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June 20, 2008
As many Americans celebrate "Juneteenth," a special day of recognition commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL examines racial inequality in America through the prisms of the legacy of slavery and the current socio-economic landscape. Historical and cultural sociologist Orlando Patterson and Glenn C. Loury, an economist and expert on race and social division offer their perspectives in this ground breaking electoral year.
Orlando Patterson
Orlando Patterson, a historical and cultural sociologist, is John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. His academic interests include the culture and practice of freedom; the comparative study of slavery and ethno-racial relations; the sociology of underdevelopment with special reference to the Caribbean; and the problems of gender and familial relations in the black societies of the Americas. He is especially interested in the ways that cultural processes relate to poverty and other social outcomes.
 Professor Patterson is the author of, among others, SLAVERY AND SOCIAL DEATH (1982); FREEDOM IN THE MAKING OF WESTERN CULTURE (1991); and THE ORDEAL OF INTEGRATION (1997) A public intellectual, Professor Patterson was, for eight years, Special Advisor for Social Policy and Development to Prime Minister Michael Manley of Jamaica. He was a founding member of Cultural Survival, one of the leading advocacy groups for the rights of indigenous peoples, and was for several years a board member of Freedom House, a major civic organization for the promotion of freedom and democracy around the world. The author of three novels, he has published widely in journals of opinion and the national press, especially the NEW YORK TIMES, where he was recently a guest columnist for several weeks.
Glenn C. Loury
Glenn C. Loury is the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and
Professor of Economics at Brown University. Professor Loury is a distinguished academic economist who has contributed to a
variety of areas in applied microeconomic theory: welfare economics, game theory,
industrial organization, natural resource economics, and the economics of income
distribution.
In addition to this scholarly work, Professor Loury is also a prominent social critic
and public intellectual. His over 200 essays and reviews on racial inequality and social
policy have appeared in dozens of influential journals of public affairs in the U.S. and
abroad. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, was for
many years a contributing editor at THE NEW REPUBLIC, and currently serves on the
editorial advisory boards of THE AMERICAN INTEREST.
Professor Loury's books include ONE BY ONE, FROM THE INSIDE OUT: ESSAYS AND
REVIEWS ON RACE AND RESPONSIBILITY IN AMERICA (1995 – winner of the
American Book Award); THE ANATOMY OF RACIAL
INEQUALITY (2002); and, ETHNICITY, SOCIAL MOBILITY AND PUBLIC
POLICY: COMPARING THE US AND THE UK (2005).
Published on June 20, 2008.
Guest photos by Robin Holland
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 Shelby Steele
Bill Moyers talks with Shelby Steele, who has written widely on race in American society and is author of the recent book A BOUND MAN: WHY WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OBAMA AND WHY HE CAN'T WIN.
 Ronald Walters
The director of the African American Leadership Center at the University of Maryland on how race is playing out in the campaign.
 Melissa Harris Lacewell
Princeton's Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the trouble America has talking about race.
 James Cone
With the noose and the lynching tree entering the national discussion in the wake of recent news events, Bill Moyers interviews theologian James Cone about how these powerful images relate to the symbol of the cross and how they signify both tragedy and triumph.
 Christopher Edley and Maria Echaveste
Berkeley law professors, and husband and wife, Christopher Edley and Maria Echaveste on their different choices for the Democratic nominee.
 Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Bill Moyers interviews the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in his first broadcast interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Barack Obama.
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Orlando Patterson
Orlando Patterson's Page, Harvard University
"The Red Phone in Black and White ,"Orlando Patterson, THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 11, 2008.
"Affirmative Action: The Sequel,"Orlando Patterson, THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 2003.
NEW YORK TIMES Topics: Orlando Patterson
ONLINE NEWSHOUR: A Conversation with Orlando Patterson
Glenn C. Loury
Glenn Loury's Page, Brown University
Open Source with Christopher Lydon
"Glenn Loury: The Missing Voice of Jeremiah," listen to an extended interview with Glenn Loury.
"A Nation of Jailers,"Beth Schwartzapfel, BROWN ALUMNI MAGAZINE, May/June 2008
"About Face," Adam Shatz, THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 20, 2002.
PBS THINK TANK: Glenn Loury
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RACE IN AMERICA BILL MOYERS JOURNAL examines racial inequality in America through the prisms of the legacy of slavery and the current socio-economic landscape with perspective from historical and cultural sociologist Orlando Patterson and Glenn C. Loury, an economist and expert on race and social division.
DOUGLAS BLACKMON ON NEOSLAVERY Bill Moyers interviews Douglas Blackmon, the Atlanta bureau chief of the WALL STREET JOURNAL, about his latest book, SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME, which looks at an "age of neoslavery" that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II.
DOCUMENTARY PREVIEW: TRACES OF THE TRADE
Katrina Browne tells the story of her forefathers, the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. Premiering next week on POV on PBS.
MOYERS ON JUNETEENTH
A Bill Moyers essay.
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