Best Progressive Black Thinkers Radio Podcasts (2024)

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OCG Witness On the Bridge ::: "In Conversation with Dr. Ruby N. Sales" 2:00:00

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OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham "In Conversation with Dr. Ruby N. Sales" Founder, The Spirit House Project Listen & Call-In Line: (347) 838-9852 :: What Southern Past tells us about the rise of white Supremacy :: Weapons of Southern Resistance Living :: There is NO Black Generational Divide :: Black Denial, Apathy and Confusion “White supremac…

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OCG :: BHM 2022 Highlight :: “Racial History Erasure: Shorting Black Victories" 1:37:00

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OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham Black History Month 2022 Highlight :: “Racial History Erasure: Shorting Black Victories” Listen ::: LEARN ::: LIBERATE Radio :: The Fear of Black History :: Weapons of Critical Race Theory :: Anti-Black Public Policy In this final episode of the OUR COMMON GROUND 2022 Black History Month celebration, we offer a …

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Black History Month 2022 Highlight :: “Black Women Visioning Black Power" 2:01:00

2+ y ago2:01:00

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OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham Black History Month 2022 Highlight :: “Black Women Visioning Black Power" We look at the precision and power of the leadership, guidance, counsel, and direction contributed by Black power giants: Fannie Lou Hamer ::: Ella Baker ::: Angela Davis ::: Michelle Alexander Listen ::: LEARN ::: LIBERATE Listen Line: (3…

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Black History Month 2022 Highlight :: "IN-FORMATION: Malcolm and Stokley" 2:00:00

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OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham Black History Month 2022 Highlight :: "IN-FORMATION: Malcolm and Stokley" Tonight, we look at the early activist eras of Kwame Toure’ aka StokelyCarmichael and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X). We follow them as they begin to make Black history. Listen ::: LEARN ::: LIBERATE Listen Line: (347) 838-9852 Visit…

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BMH 2022 Highlight :: The Fire of Freedom Fighter Bayard Rustin 2:00:00

2+ y ago2:00:00

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OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham Black History Month 2022 Highlight :: The Fire of Freedom Fighter Bayard Rustin Most do not know or understand the powerful role that Bayard Rustin played in the ignition of the Civil Rights Era and his guidance in the movement with key political players. We acknowledge his love and dedication to Black people an…

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CIVICS 201 : Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement 1:53:00

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"CIVICS 201 : Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement" Saturday, January 29, 2022 ::: 10 pm ET Listen Line: (347) 838-9852 WE are facing a tidal wave of restrictive voting legislation across the country and the trend will continue into 2022. Tonight we present some of the information you need to translate and interpret these efforts in your state.…

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“Shorting the Odds: States’ Race to Anoracy” 2:06:00

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his Week at OUR COMMON GROUND “Shorting the Odds: States’ Race to Anoracy” Call In ::: Listen Line: (347) 838-9852 ABOUT THIS EPISODE ANOCRACY A political system that is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic, often being vulnerable to political instability. In this episode of OUR COMMON GROUND, we discuss the rabid weaponization of states' …

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"King Day: To Forget Is to Forfeit" 1:52:00

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"King Day: To Forget Is to Forfeit" Since 1983, communities and organizations have celebrated King Day through various, creative and serious celebrations and forums. A national monument in Washington has been erected in Dr. King's honor. However, there seems to be a diffusion in what we teach, remember and understand about Dr. King's contribution t…

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"The Final Season: Black Aspiration in a Dying Democracy" 1:59:00

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"The Final Season: Black Aspiration in a Dying Democracy" We enter the last Season of OUR COMMON GROUND examining the dire and troubling nature of our country. Each time, we think it cannot get worse, it does. Indeed it does. The system of white supremacy has embedded itself, perhaps permanently, in our system of government and has been normalized …

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OUR COMMON GROUND 2021 Season Review & Close 2:06:00

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This Week on OUR COMMON GROUND OUR COMMON GROUND 2021 Season Review & Close Looking back at the information, ideas, lessons, and insight during this 2021 Season. As we close, we celebrate our 35 years of broadcasting. Thirty-five years later, I can say that I'm still learning how to amplify Black voices. Still mastering the skill to raise this heav…

