Hard Knock Radio – June 7, 2021
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.
Hard Knock Radio
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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. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
SF Pride and Trans Organizing in The South
We speak with organizer Caroyln Wysinger about San Francisco Pride Celebrations. And later, we explore how Trans activists in Louisiana have been organizing against a state law that has been used to unfairly target trans women for decades. Featuring: Caroyln Wysinger, Megan Shutzer, Kenisha Harris, Follow The Light Advocacy and LGBTQ Resource Center Nicholas Hite, … Continued
Unrest in Colombia, Ending Asian Hate and Mumia Abu-Jamal
We speak with Ajamu Baraka from Black Alliance for Peace about the unrest in Colombia. In late April, Colombians began protesting in the streets against increased taxes, corruption and health care reform proposed by the government of President Ivan Duque Marquez. Steve Jang talks about ending Asian hate. And later political commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal provides … Continued
Voter Disenfranchisement and the Police Killings of Demetrius Stanley
We speak with Crystal Zermeno about a new voter disenfranchise law in Texas. And later we speak with Rosie and Raj Jayadev members of Silicon Valley De-Bug about Demetrius Stanley, the man shot and killed by San Jose police earlier this week. Guests: Crystal Zermeno is a Researcher & Strategic Campaigns Consultant Rosie and Raj Jayadev members … Continued
100 Year Commemoration of the Tulsa Massacre
Journalist Georgia Fort reports from Tulsa, Oklahoma on the anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre. Three of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis and Lessie Benningfield Randle, testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre – when a white mob attacked residents, homes … Continued
Hard Knock Radio – May 31, 2021
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.
In Conversation with Fannie Lou Hamer; Malcolm X and James Baldwin
On today’s show we hear speeches for civil right leaders Fannie Lou Hamer, Malcolm X and James Baldwin.
Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and Patrisse Khan-Cullors
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
In Conversation with
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
The Police Murder of George Floyd, A Year Later
We speak with independent journalist Georgia Fort about the murder of George Floyd and what has happened a year after his death.