On today’s episode of Hard Knock Radio, we speak with author Kai Naima Williams about her new book, The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements. Author Kai Naima Williams is the great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama. Her debut book intimately chronicles the experiences and lessons, hardships and victories, and people and places that … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy – Part One

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We speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar the author of America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy. Americas Black Capital chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism, as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of … Continued


Full Circle

Full Circle – June 10, 2022

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Tonight on Full Circle we bring you sounds from the Eastside Arts Alliance 22nd Annual m\Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival…

On tonight’s show we’ll hear:

• Interviews recorded at the festival by First Voice apprentices, including one with Uncle Bobby aka Cephus Johnson

• We’ll also hear some live music performances recorded at the festival

• And we’ll hear from the man of the hour himself, Malcom X in a short clip from his 1964 speech the Ballot or the Bullet


A two-hour special featuring voices and music of resistance and revolution from the African American experience.  Archie Shepp, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Malcolm X, Jayne Cortez, Angela Davis, Amiri Baraka, and David Murray will some those featured. Produced by Art Sato


Hard Knock Radio

Justice for Breonna Taylor

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We speak with attorney Benjamin Crump about the murder of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. The 26-year-old aspiring nurse was killed on March 13 after being shot eight times by Louisville police officers during a raid. Her death has sparked outrage, a demand for answers, and the prosecution of all officers involved.  Later we acknowledge … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Malcolm X, Speaks!

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May 19th, marks the birthday of one of America’s most important voices, Malcolm X or Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz as he was known in the years prior to his death. Many years after the assassination of Malcolm X, “his voice, perspective still speaks truth to power. In many ways his analysis of America’s racial divide or … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Malcolm X Speaks!

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May 19th, marks the birthday of one of America’s most important voices, Malcolm X or Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz as he was known in the years prior to his death. Many years after the assassination of Malcolm X, “his voice, perspective still speaks truth to power. In many ways his analysis of America’s racial divide or … Continued