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Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and Patrisse Khan-Cullors

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We speak with historian Dr. Kimberley Ellis about Tulsa, domestic terrorism and reparations. Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, a Black economic and cultural mecca—until May 31, 1921 when a white mob decimated the community. Later we hear a talk featuring BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors. She discusses her memoir, When They Call … Continued


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In Conversation with

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We speak with historian Dr. Kimberley Ellis about Tulsa, domestic terrorism and reparations. Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, a Black economic and cultural mecca—until May 31, 1921 when a white mob decimated the community. Later we hear a talk featuring BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors. She discusses her memoir, When They Call … Continued


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A Conversation about Abolition

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We talk with local activists about the importance of abolition and how to obtain it.   Featured speakers/guests: Dr. Cesar Cruz, OG Rev, comrade Malik Washington, Regellio.


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Hard Knock Radio – May 20, 2021

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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.


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Celebrating Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X

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We talk to the grand children of Yuri Kochiyama about Black & Asian solidarity. Later we hear from civil rights leader Malcom X. The speech recorded on 2/14/1965 at Ford Auditorium in Detroit, “Friends and Enemies,” one of Malcolm X’s last speeches given in Detroit in 1965 a week before he was killed.   Guests: … Continued


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Abortion Rights and Angela Davis

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We speak with James Taylor Ph.D about the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Mississippi’s abortion case, a major challenge to the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. And later from the archives, a conversation between Professor Angela Davis and the University of Southern California’s Dr. Michele Turner at … Continued