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Yo, Miss! PodcastMinneapolis Ground Zero with Dr. Yohuru WilliamsI had the honor of speaking with Dr. Yohuru Williams tonight about what’s happening on the ground in Minneapolis right now. People always say to “find the helpers” in challenging times but I prefer to find the historians, the people who can help us navigate forward with the wisdom of our past.Here is his excellent and inspiring article that he references in our discussion. I have been returning to it a lot:Dr. Williams is a historian and author of 11 books on Black freedom struggles, including Call Him Jack. He is a History Channe...
2026-01-2736 min
The Morning News with Vineeta SawkarDoes the current state of Minnesota resemble Germany in the 1930's?There are parallels in history says University of St. Thomas professor Dr. Yohuru Williams. He joined Vineeta on the WCCO Morning News
Photo by US Army Signal Corps/Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
2026-01-1406 min
Choiceology with Katy MilkmanPlaying the Long Game: The Power of Self-ControlAs a special addition to this week's episode, you can see Katy's full sit-down interview with Angela Duckworth, where they also explore the relationship between self-control and grit.Watch or listen to their conversation on YouTube or Spotify.When your emotions flare or temptation calls, what does it take to hold back? Whether it’s resisting the urge to lash out or the pull of short-term pleasure in favor of long-term goals, self-control can be one of the hardest—and most important—skills we ever learn.In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we explore...
2025-10-2034 min
True Crime TonightWhat Kohberger’s Hearing Could Mean for the Trial Ahead; Heuermann DNA Fight Could Push Trial to 2026 — Plus, a Juneteenth Conversation on JusticeSenior National Correspondent Brian Entin from NewsNation stops by to break down major headline cases he's covered on the ground. His reporting on stories like Bryan Kohberger and Gabby Petito has been relentless, sharp, and human-centered—making him one of the most trusted voices in true crime today. Also joining the show is Dr. Yohuru Williams, director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He shares insight into key legal cases and how we can better support Black and Brown communities. Tune in for all the details.See omnystudio.com...
2025-06-201h 17
MPR News with Angela Davis'This cannot be the norm': Minnesotans struggle with surge in political violenceMinnesota House Democratic Leader Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday. A second Democratic lawmaker, state Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife Yvette, were also shot and wounded at their home in Champlin. Gov. Tim Walz said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination.” On Sunday, he pleaded for civility in American life. “This cannot be the norm,” he said. “It cannot be the way we deal with our political differences.”Angela Davis and her guests talk about how Minnesotans are processi...
2025-06-161h 39
Get Lost In This Inspiring Full Audiobook — Perfect While Cooking.After Life by Rhae Lynn Barnes - editor, Keri Leigh Merritt - editor, Yohuru Williams - editorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/225470to listen full audiobooks.
Title: After Life
Author: Rhae Lynn Barnes - editor, Keri Leigh Merritt - editor, Yohuru Williams - editor
Narrator: Rebecca Mitchell, David Lee Huynh, Leon Nixon, LaNecia Edmonds, Kim Ramirez, Eric Jason Martin
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
Release date: 06-10-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Social
Publisher's Summary:
After Life is a collective history of how Americans experienced, navigated, commemorated, and ignored mass death and loss during the global COVID-19 pandemic, mass uprisings for racial justice, and the near presidential coup in 2021 following the 2020 election.
2025-06-1012h 09
Native America CallingFriday, May 23, 2025 – Five years after George Floyd’s death, racial justice advocates watch momentum whitherOn the eve of the five-year commemoration of George Floyd’s death, the Trump administration is withdrawing Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight for police departments in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Louisville, and other cities where the DOJ previously found civil rights violations against Native Americans and other people of color. Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer prompted global calls for accountability for long standing inequities. Now, Native American racial justice advocates say any progress toward improving unbalanced treatment by law enforcement agencies is stalled, at best. We’ll assess the direction of racial equity in the criminal justice system over t...
