Historian Gerald Horne discusses his new book, Negro Comrades of the Crown

Historian Gerald Horne discusses his new book, Negro Comrades of the Crown

Professor Gerald Horne, professor of History and African American Studies at Houston University, discusses his new book Negro Comrades of the Crown:  African-Americans and the British Empire Fight the U.S. Before Emancipation. Gerald has written over 30 books, with...

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The Revolutionary King

The Revolutionary King

Dr. Martin Luther King was a constantly evolving person and was intellectually and political courageous. The system’s manipulation and re-writing of his life to suit its self-congratulatory purposes is cynical and venal—and once again, an effort to suppress the...

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Alex Caputo-Pearl and Reverend Eric Lee: Policy Attacks Continue on LA’s Historical Black and Brown Public High Schools

Alex Caputo-Pearl and Reverend Eric Lee: Policy Attacks Continue on LA’s Historical Black and Brown Public High Schools

Alex Caputo-Pearl, lead teacher of the Social Justice Academy at Crenshaw High School, and Reverend Eric Lee, president of the Los Angeles branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference talk to us about recent efforts by Los Angeles School...

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No On Measure J with Sunyoung Yang, Barbara Lott-Holland and Damien Goodmon

No On Measure J with Sunyoung Yang, Barbara Lott-Holland and Damien Goodmon

Today we devote the hour to a critically important Ballot Measure that has not received as much attention as many of the other measures and propositions. I'm talking about Measure J. Measure J proposes to borrow tens of billions of dollars,...

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Erin Aubry Kaplan on Right Wing Voter Suppression

Erin Aubry Kaplan on Right Wing Voter Suppression

As the presidential election draws near, the right wing has increased their efforts at voter suppression. Journalist and political commentator Erin Aubry Kaplan discusses Right Wing voter suppression strategies and the influences of Obama on Black movement building. Journalist and...

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Sharonne Hapuarachy and Taylor Broom of Dorsey High School

Sharonne Hapuarachy and Taylor Broom of Dorsey High School

Sharonne Hapuarachy and Taylor Broom help us understand how the LA Unified School District (LAUSD) is threatening to destroy another of LA's historic High Schools in South Los Angeles with "Reconstitution"--a radical and racist restructuring program from outside the school,...

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