African American

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The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  Fifty years ago, the United States was in a period of tremendous social upheaval and cultural change. The Civil Rights Movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King had resulted in new federal legislation outlawing discriminatory laws, but police brutality and economic inequali... Read more

FLASHPOINTS with Dennis Bernstein

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: Will the South Korean parliament vote to impeach their president: we'll have a special update with Flashpoints regional correspondent Kay Jay Noh: then we spend the rest of the hour hearing some free speech from activist Medea Benjamin. Read more

Voices from the Edge on 12/08/16

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge

Portland Police: Sworn to Protect - Dedicated to Serve

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
  From a secret gang list to a highly visible show of force in response to contentious public contract negotiations, the Portland Police are once again in the spotlight for thier reaction to recent citizen protests.  Host Cecil and Celeste discuss the complicated history ... Read more

The Murder of Fred Hampton/Words of Fred Hampton Jr

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Radiozine
  The Murder of Fred Hampton began as a film portrait of Hampton and the Illinois Black Panther Party, but half way through the shoot, Hampton was murdered by Chicago police.  In an infamous moment in Chicago history and politics, over a dozen policemen burst into Hampton'... Read more

Artist Behind Kwanzaa Stamp

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
The US Postal Service issued a Kwanzaa Forever stamp this year. The artist, Synthia Saint James, created the original Kwanzaa stamp in 1997. The colorful stamp art features a young African-American woman as the embodiment of Africa. She wears a lavender dress with a collar ... Read more

Work Hard.....Take Care Of Yourself:

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Join EarToTheStreets of Portland on KBOO radio air/internet waves for the price of hard work while taken time for a healthier you! We welcome on the show Sasha Campbell-Garbutt...author of 'The Well: Where Fitness Begins From Within'. Sahsha Campbell-Garbutt is an Intrinsi... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 28, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear: 1.  Mark Brenner of Labor Notes discusses the challenges for labor in the Trump years. 2.  Sheldon George talks with Jan Haaken about his book Trauma and Race: A Lacanian Study of African American Racial Identit... Read more

Trauma, Race, and African American Identity

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Sheldon George, professor of English at Simmons College in Boston about his new book, Trauma and Race: A Lacanian Study of African American Racial Identity. They discuss the murder in 2012 of an African American young man, Jordan Davis, by an older whi... Read more

The Aftermath . . .

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
The Aftermath . . . Read more