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Daniel talks to three professors at Howard University... Janet Dates, Leroy Wells, and Richard Wright... about issues of race and how blacks and whites see cultural institutions differently.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr discusses the case of onvicted spy Jonathan Pollard. The Israeli government has requested that ollard be released from a U.S. jail; the Clinton administration is considering ts response.

Daniel talks with Phillip Jenkins Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University about the history of militia movements in the United States. Jenkins says that in the 1940's in particular, there were several right-wing militias run by Christian leaders. They believed the federal government was subverting the constitution and many of them followed a popular radio talk show host who was also a priest preaching anti-semitic and racist views.

NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS THAT THE RWANDAN REFUGEE PROBLEM IN ZAIRE, ALTHOUGH CALM NOW, REMAINS UNRESOLVED AFTER THIS WEEK'S ROUND OF FORCED EXPULSIONS BY ZAIRIAN TROOPS.

THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF OUR SEMI-REGULAR RADIO SERIAL... "JULIUS KNIPL (KEH-nipple): REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER."

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NEW MOVIE "DESPERADO," STARRING ANTONION BANDERAS.

MONDAY'S MARCH, AND THE LEADERSHIP OF ONE OF ITS CONVENERS, THE NATION OF ISLAM'S MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN, HAS SPARKED DEBATE ACROSS AN ESPECIALLY RACE-SENSITIZED NATION. WEEKEND EDITION'S DANIEL SCHORR DISCUSSED THE MARCH AND ITS MEANING WITH TWO WELL-KNOWN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMENTATORS: RONALD WALTERS, CHAIRMAN OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY'S POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, AND GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND AMERICAN CULTURE ROGER WILKINS.

SUSAN MUSES ABOUT TWO EVENTS THIS WEEK: THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MORE NOBEL LAUREATES AND THE RETURN OF ELECTRICITY TO SARAJEVO

SCOTT SIMON SHARES SOME THOUGHTS AND FEARS REGARDING DETECTIVE MARK FUHRMAN AND OTHER POLICE OFFICERS.

Delegates at the United Nations met last week to discuss he creation of a permanent international criminal court. But NPR's Trevor Rowe ROH) reports that the U-S is skeptical about the idea.