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GRITtv: Hasan Kwame Jeffries: Bloody Lowndes

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The symbol of the black panther was an export from Alabama. That's right. It didn't come from the streets of Oakland but from the struggle for freedom in the rural south. That is just one of the remarkable stories in Hasan Kwame Jeffries' new book, Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama?s Black Belt. A professor of history at Ohio State University, Jeffries discusses the legacy of the African-American struggle for freedom and the roots of the civil rights movement, which he traces back to the moment of emancipation.

Gay USA: Sept. 8 2009

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The fight to defeat a referendum in Maine for same-sex marriage leads this week's news. "Gay USA," hosted by Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, offers comprehensive weekly news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community.

Gay USA: Sept. 2 2009

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In the news, a look back at the life of Sen. Ted Kennedy and his relationship with the gay community. "Gay USA," hosted by Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, offers comprehensive weekly news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community.

Gay USA: Aug. 25 2009

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The Lutheran Church opened up its ministry to gays, as long as they remain monogamous, which brings up some interesting questions. "Gay USA," hosted by Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, offers comprehensive weekly news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community.

The Long Walk to Freedom

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"The Long Walk to Freedom" documents how 12 ordinary people from different racial and economic backgrounds came to accomplish extraordinary deeds which changed the face of the nation during the Civil Rights Movement to protest racial inequality, segregation and discrimination in the 1960s. The film demonstrates that the struggle of civil rights, justice and equality is indeed a "long walk" - an ongoing challenge requiring the participation of successive generations. And it shows how ordinary people can get involved in social change.

GRITtv: Got Docs? Blair Doroshwalther's 'The Fire This Time'

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In the last few weeks, we've looked at both the fortieth anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, sparking the modern gay liberation movement, and the NAACP's centennial, marking a hundred years as one of the central civil rights organizations of the Afro-American struggle for equality. Every week on GRITtv, we look at an up-and -coming documentary and this week's film is square in the intersection of those two struggles.

Gay USA: Cleve Jones on the National Equality March

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As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion this weekend, our guest this week is Cleve Jones, one of the lead organizers of the National Equality March set for October 11. Jones explains how he came to support another LGBT march on Washington and what he hopes to accomplish. "Gay USA," hosted by Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, offers comprehensive weekly news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community.

Gay USA: Turmoil in NY, Washington and California

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The New York State Senate is now back in the hands of Republicans due to two Democratic defections, but the fate of the LGBT and AIDS agendas are up in the air, including a late-breaking story that out gay Sen. Tom Duane is in negotiations with the new Republican-led caucus about bringing the marriage equality bill to the floor. "Gay USA," hosted by Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, offers comprehensive weekly news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community.

SourceCode: First Nation Rights

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Most Americans know the story of the Trail of Tears; settlers in the New World felt they had more right to the land than the people who were in fact here first. It seems that this attitude has not quite vanished when it comes to Native American land and resources. SourceCode visits the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah where nuclear waste dumping has caused one Goshute member to stand up for preservation of their land. Meet a hero for the cause of Indian land rights, Eloise Cobell.

Gay USA: The Olson-Boies Lawsuit For Marriage Equality

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Demonstrations across the country protest the California Supreme Court decision upholding Prop 8. We'll explain more about the implications of the ruling and the debate over whether to put an initiative on the ballot to overturn it in 2010. The New York State marriage equality bill is in the home stretch. Sen. Tom Duane, the chief sponsor, says it will pass. "Gay USA," hosted by Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, offers comprehensive weekly news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community.

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