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DeRay Mckesson: On the Other Side of Freedom

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome author and activist DeRay Mckesson to KBOO ahead of his Portland appearance at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on September 20th.  Call (503) 231-8187 during this Fall Membership Drive to join the conversation and to get a copy of DeRay's new ... Read more

Willie Little: KINFOLKS, NODDER DOLL/LIVING DOLL

Airs at: Tue, 08/07/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  Amanda Clem talks to Portland multimedia artist Willie Little about his illustrious career and current exhibition...KINFOLKS, NODDER DOLL/LIVING DOLL 17 JULY - 25 AUGUST 2018 @ FROELICK GALLERY......714 NW Davis Street Portland, Oregon 97209  Multimedia, installation ar... Read more

Dr. Cynthia McKinney and the Deep State

Airs at: Fri, 08/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  Former U.S. Congresswoman (1992-2002, 2004-2006) from Georgia and 2008 Presidential candidate for the Green Party, Dr. Cynthia McKinney, speaks with John Shuck on the Beloved Community. Topics include her entry into politics, racism, the various factions of the Deep Sta... Read more

Can You See the White? (Part 2)

Airs at: Fri, 08/10/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Faith is a white woman who reflects on personal and societal events that shaped her life’s journey to racial justice and equity awareness.  I asked Faith to be on the show because she and I have had many conversations about race that may be inspiring to listeners.  I admire... Read more

MALCOLM X vs JAMES BALDWIN

Airs at: Tue, 08/07/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  -from OpenCulture.com One often hears lamented the lack of public intellectuals in America today. Very often, the lamenters look back to James Baldwin, who in the 1950s and 1960s wrote such powerful race-, class-, and sex-examining books as Go Tell It on the Mountain, G... Read more

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice

Airs at: Wed, 08/01/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  In 2008 the United States elected its first black president, and recent polls show that only twenty-two percent of white people in the United States believe that racism is a major societal problem. On the surface, it may seem to be in decline. However, the evidence of di... Read more

"The Best Books I Ever Read," Patricia Heard Hopson

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  Patricia Heard Hopson, retired Portland Public Schools librarian discusses favorite books with Emma Jackson Ford.   Read more

Can You See the White? (Part 1)

Airs at: Fri, 08/03/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Faith is a white woman who reflects on personal and societal events that shaped her life’s journey to racial justice and equity awareness.  I asked Faith to be on the show because she and I have had many conversations about race that may be inspiring to listeners.  I admire... Read more

Makani Themba on Russia-Phobia, Police Brutality & the Kidnapping of Immigrant Children

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital Makani Themba on Russia-phobia, police brutality, the kidnapping of immigrant children and the movie 'Sorry to Bother You'...Gerald Horne on the BRICS Summit..Headlines on the Youth Climate March, #RedforFeds federal workers... Read more

Say Her Name! NIA WILSON

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  A white man in Oakland fatally stabs a Black woman and injures her sister on Sunday evening, July 22. Eighteen-year-old Nia Wilson died at the scene, her 26-year-old sister Letifah Wilson was hospitalized. The incident took place on the platform of the BART train, the Ba... Read more