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OCG ReDo: Dr. Frances Cress Welsing: The Origins of White Supremacy 2009 2:00:00

2+ y ago2:00:00

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This Week on OUR COMMON GROUND "In Discussion with Dr. Frances Cress Welsing: The Origins of White Supremacy Culture" REBROADCAST OF May 29, 2009 Episode Streaming: Saturday, November 6, 2021 ::: 10 pm ET Tune In: http://bit.ly/OCGTruthTalk Listen Line: (347) 838-9852 Dr. Frances Luella Welsing was an American psychiatrist and prominent race theori…

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OCG Rebroadcast: In Discussion with Activists, Kevin Gray & Neil Franklin 2011 2:01:00

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REBROADCAST OF January 22, 2011 OUR COMMON GROUND Featuring, ALFO, of The ALFO Show,Co-Hosting Saturday, January 22, 2011 Guest, Kevin Gray and Neill Franklin OUR COMMON GROUND once again welcomes . . . Kevin Gray is a CounterPunch.org political magazine contributor and civil rights organizer who resides in Columbia, South Carolina. He is a contrib…

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OCG OPEN MIC NIGHT ::: "A Broken Democracy" 1:59:00

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OPEN MIC NIGHT "A Broken Democracy" While the Republicans fight for a new Confederacy, just what price will Black Americans pay because the Democrats are not vested in Democracy? Will cars on the new roads built by the Biden Infrastructure Bill, pass by Black people still protesting voter suppression or another dead Black body at the hands of polic…

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OCG Witness from the Bridge Series ::: Dr. Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D. ::: 2:00:00

2+ y ago2:00:00

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"In Conversation with Dr. Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D." Director of the Institute for Urban Research Morgan State University MD Too many Black leaders (elected, appointed or anointed) have opted for access to power, rather than challenging or seeking to hold actual power. Too many have opted merely for a “piece of the pie” rather than building the ins…

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"BURNING IT DOWN: BUILDING ANEW” Kim Brown, Host, Burning It Down 2:03:00

2+ y ago2:03:00

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This Week on OUR COMMON GROUND "BURNING IT DOWN: BUILDING ANEW” Guest: Kim Brown, Host, BURN IT DOWN LIVE NonBougie Black America "Burn it Down with Kim Brown" calls out systemic issues within our society and envisioning a new world. She talks about how to restructure and create systems that are inclusive of everyone. She keeps it real, and activel…

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"Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting” :: OCG REDO 1:58:00

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"Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting” Guest: Dr. Terrie M. Williams, Ph.D. American entrepreneur, public relations expert, author, therapist, and philanthropist. CEO, The Terrie Williams Agency Author, “Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting” Rebroadcast of 3//19/09 Interview Black Pain identifies emotional pain—which uniquel…

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"Compromise & Capitulation" with Dr. James L. Taylor 2:00:00

2+ y ago2:00:00

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"Compromise & Capitulation: Starring Harry Potter and the StormTroopers" In Conversation with Dr. James Lance Taylor, Ph. D. Chair of Dept. of Political Science, University of San Franciso He is former President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS), The political fires are raging in the U.S. Through a robust campaign of…

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“The Attica Massacre 50 Years Later: America’s Human Rights Crisis Continues” 2:02:00

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“The Attica Massacre 50 Years Later: America’s Human Rights Crisis Continues” Attica has never been over. Slavery has never been over. Is there anything more to learn about the Attica prison uprising? The truth is that it was a massacre of inmates protesting the lack of acknowledgment of their humanity. Demanding to be regarded as humans and the ri…

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“The Glitch in the Matrix” ::: OPEN MIC NIGHT at OCG 2:01:00

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This Week on OUR COMMON GROUND “The Glitch in the Matrix” OPEN MIC Saturday, September 11, 2021 ::: 10 pm ET Tune In: http://bit.ly/OCGTruthTalk Call-In & Listen Line: (347) 838-9852 The Matrix represents a system of control that operates completely in the mind. As a complex, machine-driven program, it appropriates any personal, political, or ideol…

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“As America Fails: Seeking Solidarity” ::: Dr. Djene Rhys Bajalan 2:02:00

