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People of Color Have Been Systemically Excluded from National Parks

'Segregation and other forms of systemic racism have had a lasting effect on who visits these national parks today. According to a 2018 study, less than two percent of National park visitors were Black.  James Edward Mills, a freelance journalist and the author of The Adventure Gap, Changing the Face of The Outdoors, and Nicole Jackson, a next-generation advisory council member at the National Parks Conservation Association, spoke with Tanzina Vega about this disparity and the efforts happening to change it.'

Protect the Vote: David Zucchino on 'Wilmington's Lie'

'Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Zucchino joins All Of It to discuss his book, Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy, as part of our series “Protect the Vote”.'
         
        

Howard University Shaped Kamala Harris' Path To Political Heights

'Sen. Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Her education at Howard University, a historically Black university seen as the center of Black intellectual life, helped pave the way.' -- Morning Edition

Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives

'On this episode of Making Contact, we will look at transgender activism and the call for inclusion and intersectionality in the movement for Black lives. We'll also meet Trans activists in Louisiana who have been organizing against a state law that has been used to unfairly target trans women for decades.'
Making Contact · Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives

N. K. Jemisin on H. P. Lovecraft

'N. K. Jemisin is one of the most celebrated authors in science fiction’s history; the novels of her “Broken Earth” trilogy won the Hugo Award for three consecutive years, a unique achievement. Yet her work has also engendered an ugly backlash from a faction of readers who feel that the recognition of women and authors of color within the industry has been undeserving. Racism in science fiction and fantasy goes back to the origins of the genre, Jemisin explains to Raffi Khatchadourian. Her new novel, The City We Became, explicitly addresses the legacy of H. P. Lovecraft, an early and influential writer who helped to invent the genre. Lovecraft was also a virulent, impassioned racist, even by the standards of the early twentieth century. It’s not possible, Jemisin says, to separate Lovecraft’s ideology from his greatness as a fantasy writer: his view of non-white peoples as monstrous informed the way he wrote about monsters. Rather than try to ignore or cancel Lovecraft, Jemisin says, she felt compelled to engage with him.' -- The New Yorker Radio Hour

What the Story of Soul City, N.C., Can Teach Us About Fixing Systemic Economic Racism

'Civil rights leader Floyd McKissick left the Congress of Racial Equality in 1968 to found a new city in North Carolina. McKissick, who had served in the Army during World War II, saw the success of the U.S. Marshall Plan in rebuilding Europe and had the idea that government dollars could be used to fix the problems poor Black people were facing in the American South. His project, named Soul City, would be built by and for Black Americans. It was “designed to be a showcase of Black capitalism,” according to Devin Fergus, a professor of history and Black studies at the University of Missouri. McKissick got government support from President Richard Nixon — with conditions. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal discussed the history of Soul City with Fergus.' -- Marketplace

#ImagineBlackFreedom Dominique Sindayiganza & Ekere Tallie: "Barefoot Stroll"

"Barefoot Stroll" – a short film from Dominique Sindayiganza & Ekere Tallie.


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FUC 013 | Donna Murch — The Power of the Public University

'Donna Murch, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, author of Living for the City and the forthcoming collection of essays, Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Mass Incarceration, and the Movement for Black Lives, and member of the Executive Council of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT  of joins us for our 13th installment.' -- FUC

How To Be A Family -- After Jail

'Messiah Rhode’s mom was in and out of jail throughout his entire childhood. He wanted to know why. In this episode, he takes us on his journey to find out why his mom and so many other women are left untreated while in the U.S. prison system. This is the second episode in a two-part series on women in the U.S. prison system called Against All Odds.' -- AJ+
 

Why it’s So Hard to Break the Prison Cycle

'Messiah Rhodes was just a kid when his mom first went to jail. Over the course of 15 years, she went back four times. Messiah speaks to his mother and looks back on his childhood to understand why so many women are trapped in the U.S. criminal justice system. This is the first episode in a two-part series on women in the U.S. prison system called Against All Odds in collaboration with AJContrast' -- AJ+