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I See Black People

The Rise and Fall of African American-Owned Television and Radio

By Kristal Brent Zook


The recent trend toward media consolidation has silenced the diverse voices that reached minority and marginalized audiences across the airwaves. I See Black People explores the precipitous decline of African-owned stations, and reveals why this failure affects us all.
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How To Steal An Election

The Inside Story of How George Bush's Brother and Fox Network Miscalled the 2000 Election and Changed the Course of History

By David Moore


When Florida Governor Jeb Bush persuaded the Fox Network to call the presidential election for George W. Bush on Election Night 2000, the move triggered other news networks to make the same erroneous call, and Al Gore to concede the election.

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Madame Dread


By Kathie Klarreich


Civil violence, mass slaughter, coups and US intervention: Kathie Klarreich saw all this up close and on a daily basis in Haiti as a reporter for NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, NBC News and Time during the past decade. This compelling chronicle of tumultuous political events is also an intensely personal memoir of her experiences throughout Haiti's turbulent years.

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May 20 | 2 pm Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
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