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“As America Fails: Finding Solidarity” Guest: Dr. Djene Rhys Bajalan When democracies fail, they fall with the great divide taking a prominent and urgent matter for every citizen. Defining friends and foes? Easy. Comrade, allies, and enemies? Not so. The trauma of Black in America will amplify that dilemma. " We welcome Dr. Djene Bajalan as our gue…

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"Election 2020: Playbook and the Price" ::: Dr. James L. Taylor :: Rebroadcast 1:57:00

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"Election 2020: Playbook and the Price" Guest: Dr. James Lance Taylor, Ph.D. May 2, 2020 - 10 pm EDT Original Broadcast Date: May 2, 2020 Chair, Department of Politics, former President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS), an important organization of African American, African, and Afro Caribbean political scientists i…

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In Conversation with Cynthia McKinney :: OCG Rebroadcast 1:55:00

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::: REBROADCAST OF July 5, 2014 Episode ::: In Conversation with Cynthia McKinney "Confronting the New Amerikkan Empire" OUR COMMON GROUND OPENED the 2ND Session of 2014 on July 5, 2014. We were honored to have as our guest, Cynthia McKinney former U. S. Congresswoman, international human rights activist, and former Presidential candidate, to discu…

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"Demanding Justice and Dignity for OUR Children" with Zakiya Sankara-Jabar 1:58:00

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REBROADCAST of LIVE Interview-October 25, 2015 "Demanding Justice and Dignity for OUR Children" Our Guest: Zakiya Sankara-Jabar Executive Director, Co-Founder, Co-Chair Dignity in Schools Campaign Racial Justice NOW ! A South Carolina Black female student was brutally attacked, thrown from her seat, and tossed across the room by a school police off…

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This Week in Black America ::: OPEN MIC ::: 2:02:00

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This Week on OUR COMMON GROUND OPEN MIC ::: Who were the losers in OH-11? ::: Remembering Dr. Ronoko Rashidi ::: Who Controls the Black Agency? "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website. Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join our Exchange Community…

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A Tribute to Black Truth Warrior, Glen Ford ::: OCG Honors His Work 2:01:00

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A Tribute to Black Truth Warrior, Glen Ford ::: OUR COMMON GROUND Remembers Remembering Glen Ford, CEO/Executive Editor, The Black Agenda Report This Week on OUR COMMON GROUND we remember Glen Ford. Glen made his transition on Thursday, July 28, 2021. Glen Ford was the Founder, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, an important publication, blog…

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“Global White Supremacy: Baltimore to Palestine”, Rev. Dr. Ruby N. Sales 2:00:00

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“Global White Supremacy: Baltimore to Palestine” Rev. Dr. Ruby N. Sales, Founder, Director, The Spirit House Faith Activist Liberationist, Journalist & Author From promulgating the racist birther conspiracy theory to exhorting vigilante Proud Boys to “stand by,” Donald Trump has amplified white nationalist ideas in the United States. But neither Tr…

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"Rest for the Justice Seeking Soul" ::: Liberationist, Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith 2:02:00

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Rev. Dr. Susan K. Williams Smith Faith Activist Liberationist "Rest for the Justice Seeking Soul" "The fight for justice and equality is an exhausting daily grind—and the work is never over. That’s why it is incumbent upon all who speak and advocate for the less fortunate to practice self-care. You can’t fight when your tank is empty. Her ideas and…

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In Conversation w/ Pascal Robert, This Is Revolution Co-Host & OCG INTERLOCUTOR 2:01:00

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In Conversation with Pascal Robert, The Thought Merchant Co-Host, THIS IS REVOLUTION Podcast & OUR COMMON GROUND IN-TER-LOCU-TOR Pascal is an essayist and Political Commentator on Black Politics, US Economic and Financial politics and Haiti. He is a graduate of Hofstra University and Boston University Law School. Somehow 20 percent of African Ameri…

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“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”:: Frederick Douglass 1852 :: 7:00

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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (Performed by Actor, James Earl Jones) “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” is a speech by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Douglass, who himself escaped enslavement years before, gave the speech on July 5, 1852 at an Independence Day celebration in Rochester, New York. During the 1850s, Frederick Doug…

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Breaching the Centrality of American Whiteness :: OCG LISTEN :: LIBERATE POD 1:44:00

