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Radiozine on 06/17/11

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

Remembering Stonewall KBOO presents our annual broadcast of this radio documentary produced in 1989 by David Isay. On Friday, June 27, 1969, eight officers from the public morals section of the first division New York City Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn, one o... Read more

William Pepper on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng speaks with William Pepper, an American lawyer who practices international human rights law, about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4th, 1968. Pepper was present at Martin Luther King's April 4, 1967 Riverside Church speech in which Ki... Read more

Secret Asian Woman

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Secret Asian Woman, a half-hour personal exploration of identity and mixed race produced by Dmae Roberts. Throughout her life especially living in Oregon, Dmae has had to bring up her ethnicity especially when it comes to the question: "What Are You?" This piece was or... Read more

Karla Gilbride from Disability Rights Advocates talks about Resolving violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Sounds of Awareness

Host Paul Van Dyck speaks with Karla Gilbride, staff attorney with Disability Rights Advocates, about cases they are handling around the country to resolve violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). DRA is a non-profit law firm dedicated to securing the civil... Read more

More Talk Radio on 11/08/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/08/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with labor organizer, writer and radical theorist John Cronan Jr. He will be speaking at Laughing Horse Books on Thursday, November 11th at 6PM with activist and student orgainzer Casey Asprooth-Jackson. John Cronan is a restaur... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana} This is a re-broadcast of our 2010 interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson about her award-wining book “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great... Read more

Madness Radio on 06/28/10

Airs at: Mon, 06/28/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Madness Radio

Madness Radio: Schizophrenia and Black Politics Jonathan Metzl How did the definition of schizophrenia change during the civil rights and Black Power era of the 1960s? Why did a disease primarily affecting withdrawn white housewives suddenly become focused on angry and... Read more

damali ayo on "Obamistan!: Land Without Racism"

Airs at: Thu, 05/06/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Hosts Patricia Welch, Emma Jackson Ford and O.B. Hill interview damali ayo, author, artist, speaker and host. Her books use humor to shed light on American culture and human relations. damali's new book is Obamistan!: Land without Racism. Read more

Diane Hess and The law, your Rights and Special Activities marking the Fair Housing Council’s 20th Anniversary

Airs at: Wed, 03/31/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Hosted by Lisa Loving Thousands of Oregonians are denied housing on the basis of race, class and religion every year. If it happens to you – what can you do? Host Lisa Loving and her guest Diane Hess of the Fair Housing Council of Oregon speak about the law, your rights a... Read more

PDX Walk for Water event to aid families in Sub-Saharan Africa

Airs at: Wed, 03/10/2010 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Crystal Leighty interviews Eric Mwarabu, an intern from Tanzania who is working to increase awareness of Walk for Water on Sunday, March 21, 2010. Drawing attention to the plight of millions of people whose access to safe drinking water is severely limited, Walk for... Read more