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GRITtv: An Interview with NAACP's New Chair Roslyn Brock

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Free Speech TV's Herb Boyd sat down with Roslyn Brock, new chair of the NAACP's National Board of Directors to talk healthcare, the challenges facing Black communities in the United States today, and what it means to be the 4th woman and the youngest person yet to hold her vital post.

FSTV News Exclusive: New NAACP Chair Roslyn Brock

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Hours before the NAACP officially announced that Roslyn Brock was the new chair of the National Board of Directors, she sat down with Free Speech TV reporters Herb Boyd and Eddie Harris in her suite at the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan recently for an exclusive interview.  Brock, 44, a vice-president at Bon Secours Health Care, has been affiliated with the NAACP for twenty-five years, beginning in youth leadership and currently the vice-chair of the organization's board, the youngest person and the first black woman to hold the post.  She is set to replace Julian Bond.

GRITtv: Ben Jealous: History from the Bottom Up

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Benjamin Jealous is the youngest-ever head of the NAACP, but he has a long history with the organization -- he is the fifth generation of his family to be involved. Jealous joined us to remember Howard Zinn and to discuss the importance of knowing your own history and the history of the everyday men and women around us, the ones who shaped movements like the Civil Rights movement and continue to press for social justice the world over.

FSTV: Benjamin Jealous on State of the Union Pt. 3

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In the third of a three-part interview, reporter Herb Boyd talks with NAACP head Benjamin Jealous Wednesday night after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech.

FSTV: Benjamin Jealous on State of the Union Pt. 2

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In the second of a three-part interview, reporter Herb Boyd talks with NAACP head Benjamin Jealous Wednesday night after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech.

FSTV: Benjamin Jealous on State of the Union Pt. 1

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In the first of a three-part interview, reporter Herb Boyd talks with NAACP head Benjamin Jealous Wednesday night after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech.

GRITtv: Communities of Color and Climate Change

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Jacqui Patterson, NAACP Climate Justice Initiative director, is in Copenhagen to remind negotiators and activists alike that fighting climate change is part of any social justice platform. This week, on the Climate Justice Initiative Blog, she wrote: "As folks gather and organize, and frustrations mount, the intensity of the voice of the people increases.

GRITtv: Rebuilding New Orleans

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Four years after Hurricane Katrina, the recovery and rebuilding effort has moved slowly. Even with a change of administration and a president who has made a commitment to the region much more needs to be done. According to the Institute for Southern Studies a survey of fifty grassroots leaders gave the Obama administration a grade of D+ on issues of housing, environmental protection, and using stimulus money to rebuild New Orleans.

GRITtv: September 2, 2009

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Four years after Hurricane Katrina the recovery and rebuilding effort has moved slowly. Even with a change of administration and a president who has made a commitment to the region much more needs to be done. According to the Institute for Southern Studies a survey of fifty grassroots leaders gave the Obama administration a grade of D+ on issues of housing, environmental protection, and using stimulus money to rebuild New Orleans.

GRITtv: How's Your Stimulus?

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How's your stimulus? The Obama administration has been getting a lot of flack lately for a so-called jobless recovery. Only about 10 percent of the stimulus money has actually been distributed and some are getting impatient. But those who are keeping an eye on the stimulus money at the state level say that it?s having a real impact and that there's more to come.

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