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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
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Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, author of the seminal 1991 work The Isis (Yssis) Papers passed away this week. She was 80 years old. In this episode, Hard Knock Radio honors her life and and work with guest, Chuck D of Public Enemy.
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Actor/ activist Danny Glover speaks at the 46th anniversary of the College of Ethnic Studies about why education is a right and what it means to be transformative vs furthering the status quo.
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Davey D talks to Rinku Sen director of Colorlines.com, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, independent journalist, Eric Arnold, Founder and Editorial Director at Oakulture and more with their insights on the state of activism in 2015. Part 2.
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Davey D talks to Rinku Sen director of colorlines.com, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, independent journalist, Eric Arnold, Founder and Editorial Director at Oakulture and more with their insights on the state of activism in 2015
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Anita Johnson on Hard Knock Radio on the non-indictment of the Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice with Angela Woodson organizer with the Tamir Rice Justice Committee.
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We hear accounts from mothers that lost the children to state sanction violence. This audio was recorded at the Black Lives Convening in Cleveland Ohio, 2015. The mother of Oscar Grant Jr., Kendrick Johnson, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner spoke. Also Erica Gordon-Taylor, the cousin of Emmett Till spoke began the discussion.
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Up we’ll hear from Rosa Clemente as she discusses Black Lives Matter and American Racism. Ms. Clemente is a community organizer, freelance journalist and Hip Hop activist. In 2008, Rosa Clemente along with Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, became the first women of color ticket in American History. Born and raised in South Bronx, NY, Rosa Clemente … Continued
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Thursday, December 24th, at 11am, the Justice For Mario Woods Coalition held a press conference to demand that San Francisco Mayor Lee fire Chief Suhr and hold officers involved in the execution of Mario Woods accountable. Mr. Woods was a 26 year-old Black man executed by SFPD on December 2, 2015 in San Francisco’s Bayview … Continued
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On today’s program we look at abortions in Texas and Kids Baking Championship on the Food Network.
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We speak with activist JR Flemming about the latest fights to unseat Mayor Rahm Emanuel in Chicago. And later we speak with author Sister Souljah about her new book and spirituality.
