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The Brian Lehrer Show / December 27, 2005

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

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Sharpe James, Meet Barack Obama

For decades, black politicians like Newark’s Sharpe James came out of the civil rights movement and embraced big-government solutions to social ills. But members of the new generation of African-American leaders have more varied biographies and political views. Plus: NYPD spies at protest marches, scantily clad preteens and your calls.
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Big Brother is Not Only Watching, He's Egging You On

Jim Dwyer, New York Times reporter
-on NYPD surveillance of war protesters

» "Police Infiltrate Protests, Videotapes Show" by Jim Dwyer in the New York Times
» Video of N.Y.C. Police Surveillance (New York Times)

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Dr. Patricia Dalton, clinical psychologist,
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» "What's Wrong With This Outfit, Mom?" by Patricia Dalton in the Washington Post

Sharpe James, Meet Barack Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, columnist and author, The Disappearance of Black Leadership (Middle Passage Press, April 2000)
- on the shift in leadership within the African American community

» Earl Hutchinson's webpage, The Hutchinson Report

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