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Series Description From the Series: The television program City Line was a public affairs show with topics centered around Baltimore City’s Black community and had a Black cast and crew. It aired from 1982 through 1989. The show was typically 60 minutes long and was broadcast weekly on Sunday afternoons. Occasionally, there were 90-minute specials, and from 1988-1989, the show was shortened to 30 minutes. Typical programs included a conversation with guests before a live studio audience, a...

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Jaki Hall and B.T. Bentley discuss homophobia and examine its origins, its intensification since the AIDS epidemic, and its painful, often tragic personal effects. Then they talk to Doris Troy about her story being captured in a hit musical. Guests include Carlene Cheetam, Gay and Lesbian Rights Activist; A. Billy S. Jones, from the National Coalition of Black Gays; Doris Troy, from the cast of "Mama I Want To Sing"

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This is the first part of the 90-minute special episode featuring the candidates for the important Black-majority 7th Congressional District seat. Candidates are Augustus Adair, Isaiah Fletcher, Sr., Hazel Judd, Kweisi Mfume, A. Dwight Pettit, Wendell Phillips, and Sandra Stewart.

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This is the second part of the 90-minute special episode featuring the candidates for the important Black-majority 7th Congressional District seat. Candidates are Augustus Adair, Isaiah Fletcher, Sr., Hazel Judd, Kweisi Mfume, A. Dwight Pettit, Wendell Phillips, and Sandra Stewart.

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Jaki Hall and B.T. Bentley discuss atheism in the Black community with Deborah Clark. Tea Montier interviews Felicia Kessel. B.T. Bentley does a special report on William Gray, Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district.

Series Description From the Series: The television program City Line was a public affairs show with topics centered around Baltimore City’s Black community and had a Black cast and crew. It aired from 1982 through 1989. The show was typically 60 minutes long and was broadcast weekly on Sunday afternoons. Occasionally, there were 90-minute specials, and from 1988-1989, the show was shortened to 30 minutes. Typical programs included a conversation with guests before a live studio audience, a...

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Does drug testing violate workers rights and constitutional guarantees? Jaki Hall and B.T. Bentley discuss the issue with Dennis Calahan, Mayor of Annapolis; John Gage, Vice President of American Federation of Federal Government Employees; Stuart Comstock-Gay, from the A.C.L.U.; Howard Silverman, from the State Drug Abuse Agency. Tea Montier interviews Martha Stevenson and David Tazwell Cox III about sickle cell anemia.

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Jaki Hall and B.T. Bentley discuss with guests the causes, both physical and psychological, of impotency, and what help is available for those who suffer. Guests include urologists Dr. Leeroy Hall and Dr. Edward Saunders. Tea Montier interviews Clarence Burns, City Council President.

Series Description From the Series: The television program City Line was a public affairs show with topics centered around Baltimore City’s Black community and had a Black cast and crew. It aired from 1982 through 1989. The show was typically 60 minutes long and was broadcast weekly on Sunday afternoons. Occasionally, there were 90-minute specials, and from 1988-1989, the show was shortened to 30 minutes. Typical programs included a conversation with guests before a live studio audience, a...

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Jaki Hall and B.T. Bentley interview Carl Lewis, Olympic gold medalist, on his aspirations for the 1988 games and on becoming an actor and singer. Tea Montier interviews Bill Jews, President and CEO of Liberty Medical Center.