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Scholar and activist HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. He's Professor of English and Chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard and one of Afro-American studies most visible and controversial proponents. GATES believes that Black studies should be a methodology, not an ideology, and that you don't have to be black to teach African-American literature. He defended the rap group 2 Live Crew in court in Florida testifying that the group was "parodying stereotypes of blacks, following the old African-American tradition of 'signifying,' or humorous put-downs." GATES has a new memoir of his early years, "Colored People," (

2: BECK is a 23 year-old hip/hop folk rocker, who goes by first name only and whose single, "Loser" has become the anthem for the underachievers of Generation X. His music has been described as "triumphantly anti-professional, idiot-savant music in which a heartfelt solo can be provided by kazoo as easily as guitar." BECK was part of the Los Angeles underground, with songs like "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack." BECK's first album, "Mellow Gold," (released on DGC) was recorded at home on four and eight-track recording equipment. BECK's second album, "One Foot in the Grave," is due out June 14. (released independently: Box 7154, Olympia, WA 98507, (206) 786-1594).

Commentator Gayle Pemberton remembers the "Birmingham Bombing", which killed four young girls and galvanized support for the Civil Rights Movement.

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2: Behind the scenes during the golden age of the Broadway musical: SUSAN LOESSER (pronounced "lesser"), daughter of Frank Loesser, composer of the classic songs "Heart and Soul" and "Baby It's Cold Outside". He also wrote the score for "Guys and Dolls" which is now being revived on Broadway. LOESSER's new memoir of her father is "A Most Happy Fella" (Donald I Fine).

2: Journalist and former anchor of the CBS News, WALTER CRONKITE. Thirty years after Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech, CHRONKITE questions whether African-Americans choose to integrate into society or socialize primarily with each other. CRONKITE's newest project "The Faltering Dream," questions whether integration is still a goal or if a "equal but separate" is a more appropriate approach to race relations. In "The Faltering Dream," CRONKITE interviews notable black leaders including Reverend Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee. CRONKITE worked at CBS News for 31 years.

: Linguist GEOFFREY NUNBERG considers the use of language in the business world.REV. 2.: Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the debut album from JULIANNA RAY: "Something Peculiar".

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Lt. Gen. HAROLD MOORE and U.S. News and World Report Senior Writer JOSEPH GALLOWAY. On November 14, 1965 they were together at the site of one of the first and bloodiest major land battle of the Vietnam War, Ia Drang. MOORE was in command of the 1st battalion of the 7th Cavalry, and GALLOWAY, then a UPI reporter, accompanied them. MOORE and GALLOWAY have written a book about their experiences in the Ia Drang valley, "We Were Soldiers Once...And Young."(HarperCollins). (Rebroadcast from 11/11/92).