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• Report: Black U.S. AIDS rates rival some African nations
• Commentary: Black Americans should be masters of our fate
• Michael Eric Dyson: Me and my brother and black America
• Black man vs. white felon: Who's more likely to get hired?
• Trauma doctor launches innovative program to save young black men
• iReporters: Being black can mean being a suspect
• T.J. Holmes: No, I don't play for the 49ers
• Bishop T.D. Jakes: My son doesn't want to get 'blacker'
• Carl Bernstein: Growing up segregated
• Hip-hop and jazz: Sharing a similar destiny?
• Loop Dreams: Rapper Kanye West battles the high school dropout rate
• Spoken word poet Jon Goode gives voice to black America
• Lou Gossett Jr.: Wasting energy on racism
• AC360.com: Why Soledad O'Brien, Barack Obama and others are black
• Behind the Scenes: Inside San Quentin's University Project
• 'What Black Men Think': Janks Morton's film explores stereotypes in America
• Jami Floyd: Black men we hear about and those we know
• Hip hop is positive influence on young man's education
• Against all odds: School offers hope, opportunity for young men
• Dick Gregory on growing up poor and the struggle to end segregation
• New crop of black activists makes impact in blogosphere
• Bootsy Collins: I love being a brother
• I AM: Marvin Perkins is best kept secret in Mormon church
• I AM: Maurice Ashley is first, only black International Grand Master Chess champ
• CNN HBCU Tour: Students share what it means to be black in America
• iReport.com: Morehouse student wins HBCU student contest
• Radio host Michael Baisden on black radio in America
• Time.com: How black radio found its voice
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Defying the Odds
About the show
CNN Presents: Black in America continues with "The Black Man." Through the personal stories of graduates of the 1968 class of Little Rock Central High School and their sons and grandsons, Soledad O'Brien explores the state of black men in America. O'Brien dispels the myths and examines the disparities between blacks and whites in education, career, economic achievement and the devastating rates of black male incarceration. CNN TV schedule | Full credits

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Community Resources
Be part of the solution. Find organizations and programs designed to address many of the issues discussed in "CNN Presents: Black in America" and "CNN & Essence: Reclaiming the Dream."
For Parents
Use these in-depth research activities and guides to help young people understand the issues facing black America. Want more free educator materials? Go to CNN Student News

• Activities: Overview Questions | The Black Woman & Family | The Black Man | Discussion


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