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Human Rights & Justice with host Attorney Nkechi Taifa, features kick-ass commentary and stimulating guests discussing a plethora of domestic and global themes encompassing political, economic and social rights.
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Crossroads - Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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Crossroads - Tuesday, February 4, 2025
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Crossroads - Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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Crossroads - Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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Crossroads - Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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Crossroads - Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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Crossroads - Tuesday, November 12, 2024
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Crossroads - Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Crossroads - Tuesday, October 29, 2024
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Crossroads - Tuesday, October 22, 2024
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Veronza Bowers Speaks: Free after 51 Years Behind Bars!
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56:31Human Rights and Justice Episode 103 with host Nkechi Taifa invites you to experience the peaceful serenity of Brother Veronza Bowers, finally free after being imprisoned for 51 years. This impromtu interview was recorded in person in July 2024, several months after his release from federal prison, and explores aspects of his background growing up …
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Hands Off Uhuru! Chairman Omali Yeshitela Speaks
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59:57On Sept. 12th Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and two others were found not guilty of charges of being agents of the Russian government. Despite being a stalwart self-determination revolutionary for over 50 years, Yeshitela was accused of working under the direction and control of the Russian government. The…
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Jailing a Rainbow: The Unjust Trial and Conviction of Marcus Garvey
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59:38Author of newly published book, “Jailing a Rainbow: the Unjust Trial and Conviction of Marcus Garvey," distinguished legal scholar and professor at Howard University School of Law and Commissioner on the U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Attorney Justin Hansford illuminates the political motivations and prejudices that led to the u…
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From Black Panther Party to Tanzania, and Water Ritual, with Mama C.
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58:56Episode 100 of Human Rights and Justice features Mama C, aka Charlotte Hill O’Neal, aka Iya Osotunde Fasuyi. Mama C is a former Member of the Black Panther Party of Kansas City, wife of Brother Mzee Pete’ O’Neal exiled from the U.S., both living in Tanzania for over 50 years. Co-Director of the United African Alliance Community Center (UAACC) in Ta…
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Timeline of African History: Gateway to African Science with Paul Obinna, guest host Tony Browder
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55:18Anthony Karakh Browder guest-hosts for Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa in Episode 98, featuring his interview of Paul Obinna, UK educator, artist and creator of The African Timeline, which has been used internationally to teach African history. Tony Browder is the founder and director of IKG Cultural Resources and has devoted 35 years re…
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Nile Valley Civilization: A 10,000 Year History with Dr. Charles Finch
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1:00:51Human Rights and Justice Guest Host Anthony Karakh Browder, sitting in for host Nkechi Taifa, interviews Dr. Charles Finch, Physician and Historian, discussing Nile Valley Civilization: A 10,000 Year History!By Nkechi
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Honoring the Life & Legacy of Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III with Anthony Karakh Browder
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57:27In Episode 96 of Human Rights and Justice, host Nkechi Taifa interviews author and cultural historian, Tony Browder, as he honors the life and legacy of the great Asa Hilliard and discusses the ASA Restoration Project’s “From the Nile to the Niger to Your Neighborhood.” Browder is the founder and director of IKG Cultural Resources and has devoted o…
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Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind - with Dr. Julius Garvey
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59:12Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa interviews Dr. Julius Garvey, son of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Amy Jacques Garvey on his upcoming new book: "Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind.” - Episode 95By Nkechi
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Black August, Sonya Massey, and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
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57:26Episode 94 of Human Rights and Justice features host Nkechi Taifa and former DC Police Officer Ron Hampton discussing the importance of Black August, the murder in cold blood of Sonya Massey, and the necessity of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Broadcast: Originally broadcast August 7, 2024…
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In Episode 93 of Human Rights and Justice, host Nkechi Taifa discusses the recently released provocative book, “Not in My Name: Reparations Now” with author Hehimetu RaEnkamit, PhD. The show also features the Orisa Feast Community Day with Bokor Iya Mari.By Nkechi
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The Remarkable Life of Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown - 7/17/2024
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56:36Professor Arun Kundnani and Sister Shafeah join Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa in Episode 91, sharing riveting historical and contemporary insights from the life of Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown. Professor Kundnani is a writer on issues involving race, Islamopobia, surveillance, political violence and radicalism. He…
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The Uncompromising Life, Lessons and Legacy of Top Cop Clarence Edwards! - 7/10/2024
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56:42Clarence Edwards grew up as a Black youth in segregated Washington, DC with no interest in policing, yet ended up becoming a nearly 40-year veteran in law enforcement. He joins Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa in Episode 90 addressing a myriad of issues ranging from the need that policing be reinvented and repurposed from enforcement by l…
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SELF-EMANCIPATION! Black Folk Fighting for Their OWN Independence!
