With the election in 2005 of Mark Mallory as the first popularly-elected black Mayor of Cincinnati and the election of Barack Obama as President, has there been a shift in Cincinnati's political and social mindset regarding race? In what ways is this most evident? And are the moral imperatives of racial freedom, equality of opportunity and "aspirational politics" as put forth by Abraham Lincoln mirrored in the culture shifts that are occurring as a result?

This television special features national guest Andrew Young (former congressman and UN Ambassador), a panel of local respondents, a diverse group of area citizens and a live studio audience discussing the climate of race and politics in Cincinnati in 2009.

MODERATOR

Nick Clooney-Veteran Cincinnati broadcaster and journalist

RESPONDENTS

Jan Michele Lemon-Kearney-Lawyer, publisher of the Cincinnati Herald (Cincinnati's black newspaper), and host of a television news and issues forum.

Judge Nathaniel Jones- Lawyer, academic, and judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Served as general counsel of the NAACP, and worked

to end school segregation in the northern United States.

Father Michael Graham-President of Cincinnati's Xavier University. Fr. Graham initiated the Community Building Collaborative, which coordinates activities that

connect the university to the surrounding neighborhoods and larger community.

Sponsored in partnership by:

CET

The Cincinnati Museum Center

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Senator Richard Finan

Presented by:

Lincoln Legacy-A Cincinnati Celebration of Freedom and The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in Washington, D.C.