VCU Department of Africana Studies talks to Nathan Connolly, professor and  author of A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Making of Jim Crow South Florida


Nathan Connolly Interview

"Dr. Rick Kittles is Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He is also director of the Center for Population Genetics. His work is genetics is world famous, existing at the forefront of genetic testing for African Americans. 

In this talk Dr. Kittles riffs about where genetics and the social construction of race converge and diverge, and  what the implications are for the way we practice medicine and conduct research.

Dr. Rick Kittles

Dr. Nico Slate talks to us about his research into the intersections of black civil rights and the Indian struggle for independence. He shows us how Gandhi's "satyagraha" influenced black Americans long before MLK gave his first speech.

Dr. Slate's books are:

Black Power Beyond Borders: The Global Dimensions of the Black Power Movement

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Power-beyond-Borders-Contemporary/dp/1137285060/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1430175395&sr=8-2&keywords=nico+slate

Colored Cosmopolitanism: The Shared Struggle for Freedom in the United States and India 

http://www.amazon.com/Colored-Cosmopolitanism-Shared-Struggle-Freedom/dp/0674059670/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430175395&sr=8-1&keywords=nico+slate

The Prism of Race: W.E.B. Du Bois, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, and the Colored World of Cedric Dover

http://www.amazon.com/Prism-Race-Langston-Robeson-Colored/dp/1137484098/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1430175395&sr=8-3&keywords=nico+slate

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