Black Issues Forum

An Interview with Stanley Nelson

Deborah Holt Noel sits down with Stanley Nelson, filmmaker of "Tell Them We Are Rising".

Deborah Holt Noel, host and producer, UNC-TV Public Media North Carolina's Black Issues Forum

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10 UNC-TV Drive, PO Box 14900
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-4900
919-549-7167 bif@unctv.org

Sundays at 11:30 AM
Encores Mondays at 5 PM

Each week, Black Issues Forum presents a diverse panel of guests discussing such topics as politics, social concerns, health, education, justice, entertainment, technology and public policy.

Black Issues Forum Special Presentation: HBCU Legacy and Leadership

Premiered Monday, February 19, at 9 PM on UNC-TV

Black Issues Forum takes an in-depth look at how North Carolina’s HBCUs have shaped the economic and social landscape of the state. Inspired by acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s documentary Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, HBCUs Legacy & Leadership: A Black Issues Forum Special Presentation continues the film’s conversation with a focus on the significant history and impact of North Carolina’s HBCUs.

Deborah Holt Noel leads this discussion with a distinguished roundtable of NC HBCU leaders and a live audience.

Roundtable guests include:

Dr. Johnson O. Akinleye, chancellor, North Carolina Central University
Dr. James A. Anderson, chancellor, Fayetteville State University
Dr. Dorothy Browne, provost of Bennett College
Dr. Paulette Dillard, president (interim), Shaw University
Dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins Sr., president, Livingstone College
Dr. Elwood L. Robinson, chancellor, Winston-Salem State University
Dr. Everett B. Ward, president, Saint Augustine's University

Participating audience members include:

Andrea Harris, chair, HBCU Roundtables of North Carolina
Dr. Jim Johnson, the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; director, Urban Investment Strategies Center at UNC-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School
Larry Hall, NC Secretary of Veteran Affairs; former NC State House member; NCCU MA and Johnson C. Smith alumnus
Pamela Oxendine, parent and community leader; sent three children to HBCUs; NCCU MPA and Shaw Alumna
Kalvin Wall, Divine 9 member; Financial Secretary for the National Alumni Association at Shaw University; member of the HBCU Leadership Roundtable

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