Frontline. [1988-05-10], Racism 101

Authors:David Fanning, Thomas Lennon, Orlando Bagwell, Judy Woodruff (Host), Thomas Lennon Productions, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), Peabody Collection African-American History and Culture Programs, Peabody Collection Women's History and Culture Programs

Summary:" ... examines the disturbing increase in racial incidents and violence on America's college campuses. ... focuses on two campuses: The U. of Michigan and Dartmouth College. Both campuses were caught up in a series of ugly confrontations between black students and white students and, at Dartmouth, between a black professor and white students working on the student newspaper. Through a series of ... interviews ... the documentary exposes a disturbing portrait of racism, bitterness and deep rooted misunderstanding between blakcs [sic] and whites."--1988 Peabody Awards entry form excerpt. Looks at the cause of racial tensions on the two campuses, as well as other race related problems on campuses across the U.S. Michigan's problems began when the university's radio station allowed a caller to tell racial jokes on-air. Students were also upset because of low recruitment of minorities by the university and the decision not to close for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. Problems were settled when Jesse Jackson intervened at the request of students. Dartmouth's problems began when a school newspaper, The Dartmouth review, began to "wage war" on Dartmouth's affirmative action programs and on black students and faculty they believed were not qualified to attend or teach at Dartmouth