In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the the time of Baldwin’s death in … Continued
We speak about recents deaths in Ferguson of prominent activist. And we discuss about youth in Oakland reclaiming Cinco de Mayo
Lineage: Conversation with Thinkers & Activists historian, journalist, and educator Dr. Jelani Cobb (Columbia University) who will be interviewed by his friend and comrade Alicia Garza, Special Projects Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter. http://oakland.impacthub.net/event/lineage-conversations-w-thinkers-activists-jelani-cobb-alicia-garza/
We bring you the voices of women on the frontline. Today we featured the voices of Keeanga Yahmatta-Taylor and Noami Klein.
Today’s show features speeches from the Anti Inauguration Event, hosted January the 20th by Verso Books, Haymarket Books and the Jacobin Magazine. The first speech is by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of the book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and assistant professor at African American studies at Princeton University. The second speech is given by the Guardian newspaper journalist, … Continued
In conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Ph.D, assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University and the author of the new book: “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation”—a political analysis of the Black Lives Matter movement, the history of policing and race in the United States, and divisions between the black political establishment and today’s Black Lives … Continued
Listen to excerpts of the KPFA Sponsored event “Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.”
In conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Ph.D, assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University and the author of the new book: “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation”—a political analysis of the Black Lives Matter movement, the history of policing and race in the United States, and divisions between the black political establishment and today’s Black Lives … Continued
“Deeply rooted in Black radical, feminist and socialist traditions, Taylor’s book is an outstanding example of the type of analysis that is needed to build movements for freedom and self-determination in a far more complicated terrain than that confronted by the activists of the 20th century.” —Michael C. Dawson, author of Blacks In and Out … Continued
Na’im Akbar is a clinical psychologist well known for his Afro-centric approach to psychology. On today’s program, Dr. Akbar offers insight and analysis of the social concerns affecting descendants of Africans living in the United States. Afrocentric Scholar, Dr. Akbar offers an Afrocentric approach to understanding the social concerns affecting African-Americans. His name is Dr. … Continued
