Sojourner Truth Radio

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Every Thursday from 8:00 am to 9:00 am

Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod is a public affairs program from KPFK Radio. Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national, and international policies and stories that affect us all. We draw out how those of us most impacted - women, communities of color and other communities are responding. We also discuss the inter-relationship between art and politics. At the start of our show we bring you the headlines of the day. Host and Producer: Margaret Prescod

Topic tags: 
Arts/Culture, African American, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Global Affairs, Government/Politics
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Sojourner Truth Radio on 09/29/22

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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"Democracy Beyond the US Empire", by Vijay Prashad

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Guest host Nana Gyamfi will share excerpts from Vijay Prashad's recent speech: Democracy Beyond the US Empire, hosted by the Peoples Forum at the famed Riverside Church in Harlem, New York City. Prashad addresses US myth busting in the Global South and the co-opted words of... Read more

Haitian Voices of Resistance Today

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you excerpts from a recent webinar titled, Haitian Voices of Resistance Today. Listeners receive an update on the latest in the crisis in Haiti from organizers on the ground. 09-21-2022          Read more

Farmer Clint Hisey on odd jobs and survival

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  Volume 2 of our Conversations in Illinois Series, with guest for the hour, farmer Clint Hisey, who recounts odd jobs he has had to take for survival while understanding their impact on the land and the depletion of nutrients on the soil.     09-07-2022   Read more

The Tougaloo 9, with former member Joseph Jackson Jr

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  Guest host Gabriel San Roman interviews Joseph Jackson Jr., who formed part of the Tougaloo 9. The Tougaloo Nine were a group of African-American students at Tougaloo College, who participated in civil disobedience by staging sit-ins of segregated public institutions in ... Read more

Sojourner Truth Radio on 08/25/22

Airs at: Thu, 08/25/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Historian Gerald Horne, Race to Revolution: Cuba and the US During Jim Crow

Airs at: Thu, 08/25/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  Today on Sojourner Truth, acclaimed historian Dr. Gerald Horne joins host Margaret Prescod for the hour, to discuss his book, 'Race to Revolution: Cuba and the US During Jim Crow -- sotrueradio.org --   Released on 08-23-2022 --  KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles --     Read more

Crack in the System

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you a one hour special with renowned filmmaker and documentary director for Crack in the System. Mark Levin, his film Crack in the System depicts the historical account of how crack cocaine was introduced into African American neighborho... Read more

The Many Faces Of Nelson Mandela

Airs at: Fri, 08/12/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you an interview with journalist, producer and activist, Danny Schechter author of Madiba A-Z, The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela, who shared insights on the life of Mandela and how this book came to be, as well as his ties to the African... Read more

The Eagle and The Condor

Airs at: Thu, 08/11/2022 at 8:00am - 8:45am
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  Sojourner Truth Radio presents a discussion on the documentary film The Eagle & the Condor by Directors Clement and Sofie Guerra. The film takes an in depth look at the extractive fossil fuel industries and their devastating impact in the verdant jungles of the Peruvian ... Read more