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Hip Hop:Black Political and Cultural Crossroads

 June 4, 2009

• Hip HOP as a social and political dissent giving voice and spirit to a new urban political, social and economic energy and agenda.

• GUESTS:  THE BEASTS : HIP HOP SCHOLARS AND PERFORMANCE ARTISTS

Pierce Freelon

Olokun Shangol Olugbala

M.K. Asante, Jr  More about Blackademics: http://www.blackademics.org

More about their music The Beast: http://www.thebeastmusic.com

• The Intersection of Race and Sports

• June 2, 2009

• GUEST: Jimmy Myers, Sportscaster,Commentator and Talk Host

• • The NBA Finals Play and Politics Analysis

• • Professional and Personal Public Behavior of Sports Figures: Brandon Marshall

• • “Black balling” in American Sports Broadcasting

• FEMA Shuts Down Housing Assistance to Katrina Victims

June 1, 2009

•  Kali Akuno, Social Justice Advocate  US Human Rights Network

FEMA moves forward with the Bush administration’s plan to forcefully evict people living in temporary housing, it will make a mockery of the Gulf Region recovery promised by President Obama and Congress.

May 28, 2009

• Conversation with Dr. Frances Cress WelsingAuthor of The Isis Papers and creator of the Cress-Welsing theory analyzing the nature of white supremacy.

• The Black Man Inside: Rethinking Black Masculinity features conversations with Black men whose inquiry, struggle and transformation embody a love for themselves and for our people. A week- long special programming focusing and  reflecting on Black men, masculinity and their relationships to Black the community, family and nation building.

May 18-21,2009

• Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, author, cultural anthropologist and Professor, African & African-American Studies, Duke University, New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity

May 18, 2009

• Dr. David Ikard, Professor and Author,Breaking the Silence Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism

May 19, 2009

• Activist/Historian Brother Jamal Ali or Khepera (pseudonym) is an eclectic blend of independent scholar/historian, artist, engineering designer & esotericist.

• Major Neill Franklin, formerly of the City of Baltimore Police Department and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (L.E.A.P) Anti-violence advocate, Black male feminist

• May 20, 2009

• Byron Hurt, Anti-sexist activist and Filmmaker

• May 21, 2009

April 23, 2009

• Guest: James Stevens, Sexual Harassment Case and Struggle to retain a Court Award of $18M;

• Guest: Dr. Ron Daniels, President, State of the Black World Institute 21 Century, National Town Hall Meeting

Understanding Black Nationalism

• April 20, 2009

• Guest: Dr. John H. Bracey Jr. ,Professor of Black Studies, author, researcher, University of Massachusetts Amherst;Author, Black Nationalism in America