2025-05-2356 minNative America CallingFriday, May 23, 2025 – Five years after George Floyd’s death, racial justice advocates watch momentum whitherOn the eve of the five-year commemoration of George Floyd’s death, the Trump administration is withdrawing Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight for police departments in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Louisville, and other cities where the DOJ previously found civil rights violations against Native Americans and other people of color. Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer prompted global calls for accountability for long standing inequities. Now, Native American racial justice advocates say any progress toward improving unbalanced treatment by law enforcement agencies is stalled, at best. We’ll assess the direction of racial equity in the criminal justice system over t...
2025-05-2356 min
Behind the Mic With Kirkus ReviewsKING: A LIFE (YOUNG ADULT EDITION) by Jonathan Eig, Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long [Adapt.], read by Dion GrahamTeen listeners are given a well-rounded portrait of the leading figure in the Civil Rights movement, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King—fleshed out by fascinating and coherent accounts of the events of the day and the people around him. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss how Golden Voice Dion Graham masterfully portrays the voices and emotions of Dr. King’s orations. This production succeeds at reinforcing the fact that the inspiring civil rights leader “is a person, not just a holiday.” Read our review of the audiobook at our website https://www...
2025-03-1812 min
MiddayBringing Black history to life for young readersToday on Midday, a conversation with two award winning authors about their efforts to bring Black history to life for young readers.
Later in the program, Carole Boston Weatherford joins us to talk about her award-winning works for young adult and children, including Kin: Rooted in Hope and Becoming Billie Holiday. She was recently named 2025 Young People’s Poet Laureate.
The conversation begins with Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life, which won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Now, the acclaimed book is released in an edition for young adults. Michael Long and Yohuru Williams adapted the book for younger re...
2025-02-1245 min
Don’t Miss A Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook On Your Commute.King: A Life (Young Adult Edition) by Jonathan Eig, Yohuru Williams - adapter, Michael G. Long - adapterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/67614to listen full audiobooks.
Title: King: A Life (Young Adult Edition)
Author: Jonathan Eig, Yohuru Williams - adapter, Michael G. Long - adapter
Narrator: Dion Graham
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
Release date: 01-07-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: History & Culture
Publisher's Summary:
Often regarded as more of a myth and legend than man, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was many things throughout his storied life: student, activist, preacher, dreamer, father, husband. From his Atlanta childhood centered in the historically Black neighborhood of Sweet Auburn to his precipitous rise...
2025-01-074h 24Tune In To Your Ears To A Sensational Full Audiobook.King: A Life (Young Adult Edition) by Jonathan Eig, Yohuru Williams - adapter, Michael G. Long - adapterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/66087to listen full audiobooks.
Title: King: A Life (Young Adult Edition)
Author: Jonathan Eig, Yohuru Williams - adapter, Michael G. Long - adapter
Narrator: Dion Graham
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
Release date: 01-07-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Biographies
Publisher's Summary:
Often regarded as more of a myth and legend than man, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was many things throughout his storied life: student, activist, preacher, dreamer, father, husband. From his Atlanta childhood centered in the historically Black neighborhood of Sweet Auburn to his precipitous rise as...
2025-01-074h 24
Mr. Hutchings HistoryA Civil Rights Movement Followed by Black Power? Rethinking the TimelineIn this episode of Mr. Hutchings History, we challenge the traditional timeline that places the Civil Rights Movement (1955–1965) before the Black Power movement (1966–1970s). Recent scholarship argues these movements were not separate but overlapped and influenced one another. Explore how figures like Gloria Richardson and Robert Williams prefigured Black Power ideals during the Civil Rights era, and how leaders like Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panthers expanded the fight for racial justice into economic and cultural realms.
Key Discussion Points:
How grassroots activism blurred the lines between nonviolent civil rights strategies and the militant approach of Blac...
2024-11-2219 min
WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg1/10/24 Encore: Call Him JackEncore from 2023: Yohuru Williams, author of "Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter"
2024-01-1045 min
KMOJCast01-08-24 Stephanie Burrage talks about MLK events with Freddie Bell and Chantel Sings on the KMOJ morning showThursday, January 11, 2024 Achieving the Dream ConferenceHalf-day conference for equity practitioners. Dr. Yohuru Williams will serve as the keynote speakerFriday, January 12, 2024 Youth Empowerment SummitA day filled with interactive and youth-led activities, centering interests, talents, and contributions of young leaders and the future of Minnesota.Saturday, January 13, 2024 Gathering for Service (several locations across the state)We’re asking that community come together to advance the dreamOpportunity to be proactive, volunteer at a number of non profit organization across the stateState of Minnesota Career Fair, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the National Guard...
