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Eulogy for Alexander Saxton

Airs at: Mon, 09/10/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The death of historian and novelist Alexander Saxton led Old Mole Tom Becker to reflections on Saxton's long life as a radical activist and historian of race and labor.  Saxton is the author of The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California a... Read more

Dr. David Imhotep discusses his book “The First Americans Were Africans”

Airs at: Thu, 09/06/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author and academic Dr. David Imhotep discusses his book, The First Americans Were Africans which asserts that Africans were the first Americans and that they arrived 51,000 years prior to the Mongolians. “Africans not only came before Columbus, but were in the Americas lon... Read more

Rachel Corrie's parents head to Israel for verdict

Airs at: Tue, 08/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
An Israeli court is expected to issue a verdict in the case of the late Rachel Corrie next week. Corrie was killed by a U-S-made Israeli armored bulldozer in 2003 when she stood in front of the bulldozer to protest the demolition of a Palestinian doctor’s home. Her parents,... Read more

Juvenile Justice: Issues, Trends, and Alternative Programs for Youth Facing Incarceration

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Carlos Chavez speaks to Shay Bilchik, Research Professor and Center Director at Georgetown University Public Policy Institute and head of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform out of Georgetown University. Prior to these current positions, Shay Bilchik was an Assistant Sta... Read more

Author Veronica Faye, Gemini Jones: My Past Came Knocking-The Savannah Wooten Case

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Veronica Faye discusses her latest book, Gemini Jones: My Past Came Knocking – The Savannah Wooten Case.   The novel’s lead character, Gemini Jones, is a successful African-American attorney who manages a high-profile career while keeping her bipolar disorder in chec... Read more

Positively Revolting on 07-27-12 Author Michael Staudenmaier: Truth and Revolution

Airs at: Fri, 07/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Truth and Revolution-- an interview with author and historian Michael Staudenmaier Ani and Lyn talk with Michael Staudenmaier about his recent book, Truth and Revolution: A History of the Sojouner Truth Organization, 1969 - 1986. The Sojourner Truth Organization grew out o... Read more

Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Tanner Colby, author of "SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE BLACK: The Strange Story of Integration in America," one white man’s unflinching exploration of Jim Crow’s legacy and what it will take to see that legacy undone. In spite... Read more

Positively Revolting on 07-20-12 Peace & Justice Works / Portland Copwatch celebrate their 20th Anniversary

Airs at: Fri, 07/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Hosts ani and Lyn talk with Portland Peace and Justice Works / Portland Cop Watch organizer Dan Handelman, and long-time peace activist Ann Huntwork, how things have evolved in the movement over the last two decades. Since 1992, these groups have organized events that have ... Read more

Azfar Hussain: Micronarratives Against Domination

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier talks with Azfar Hussain, Bangladeshi writer and activist, about his forthcoming book The Politics of Sites, Subjects, and Scenes: Micronarratives and Other Essays, a collection of short texts that combine anecdote, story, and theory, and are meant to illu... Read more

Angela Tucker, host of the Web series Black Folk Don't

Airs at: Thu, 07/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Hosts O B Hill, historian and bookseller, and Patricia Welch ("Library Lady"), and Emma Jackson Ford ("Bookwoman") interview Angela Tucker, producer of the web series Black Folk Don't.  ABOUT BLACK FOLK DON’T Black Folk Don’t is a satirical documentary web series in its s... Read more