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::: Breaching the Centrality of American Whiteness ::: An OUR COMMON GROUND LISTEN :: LEARN :: LIBERATE BROADCAST We take a look at a variety of observations addressing the issue of Black freedom struggle, whiteness, voter suppression, and Black resistance in an era of new attacks on Black freedom and agency. Features include Rev. William Barber, 1…

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OCG History Matters Broadcast ::: " Juneteenth: Emancipation of the US Slaves" 26:00

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::: "Juneteenth: A Celebration of the Emancipation of the Slaves" ::: An OUR COMMON GROUND #HISTORYMATTERS SPECIAL We provide a history of the event and the celebration of Juneteenth as we celebrate its first year as a national holiday. Juneteenth is specifically a celebration of Black emancipation. Race-based chattel slavery intentionally ensnared…

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A Debt That Is Owed Episode #2: “Reparations: The Paradigm Shift” 2:02:00

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::: “Reparations: The Debt That Is Owed” ::: An OUR COMMON GROUND Reparations Discussion Series Episode #2: “Reparations: The Paradigm Shift” Examining the demand for reparations through many eras of Black Struggle: Slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Civil Rights, the Black Power eras and Black Lives Matters protests. Guest: Dr. Rutledge M. Dennis,…

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The Debt That Is Owed: Reparations & the Descendants of US Chattel Slavery 1:53:00

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Reparations: The Debt That Is Owed ::: Reparations Series Episode #1: "The Debt That Is Owed": Reparations & the Descendants of US Chattel Slavery Guest: Dr. William "Sandy" Darity, Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen Co-Authors, "From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century", A. Kirsten Mullen is a lecturer whose work f…

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"The Tulsa Massacre 100 Yrs Later: We Remember as to Never Forget" 1:11:00

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The Tulsa Massacre So that we never forget. Memorial Day marks the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the deadliest episodes of racial violence and domestic terrorism in U.S. history. When the thriving African American neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma — known as "Black Wall Street" — was burned and bombed to the g…

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"Black in America's "Weimar" Moment" ::: OUR COMMON GROUND 2:00:00

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"Black in America's "Weimar" Moment" Pascal Robert ::: Co-Host, THIS IS REVOLUTION Podcast & OUR COMMON GROUND IN-TER-LOCU-TOR Seventy-five years ago, Hitler came to power, ending the Weimar Republic. Did Germany's experiment with democracy between 1919 and 1933 ever stand a real chance? Is America at that same juncture and will democracy have more…

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OCG ::: "When We Stand: The Intersection of Black Justice, Wealth and Health" 2:03:00

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"When We Stand: The Intersection of Black Justice, Wealth and Health" Guest: Malik Ali, CEO/Founder, Justice, Wealth and Health, SC JWH's Mission is to save lives from Injustice, Poor Health, and Lack of Financial Wealth. Marching has stopped Protesting has stopped Making the Next Stand Listen & Call-In Line: 347-838-9852 "Transforming Truth to Pow…

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"Black Hustlers: Tap Dancing and Soul Corrosion” - The Matter of Black Traitors 2:00:00

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"Black Hustlers: Tap Dancing and Soul Corrosion” What Tim Scott did was not brave. It was not honest and it was not leadership. He lied to the American people on behalf of a Republican Party that neither values nor respects him. How does a Black man relieve himself of all dignity and his own history? What life experiences lend themselves to a man t…

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OUR COMMON GROUND :: "In Conversation with Efia Nwangaza" 2:00:00

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In Conversation with Efia Nwanganza Pioneer Human Rights Activist ::: Pioneer Black Talk Host ::: Civil Rights Attorney Exec. Dir., Malcolm X Center, Greenville, SC "Black Truth on Black Justice" ABOUT EFIA NWANGANZA Efia Nwangaza is a lifelong civil/human rights activist and freedom fighter who first worked for the liberation of African/Black peop…

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Seeking Mercy 2:00:00

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“Seeking Mercy" Podcast Janice will return on April 24, 2021 ::: LIVE Tonight, we offer discussions on criminal justice and the history of lynching with Bryan Stevenson. He is an American lawyer, social justice activist, founder/executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and a law professor at New York University School of Law.He's the fou…

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OUR COMMON GROUND ::: “Evil Well Financed and Determined: Jim Crow Under Law" 2:00:00