2024-01-0810 min
Professor Buzzkill History PodcastThe "After Life" of CovidDrs. Keri Leigh Merritt and Yohuru Williams discuss important research and reflection about what happened in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book’s authors document and analyze the effects of the pandemic in ways inspired by the writers who documented American life during the Great Depression. Perhaps most importantly, they discuss how this lengthy tragedy provides the United States with an opportunity to rebuild its society. Episode 507.
2023-04-1840 min
Work in Progress with Christopher Wong MichaelsonA Raisin in the Sun Panel Discussion at the Guthrie TheaterIn this episode, host, Christopher Michaelson, intermixes his commentary with a recording of a panel discussion taken during an in-person event at the Guthrie Theater in May 2022. The special event titled, A Raisin in the Sun: Panel Discussion and Performance, was an experiential opportunity aimed at helping shape the role of business in cultivating racial justice and social equity in the Twin Cities community. Esteemed panelists included Austene Van, director of A Raisin in the Sun, founder of the New Dawn Theater Company, and producing artistic director of the Yellow Tree Theater; Dr. Yohuru Williams, founding director...
2023-02-2337 min
Let's Get LITeraryWe Chat: Dr. Yohuru WilliamsListen in as we chat with Dr. Yohuru Williams, our 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Vigil keynote speaker.
2023-01-2430 min
Axelbank Reports History and Today#108: Keri Leigh Merritt - "After Life"In this episode, historian Keri Leigh Merritt explores how a pandemic exacerbated simmering inequalities in American society to produce mass death at an unprecedented scale. The book she co-edited with Rhae Lynn Barnes and Yohuru Williams, "After Life: A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America," is a collection of essays where authors explore the damage that grief and fear had on our collective psyche. We discussed the impact that politics, race and class had on who died and on who was left behind.Keri Leigh's website can be found at https://kerileighmerritt.com/
2022-12-2049 min
SportsJam with Doug Doyle"Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter" provides new insight into the life of the American heroCo-authors Dr. Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long join SportsJam with Doug Doyle to talk about their new book "Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter"
2022-12-1931 min
Chris Voss PodcastChris Voss Podcast – Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. LongCall Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights. According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was “a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider […]
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2022-12-1336 min
Jearlyn SteeleHighlight: Surviving With the After Effects of the PandemicCOVID has really done a number on our country, and that extends beyond the physical strife. Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History & Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at St. Thomas University Dr. Yohuru Williams tells the stories of those struggles in his new book, "After Life: A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America". He joins the show to discuss the effort.
2022-12-0517 min
Jearlyn SteeleCOVID Effect; Healthy Holidays; Giving BackGuest host Sheletta Brundidge chats with the following guests this hour: Dr. Yohuru Williams from St. Thomas University explains how dealing with the last couple of years inspired his new book. Hy-Vee registered dietician Danielle Matthies gives us tips to eat healthier during the holiday season. 4th Street Saloon manager Mike Oker shares the details on how to donate to the annual toy drive he helps run.
2022-12-0537 min
NWP RadioThe Write Time with Author Yohuru Williams and Educator Joe AnsonDr. Yohuru Williams is a distinguished University Chair, Professor of History, and the founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. He received his Ph.D. from Howard University in 1998 and is the author and editor of several books including Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement and Black Power/White Politics: Civil Rights, Black Power, and Black Panthers in New Haven.Dr. Williams has appeared on a variety of local and national radio and television programs, most notably CNN, BET, History Channel, Huff Post, Matter of Fact Listening Tour with Sole...
2022-11-1049 min
NWP RadioThe Write Time with Author Yohuru Williams and Educator Joe AnsonDr. Yohuru Williams is a distinguished University Chair, Professor of History, and the founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. He received his Ph.D. from Howard University in 1998 and is the author and editor of several books including Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement and Black Power/White Politics: Civil Rights, Black Power, and Black Panthers in New Haven.
