African American Women in Suburbia

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A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College titled African American Women in Suburbia. It consists of a single white DVD with the program title, date and college logo printed on it. Moderated by Professor Maureen Ellis Davis, the program features a panel discussion on African American women in suburbia. It opens with Professor Celeste Finney providing opening remarks before turning the microphone over to interim president Dr. Jose Adames. After his remarks, Professor Finney again returns to the podium and introduces the program's moderator, Professor Maureen Ellis Davis, who in turn introduces the panelists. They include Judge Sandra Ann Robinson, Lynne Harwell Algrant, and Dr. Ursula Parrish Daniels. Some of the topics addressed in the discussion include has the move to the suburbs improved/exasperated the problems African Americans face in terms of race and class; does "double consciousness," as articulated by W.E.B.

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