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Fund Drive Special – Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

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Guest: Deborah G. Plant is an African American and Africana Studies Independent Scholar, Writer, and Literary Critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston.  She is editor of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston and the author of Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times, a philosophical biography. … Continued

Law & Disorder

The Life of Frederick Douglass w/ David F Walker – Fund Drive Special

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We speak with David F. Walker (@DavidWalker1201) is a writer, filmmaker and graphic artist. Today we speak with him about his book The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 or more and receive a copy of The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative … Continued

UpFront

Another earthquake hits Turkey and Syria; Plus, geophysicist Glenn Biasi on what the past says about the next big earthquake

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0:08 — Zaina Erhaim, Syrian journalist based in the UK, formerly with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. 0:35 — Glenn Biasi, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Science Center — we ask him why California hasn’t had more “Big Ones” lately, and he advises listeners to pay attention to the Hayward Fault.