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Happy Birthday to Us ~ KPFA turns 74!

Join us on Friday, April 14th and Saturday, April 15th for special birthday broadcasts Since the dawn of FM radio in the homes, KPFA has been ever vigilant in bringing uncompromising programing to the airwaves. Created by Lew Hill and a band of pacifists, KPFA quickly realized that by not relying on big business underwriting … Continued

Letters and Politics

W.E.B. Du Bois’s Lost Book: The Great War and the Black Experience

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Guest: Chad L. Williams is the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University.  He is the author of the award-winning book Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era and his latest, The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War.

Law & Disorder

First Ever Charges Against Officers for Louisiana Police Killing; Plus, the State Terror Roundup

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We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup. Then, Louisiana has for the first time ever filed charges against police for killing someone – in this case, that’s Ronald Greene. We are joined by Mona Hardin, the mother of Ronald Greene. She has been fighting to unearth truth and for justice in the … Continued