MLK Archives

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

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01.31.24 - 4:00pm

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

Talkies

Dream Deferred: Dr. King at 90 and British Cosmologist and Astrophysicist Martin Rees

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01.17.19 - 11:00am

Dr. Martin Luther King would have been 90 years old on Tuesday. His life’s work on racial equality has become another dream deferred in toady’s America, according to Jessicah Pierre from the Institute for Policy Studies. Plus Martin Rees from the British Astronomer Royal talks about the future of humanity. Hosted by Kris Welch.

Hard Knock Radio

Afrofuturism and The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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01.15.19 - 4:00pm

We speak with Shawn Taylor about the concept of Afrofuturism. And we celebrate the life and legacy of MLK. To listen to the full interview click, HERE.

Making Contact

A Dream Remembered?: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Grassroots Civil Rights Movement

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01.20.17 - 3:30pm

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King Jr delivered one of the most famous speeches of all time. But it nearly didn’t happen. On this special edition of Making Contact for MLK Day, Gary Younge, author of “The Speech” talks about Martin Luther King Junior’s “Dream” and the … Continued

Rock en Rebelión

Rock en Rebelión – January 15, 2017

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01.15.17 - 5:00pm

El Nahual reporta sobre su viaje a México y la toma de posesión de Trump. Además, algo de lo mejor de la música latina alternativa.

Hard Knock Radio

The Dream Continues: 96 Hours of Action

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01.20.16 - 4:00pm

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

The Talkies

Obama in Alaska: the tip of the iceberg? Give Us the Ballot 2015.

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09.04.15 - 12:00pm

President Obama’s much-publicized trip to Alaska brought high-level attention to climate change—too little too late? PLUS: we talk with Ari Berman about his new book about an old, and never-ending, story—the struggle for voting rights, more pertinent than ever today. With host Kris Welch.