We speak to the authors, William Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen who published a book that candidly describes their experiences with racial and ethnic attitudes in modern-day America: Love in Black and White - A Memoir of Race, Religion and Romance.
Last week’s trial of Adriaan Vlok, the former South African law and order minister during apartheid, has stirred controversy. There were two groups campaigning outside the courtroom; those who think the former white rulers are literally getting away with murder and those who see this new trial as a political witch hunt. Inside Story asks if there is a real danger of re-opening South Africa’s old wounds.
The 1968 200-metre Olympic gold medal winner, Tommie Smith, talks about that famous Black Power salute that saw him stripped of his medal and thrown out of the US Olympic village.
Last week’s trial of Adriaan Vlok, the former South African law and order minister during apartheid, has stirred controversy. There were two groups campaigning outside the courtroom; those who think the former white rulers are literally getting away with murder and those who see this new trial as a political witch hunt. Inside Story asks if there is a real danger of re-opening South Africa’s old wounds.
Black Gold is a powerful documentary that contrasts the plight of Ethiopian coffee farmers with the multi-billion dollar industry, examining the inequalities of the global market for coffee.