Wiley, Elliott Rotan, E. Jeffery Nnamdi, Kojo North Philadelphia Youth Council Sullivan, Louis Lowery, Joseph Holland, Spencer Welsing, Frances Sandford, Terry Wilder, L. Douglas Ladner, Joyce Jenifer, Franklin Garibaldi, Antoine Height, Dorothy I Gibbs, Jewell Taylor Tuckson, Reed Gregory, Dick Haskins, William Humphries, Frederick

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The episode explores the objectives of the 21st Century African-American Males Conference. Interviewees identify that the lack of education impacts the success of African-American men and cite the correlation of the percentage of incarcerated men to literacy. Systemic racism creates challenges unique to black people that accounts for the disparity in rates in high school dropout, unemployment, underemployment, terminal illness, and incarceration compared to their white counterparts. There was notable focus in the conference on the lack of balanced media portrayal of African-American men. Mentor volunteer programs are a crucial way that communities can offer to help overcome the systematic obstacles present in current American culture.

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