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59:57Human Rights and Justice talk show features historian extraordinaire Dr. Daud Malik Watts, discussing with host Nkechi Taifa, tidbits from his upcoming latest book, “The Big Black Jailbreak: African American History 1775-1865," describing astonishing numbers of Black Self-Emancipation, including jailbreaks in the American Revolution Period; Jailbre…
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Kristi Orisabiyi Williams joins Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa in poignantly discussing the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and the recent trip to Tulsa, OK on the heels of the OK Supreme Court decision denying relief to the two living survivors. Kristi is a prominent Tulsa community activist, award-winning National Geographic advisor and for…
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Reparation Information Thought Series - Reparations & the Role of Social Workers - 6/11/2024
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1:18:56Rehabilitation and Healing: The Role of Social Workers in the Reparations Movement! Panelists: Elder Baba Leonard Dunston: President Emeritus NABSW; Melissa Smith Haley - President NABSW; BabaJay Onaje Muid - Co-chair NABSW National Relations Committee Pursuant to international norms, rehabilitation is a major aspect of reparations, Beyond unraveli…
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Identity, Culture and Global Engagement: The Artistry of Kim Poole - 6/12/2024
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58:57Human Rights and Justice Episode 86 features host Nkechi Taifa interviewing the phenomenal Kim Poole, a Soul-Fusion Performing Artist hailing from her hometown of Baltimore, and Founding Fellow of the Teaching Artist Institute (TAI), operating in the USA, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Jamaica, Uganda, Tanzania and The Gambia. Under the TAI umbrella, Kim…
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Black Scholars' Juneteenth Roundtable: "Ubuntu Climate, Freedmen’s Settlement & Black Psychology" - 6/19/2024
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58:09Esteemed scholars Dr. Wade Nobles, Dr. Joyce King and Dr. Afia Zakiya join Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa on Juneteenth, sharing issues relating to the concept of Ubuntu and its relationships to the climate crisis, protection of Freedmen’s Settlements, and Black psychology.By Nkechi
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STOP the Persecution of Former Maryland State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby
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1:10:46Human Rights and Justice with host Nkechi Taifa features a discussion with political commentator, Angela Rye, with clips from Atty. Ben Crump, Joy Reid, and Marilyn Mosby. Co-host, Cynthia Roseberry.By Nkechi
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Spotlight: 400 Years African American History Commission
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55:20Human Rights and Justice with host, Attorney Nkechi Taifa, features a discussion with Addie Richburg, Executive Director of the 400 Years of African American History Commission, a Federally appointed 15-member Commission established to coordinate the 400th anniversary of the first documented arrival of enslaved Africans in the English colonies. The…
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Crisis in the Congo, with Maurice Carney - 3/27/2024
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55:24Description: Episode 80 of Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa interviews Congo issues veteran Maurice Carney, co-founder and Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, discussing the historical and current situation in the Congo and the destructive interventionist role the U.S. and others have played.…
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Haiti: Historic Roots of Current Destabilization - 3/20/2024
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55:21Episode 79 of Human Rights and Justice with host, Nkechi Taifa, features an interview with Haitian-born advocate and organizer Eugenia Charles, host of Konbit Lakay, a socio-political Haitian WPFW 89.3 FM radio show. She is also the Executive Director of Fondasyon Mapou, a faith-based organization that promotes Haitian issues and human rights. The …
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Mothers Speak Out Against Police Violence and for Policy Change - 3/13/2024
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59:26Guests: Gwen Carr (mother of Eric Garner, killed by police during use of a prohibited chokehold) Patricia Elam-Walker (mother of Denzel Elam Ruff, brutalized by police during a vaping arrest on the Ocean City boardwalk) Sonia Pruitt (former police captain, Montgomery County, MD and former Chair, National Black Police Association) Episode 78 of Huma…
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Down Memory Lane with Nkenge Toure - 3/6/2024
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58:48Description - Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa engages in an exciting chat with Nkenge Toure, legendary Black feminist icon and former long-time host of WPFW’s show “In Our Voices,” discussing her life and those of historic Black women as we kick off Women’s History Month. Broadcast March 6, 2024…
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Conversation with Siphiwe Baleka, Part II
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1:08:54Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa continues her interview of Episode 34 with the multi-talented Siphiwe Baleka on his many reparations efforts in the international arena, including his case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the issue of ethnocide as distinct from genocide, the African Diaspora as Region Six of the Afric…
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Reparations Utilizing International Instruments with Siphiwe Balenta
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57:23Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa dives in with Siphiwe Balenta, President of the Balenta Society in America, on intersecting issues of international law and diplomacy, reparations, DNA and justice. Baleka, amongst other international instruments, is using the mandate of the Permanent Forum on People of Africa Descent to request an advisor…
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State of the Black World Conf with Dr. Ron Daniels
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57:41Human Rights and Justice features a conversation with Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century, discussing with Talk Show Host Nkechi Taifa, Black Facts, Paul Robeson, and features of the April 19-25, 2023 State of the Black World Conference.By Nkechi
