We speak with author Kevin Powell about his new book, The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood.
Hard Knock Radio
4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
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.
We Comin with Rev. Sekou and the play PLACAS produced by Paul Flores
We spoke to Black Lives Matter organizer Reverend Sekou about activism and the new single “We Comin.” And later we sit down with director Paul Flores and long-time organizer Alex Sanchez about the play Placas. About Rev. Sekou & The Holy Ghost The sound of Rev. Sekou & the Holy Ghost is a symphony of … Continued
Community organizers, outraged over the Dec. 2 death by police “firing squad” of Mario Woods rally at the San Francisco Police Commission meeting amid strong presence from SF Police Officers Association. Hard Knock Radio personalities Davey D and Marie Choi spoke with organizers La Mesha Irizarry, Minister Keith Muhammad and Jeremy Miller. The shooting of … Continued
Sunday morning in San Francisco, California, members of the Anti-Police Terror Project and Asians4BlackLives, a Bay Area group of Asian community organizers, held a community intervention in front of Ed Lee’s home to demand that he fire Police Chief Suhr and all officers involved in the murders of Mario Woods, Amilcar Lopez, and Alex Nieto. … Continued
On today’s program we speak with Alicia one of the protesters from the Bay Area Bridge shut down. And later we hear from organizers gathered at the homes of Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf, Police Chief Sean Whent and San Francisco’s Police Chief Greg Suhr to protest the accelerated expulsion of Black and Brown people from … Continued
We play excerpts from Dr King speeches and intersperse it with protests at SFO.
Today on Hard Knock, we’ll hear landmark speeches from American Civil Rights icon, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., along with interviews from two leading authors Gary Younge and Alice Walker. Hard Knock Radio host Davey spoke with both authors and asked each to discuss King’s legacy and the significance of his activism. You’ll hear … Continued
Educator, activist Chris Chatmon speaks on African-American male achievement and state of education. He also talks about his upcoming event at the Fox Theater.
Up next, we talk about a body of research that’s challenging the stability of America’s inner city families and more importantly infants born to addicted mothers. Last month, Reuters in partnership with NBC News released an investigative report, “Helpless &Hooked: the most vulnerable victims of America’s opioid epidemic.” It alleged that the failure of physicians … Continued
Reflection on the upcoming State of the Union address and we look at the new play Babylon is Burning
We talk with Pastor Mike McBride About the upcoming State of the Union. Later we speak with DJ Wonway about the new play Babylon is Burning