Racial Profiling and Civil Rights
Panelists talked about racial profiling, gun violence and advancing the civil rights movement in the aftermath of the killing of Trayvon Martin. Moderator Al Sharpton also interviewed the mo…
952 viewsPanelists talked about racial profiling, gun violence and advancing the civil rights movement in the aftermath of the killing of Trayvon Martin. Moderator Al Sharpton also interviewed the mo…
952 viewsRadio talk show hosts Ed Schultz and Tom Joyner, and numerous actors and entertainers attended a rally titled “Heeding a call to Put America Back to Work and Pull America Back Together.” On…
2,230 viewsThe National Action Network held a “Reclaim the Dream” rally at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. Speakers included Reverend Al Sharpton, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Urban League P…
3,112 viewsA book party was held for Toxic Talk: How the Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves (Thomas Dunne Books, 2010) by Bill Press. Bill Press was shown mingling with the guests at the pa…
476 viewsThe guests discussed the current state and future of race relations in the U.S. Topics included the arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., by Cambridge, Massachusetts, police officer Se…
254 viewsThe Close the Gap: Equality in Education Rally was held on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Various civil rights leaders and education reform…
567 viewsJoe Madison and Mychal Massie provided African American perspectives on the Obama Administration’s first week in office, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Each talke…
3,281 viewsBill Press hosted other progressive talk-radio hosts and other guests on-stage together for a celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama and the role progressive talk radio played in th…
1,684 viewsJoe Madison talked about his life and current work as a radio talk show host and civil rights activist. Topics included his struggles to be a black voice on radio, his weight-loss surgery, D…
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