In February, UpFront will be presenting a new series, The Unsung Heroes: Celebrating Black History Month. In this episode, we begin the series speaking to Adam Hochschield, author of King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998), about Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of what is now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In part two, we speak with John Jones III, Organizer with “Our Beloved Community” coalition about the upcoming benefit concert for the East Oakland Black Cultural Zone, “Beloved Oakland.”
Hosted by Jeannine Etter.