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Taifa's 2018 Reparations Keynote at Univ of Penn Law School
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1:00:12In 2018 Human Rights and Justice Talk Show host Nkechi Taifa delivered the Sparer Keynote Address at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. The topic was reparations and the keynote was part of a comprehensive convening at the law school on the issue. Human Rights and Justice replays this keynote as its Episode #32, on April 5, 2023.…
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Queen Mother Moore Marathon, with Taifa & Dr. Ashley Farmer
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58:27Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa ruminates on legendary civil and human rights icon Queen Mother Audley Moore, and interviews her biographist, Professor Ashley Farmer, on her upcoming biography on this great unsung Black heroine who influenced a generation on reparations. This episode is in honor of the March 31, 1968 anniversary of the s…
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What's Going on with Reparations in California, with Dr. Cheryl Tawede Grills
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57:54Human Rights and Justice does a deep dive into the current activity around reparations in the state of California, as well as the City of San Francisco. Discussing these issues with host Nkechi Taifa, is Dr. Cheryl Tawede Grills, a clinical psychologist who was appointed by the Governor of California to the California Reparations Task Force. A past…
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Justice, or JUST US - Police Killing of Tyre Nichols, with Ron Hampton
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54:18Season 2, Episode 2 of Human Rights and Justice centers on the issue of police brutality, with a focus on the police killing of Tyre Nichols. Host Nkechi Taifa interviews Guest Ron Hampton, retired DC police officer and expert on policing in the U.S. and globally, discussing his recent statement on this latest beating and murder of an unarmed and d…
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Anti-Imperialist/Anti-Fascist/Anti-Racist Response to Ukraine Conflict
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55:08Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa interviews representatives of the Brooklyn in Justice Collective who discuss the organization's statement on the current crisis in Ukraine. The statement was issued and targeted largely to the Western left, "which has shown itself to be weak and underdeveloped compared to the rest of the world, and is at a…
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“Destroy this Temple” book chat with Obi Egbuna, Jr.
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53:03Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa chats with Obi Egbuna, Jr. about the republishing of the iconic book of his father, "Destroy this Temple,” first published in 1971. The senior Egbuna was a Nigerian-born novelist, playwright and political activist known for being a member of the British Black Panther movement (1968-72) during the years he …
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Human Rights and Justice talk show host Nkechi Taifa interviews Brother Tag and Sister Aleta from the Spirit of Mandela's "About the People," a grassroots project, about its premiere audio-visual broadcast installment #1: Camp Muntaqim, which will feature Revolutionary Elder Jalil Muntaqim and Incarcerated Organizer Kwame Shakur, as well as the pro…
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History and Reflections of the Reparations Movement in the U.S.
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57:40Talk Show Host Nkechi Taifa shares her Reparations Roundup News and Views recording of her Feb. 2022 testimony before the California Reparations Task Force, on Episode 18 of Human Rights and Justice. The title of her testimony is History and Reflections of the Reparations Movement in the U.S.By Nkechi
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"Reparations on Fire," with Taifa and JAM
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58:29Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa discusses her new book on reparations, "Reparations on Fire: How and Why its Spreading Across America," with cultural anthropologist Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor, director of the National Black Cultural Information Trust, 12-28-22.By Nkechi
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Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa interviews Edward Sargent, independent journalist, editor of Claud Anderson's pivotal works, and author of a soon-to-be released series focused on the relationship between law enforcement and Black people - the War in America Volumes I and II.By Nkechi
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The UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent: Black Women Advancing Reparations in Geneva
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57:54Human Rights and Justice Host Nkechi Taifa interviews members of the International Civil Society Delegation as they bring critical diasporic African issues to the front at historic international convening in Switzerland. Esteemed guests include: Dr. Amara Enyia, JD PhD - joining from Geneva. Dr. Amara is chair of the Intl Civil Society Working Grou…
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Exonerate Marcus Garvey - A Chat with Dr. Julius Garvey and Prof. Justin Hansford
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1:02:44Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa conducts a riveting interview with the only surviving son of the Honorable Marcus Garvey - Dr. Julius Garvey, and Attorney Justin Hansford, US Representaife to the UN Forum on People of African Descent. This discussion is chock full of historical and contemporary tidbits. Don’t miss it!…
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Assimilation vs. Freedom with Baba Lumumba
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58:14In Episode 12, Human Rights and Justice host interviews Baba Lumumba, historian and long-time Pan-Afrikan/Black Nationalist community leader, discussing a range of themes from African people and European Holidays to Assimilation vs Freedom!By Nkechi
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Episode 9 of Human Rights and Justice features interviews with two Powerhouse Commentators - Howard University’s Professor Greg Carr and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown. They discuss with host Nkechi Taifa the importance of voting in the upcoming mid-term elections and what’s at stake, concluding with the mantras, “WE WILL NOT BLACK DO…
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