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America's Black Capital

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar about his latest book, “America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta ...

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Relativity

From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works

Is melanin a genetic marker for superiority?

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McReele

From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works

An ex-con gets tapped to run for the Senate.

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Uncovering the History of the Massacre of Black Wall Street (Encore)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: B.C. Franklin (right), I.H. Spears (left) and Effie Thompson (center) filing insurance claims for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in a Red Cross tent. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin

In the first of our 3 part series leading up to Black History Month, we focus in on how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Rac...

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863: Docupoetry / 864: Discovering America's Black DNA, 1/13/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Docupoetry" - Have you ever wished there was a different way to read – or hear - the news? For generations, through wars and political u...

Denial of the Funk: The Impact of Racism on our Nation's Health

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Portrait of Dr. Cornel West, Credit: Gage Skidmore (from creative commons)

On today's show, we hear from noted author, scholar, and self-described intellectual freedom fighter, Dr. Cornel West. In his discussions, West use...

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With the last of nine base renamings, the Army helps cast aside the myth of the Confederacy

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg stands in front of the newly named Gregg-Adams Club at the former Fort Lee, Virginia in April 2023. The club was off limits to Gregg and other Black Soldiers when he became an officer in 1950. Gregg now shares the new name, Credit: Terrance Bell / U.S. Army

Historians said the renamings – like the removal of many Confederate statues in recent years – are part of a more accurate understanding of the Con...

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After defeating affirmative action at most colleges, activists' next target is military academies

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: New cadets line up at West Point for Reception Day June 26, 2023. The military academy's class of 2027 includes more than 1250 people. , Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy at West Point

In its June ruling outlawing affirmative action in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court excepted the nation's military academies. A new lawsu...

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825: Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds / 826: Growing Justice, 9/2/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds" - In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Mental health challenges can push p...

Black Pills

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

If there is no such thing as biological race, why do we have race-specific drugs?

Calamity in Philadelphia

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

Origin Stories

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

How race was invented to support racism.

John Ball's In the Heat of the Night

From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works

"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"

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LOUDMOUTH -- Josh Alexander Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Josh Alexander talks synchronicity, ecstatic truth, and allowing the Rev. Al Sharpton to write his own story.

Confederate names are being removed from bases, but is a KKK image at West Point 'more nuanced'?

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Three bronze panels were mounted on a West Point classroom building in 1965 to display key events in American History. One of the images depicts a hooded Ku Klux Klan member., Credit: Elizabeth V. Woodruff / U.S. Military Academy

The Defense Department is planning to eliminate Confederate names from bases and more than 1100 other things in the military. But it's not clear wh...

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731: Empathy For Monsters / 732: Growing Justice, 10/8/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Empathy For Monsters" - The American soldiers who guarded Saddam Hussein came to like and care about him. This hour: Should we feel empa...

667: Growing Justice / 668: Everything Is Exhausting, 2/26/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Growing Justice" - Where does the racial justice movement need to go next? How about back to the land. HOUR TWO: "Everything is Exhaus...

The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton

From: Radio Diaries

On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...

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Last Witness: The Kerner Commission

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness

Decades before our current debate over critical race theory, the 1968 Kerner Commission pointed the finger at structural racism for creating the co...

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'Little comments, outright inappropriateness': Why minority military families may feel unwelcome off-base

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Karockas Watkins of the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce talks with the local board and staff of BancorpSouth in Hunstville, Alabama in 2020. Watkins heads the chamber's task force on diversity, equity. and inclusion., Credit: Courtesy Karockas Watkins

A survey found widespread concern from Black, Latino, and Asian military families about inequality in cities where bases are located.

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Black Women In History

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

While Black women have played a critical role in the development of the nation, their stories have been mostly overlooked. In the new book, A Black...

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Race and Research: Charita Castro on Representation in STEM (Bonus Episode)

From: After the Fact
Series: Race and Research

Charita Castro, a social science researcher and ambassador for the American Association for the Advancement of Science IF/THEN Ambassadors program,...

Race and Research: Driving Diversity in Economics with Fanta Traore (Bonus Episode)

From: After the Fact
Series: Race and Research

In this conversation with Fanta Traore, we hear about her work to support and empower Black women in economics, finance, and data science fields th...

Race and Research: In Depth With Dr. Marie Bernard (Bonus Episode)

From: After the Fact
Series: Race and Research

In this bonus episode of our “Race and Research” season, we share an extended talk with Dr. Marie Bernard, chief officer for scientific workforce d...

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Race and Research: Data and Our Neighborhoods

From: After the Fact
Series: Race and Research

In this episode of our season on race and research, our guests examine the impact of race on economic mobility.

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