Jim Crow: Then and Now (1603)

Initial Air Date:
Tuesday, January 21, 2003

From "Whites only" counters to racial profiling and predatory lending practices, Another View explores the origins of Jim Crow in the past and takes a hard look at the present where some say Jim Crow continues to exist.

Guests include Princeton University Professor of Religion Cornel West, Rutgers University Professor Clement A. Price and well-known Attorney Johnnie Cochran. A prolific writer and widely cited scholar, West focuses on the area where religious thought, social theory and pragmatic philosophy meet. West's book, Race Matters, influenced a national dialogue on race.
Price is Founder and Director of the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity Culture and the Modern Experience. Johnnie Cochran has been an attorney for over 40 years and has worked on groundbreaking cases in pivotal issues such as civil rights and race relations.

The program will also preview an exciting photographic exhibit by Wendel A. White, Small Towns, Black Lives African American Communities in Southern New Jersey. These photographs document the many Black communities that were formed as a result of segregation. The exhibit will be on display at the Noyes Museum of Art from January 18 through April 27, 2003.