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“Evil Well Financed and Determined: Jim Crow Under Law" Disenfranchisement Laws aka "Jim Crow OCG Hosts, Janice Graham & Dr. James L. Taylor Jim Crow” was developed as a derisive slang term for a Black man. It came to mean any state law passed in the South that established different rules for blacks and whites. Jim Crow laws were based on the theor…

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“Is There No Return to Sanity?” ::: OUR COMMON GROUND 2:02:00

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“Is There No Return to Sanity?” "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" In the 2nd hour, OCG Political Contributor, Dr. James Taylor will join us to talk about the targeted killing of Asian-Americans and the relationship to racial hate of Black people in America. To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website. Follow us on FB and Twi…

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OUR COMMON GROUND: “Under the New Confederacy: Can There Be Any Justice?” 2:01:00

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“Under the New Confederacy: Can There Be Any Justice?” One year later, we remember Breonna Taylor. We ask, can there be any kind of Justice in Amerikka in the "new Confederacy"? The Chauvin trial is underway. What do we expect and how much will we tolerate further? "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND …

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“Aligning Black Policy Priorities Into the Game of Electoral Politics” 1:59:00

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“Aligning Black Policy Priorities Into the Game of Electoral Politics” Guest: Professor Willie Legette Political Systems Analyst and Organizer Professor Emeritus of Political Science, South Carolina State University; Lead Organizer, Medicare for All-South Carolina; Labor Party candidate for SC Senate; Common Dreams contributor We talk with Professo…

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"Black History: Always the Road to Black Power" :: Black History 365 1:55:00

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OCG Black History Month 2021 "Black History: Always the Road to Black Power" OPEN MIC NIGHT Do we see Black history as a road leaving tools, vision, and truth all along the way? Every period of our history has taught America something about its own failings, and us about the righteousness of our struggle. Without Black struggle American would not b…

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"A History of Black Political Movements in America” :: Session lV :: 2:01:00

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"A History of Black Political Movements in America” Session lV “Practical Strategies for the 21st Century Black and Peoples’ Movements” February 25, 2021 ::: 8pm ET Session IV: Black political diversities and ideologies. Examining class, economics, religion, spirituality, art, gender, sexuality, and how they have factored in Black movement history.…

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"White Redemption: On the Faultline of Black Forgiveness" :: OPEN MIC 1:59:00

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OCG Black History Month 2021 "White Redemption: On the Black Faultline" OPEN MIC NIGHT Focus . . . . Where should be, “You’re Not Off The Hook” because nothing has not happened to make it so. We should not be living on the Black Faultline not understanding that White live under a myth about ‘Black Forgiveness’. It seems America wants redemption wit…

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"Supporting the Legacy of Jimmie "Doc" Horne : Black Tennis History" 2:01:00

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"Supporting the Legacy of Jimmie "Doc" Horne : Black Tennis History" Tonight we honor, Jimmie "Doc" Horne Sr., by supporting the public tennis center which bears his name. He is a tennis standout once barred from white courts in an era of segregation, did not wait for somebody else to design a program to expose city kids in West Palm Beach to the s…

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"A History of Black Political Movements" Session lll :: Dr. James L. Taylor 1:59:00

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"A History of Black Political Movements" Session lll February 18, 2021 Session 3: Black political diversities and ideologies. Examining class, economics, religion, spirituality, art, gender, sexuality, and how they have factored in Black movement history. Four-Week Lecture Series Dr. James L. Taylor, Ph.D. Each Session: Thursdays 8- 10 pm EST ::: F…

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"Darkness in American Medicine: Surviving Medical Apartheid " #BHM 2:01:00

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"Darkness in American Medicine: Surviving Medical Apartheid" #BHM OCG Black History Month 2021 Theme: What We Endured, Survived, Yet, Achieved" Page 1: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Page 2: The 2nd Impeachment Trial at the Senate To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website. Foll…

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"A History of Black Political Movements in America" with Dr. James L. Taylor 2:01:00

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"A History of Black Political Movements" Session ll Four-Week Lecture Series Dr. James L. Taylor, Ph.D. Each Session: Thursdays 8- 10 pm EST ::: February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 All Black political movements in America's history were hailed as significant struggles of Blacks to achieve full equality. Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Black Power,…

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