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In 1902, W.E.B. DuBois declared "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." And for ninety-eight years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People existed at the forefront of race and public policy. But some feel the nation's biggest civil rights organization is facing an identity crisis, even as race continues to dominate headlines. We explore the future of the NAACP.
Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Professor, Yale Law School; and Senior Fellow, The Jamestown Project
Gary Flowers, Executive Director, Black Leadership Forum
Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Princeton University; author of "In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America" (Univ. of Chicago Press); and Senior Fellow, The Jamestown Project
To some it's a key sponsor of terrorism, a nation that deserves our scorn rather than our cooperation. To others, Syria is a nation that we ignore at our own peril. Join Kojo for a look at U.S. relations with Syria and the impact of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Damascus.
Joshua Landis, Co-Director of the Center for Peace Studies at the University of Oklahoma; Author of SyriaComment.com blog
Tony Badran, Research Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies; Author, "Across the Bay" blog on Syrian politics
Murhaf Jouejati, Professor of Middle East Studies, Near East/South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University; Adjunct Professor at George Washington University
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