background on dr. Edozie. She is the former director of studies at Michigan University and professor of africanamerican relations and african affairs. She has written seven books. Five in print and two forthcoming and several Journal Articles and book chapters on Research Topics that include the comparative politics and International Relationships of africa, global development, and panafrican and diasper studies. Her recent books, the afri
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Selfdetermination. Host author herb boyd with us on this Independence Day weekend. Professor boyd, what is july 4 me deal . Guest it means the same thing what it meant to Frederick Douglass, you know. While you can have the general celebration and everything, we have a different perspective from the africanamerican community. This was a long history to understand exactly the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and the kind of lack of observers on the other part of the community. What does it mean to people who history of segregation. You have to understand the kind of sensitivity that might be distinct from one community to another. Obviously we Start Talking about this history of this country and the role of africanamericans in terms of providing that celebration, that is a whole another question because we have been in the forefront of the socalled battle for freedom and justice and liberty in this country from day one. From day one going back to the socalled bo