Dr. Williams has appeared on a variety of local and national radio and television programs, most notably CNN, BET, History Channel, Huff Post, Matter of Fact Listening Tour with Soledad O’Brien, and NPR. His sc...
2022-11-1049 min
Haymarket Books LiveAfter Life: A Conversation on Loss and Redemption in Pandemic AmericaJoin us for a discussion on the collective history of the experience of COVID-19, mass uprisings for racial justice, and more.
Join Rhae Lynn Barnes, Keri Leigh Merritt, Yohuru Williams and Heather Ann Thompson as they discuss their the new book After Life: A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America. They will share their thoughts on the collective history of how Americans experienced, navigated, commemorated, and ignored mass death and loss during the global COVID-19 pandemic, mass uprisings for racial justice, and the near presidential coup in 2021 following the 2020 election.
Get After Life from Haymarket: https://www...
2022-11-081h 22
Start A Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Call Him Jack by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. LongPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/14600to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Call Him Jack
Author: Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long
Narrator: Torian Brackett
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
Release date: 09-20-22
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Sports & Outdoors
Publisher's Summary:
According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was “a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides.” According to Hank Aaron, Robinson was a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power movement. According to his wife, Rachel Robinson, he was always Jack, not Jackie—the diminutive form of his na...
2022-09-204h 16
The Paul & Jordana ShowDr. Yohuru Williams from St. Thomas on Juneteenth being recognizedPaul Douglas talks with Distinguished University Chair, Professor and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative from St. Thomas Dr. Yohuru Williams about Juneteenth being recognized, reparations and more.
2022-06-2108 min
The Paul & Jordana ShowDr. Yohuru Williams on Juneteenth, Andy Tate on retirement mistakes, and a Jordana updateDr. Yohuru Williams from St. Thomas on Juneteenth being recognized and reparation, Financial Adviser with Best Prep and Cahill Financial Advisors Andy Tate on consumer confidence and retirement, Maxie and Paul gives a Jordana health update.
2022-06-2129 min
Talk Out of SchoolA Conversation with Prof Yohuru Williams about the Push to Censor US History in SchoolsGothamist, Vaccination rates vary for students attending NYC's public schools, March 9, 2022 https://gothamist.com/news/vaccination-rates-vary-for-students-attending-nycs-public-schoolsBooks by Yohuru Williams https://www.amazon.com/Books-Yohuru-Williams/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AYohuru+WilliamsACLU, Defending Our Right to Learn, March 10, 2022, https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/defending-our-right-to-learnUCLA, The Conflict Campaign Exploring Local Experiences of the Campaign to Ban “Critical Race Theory” in Public K–12 Education in the U.S., Jan. 2022, https://idea.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/files/the-conflict-campaign-report, Inside Higher Ed, How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education, Feb. 20, 2022 https://www.insidehighe...
2022-03-1357 min
Documentary of the WeekConfronting History in "Lynching Postcards"Christine Turner's short documentary "Lynching Postcards" examines the history of racial terror lynchings in America that were memorialized with photographic souvenirs. Historians Terry Anne Scott, Yohuru Williams and Leigh Raiford explain how the postcards flourished and were eventually used as evidence by anti-lynching activists.
2022-01-2801 min
Racial Reckoning: The Arc of JusticePotter Trial Poses Questions of Fallibility and AccountabilityRacial Justice scholar Dr. Yohuru Williams says the trial underscores the need for broader conversations that address police brutality and reimagine public safety. Safiya Mohamed reports: The trial of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter for the killing of Daunte Wright continues this week. Dr. Yohuru Williams is a professor of History at the University of St. Thomas and the founding director of the school’s racial justice initiative. Williams says he’s been impressed with the trial’s pacing. “It seems like...
2021-12-1301 min
Why This Now by ReSetThe power of Black womenToday, on Why This Now? by Re:Set, we delve into how African-American women have shaped activist moments in the country, particularly Black Lives Matter. Activist and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor Aalayah Eastmond, academic, historian and author Yohuru Williams, and mental health advocate Miana Bryant unpack the role of Black women in activist movements in American history and how they’re shaping the contemporary discourse around the Black Lives Matter movement, generational trauma, the emotional labour that goes into being a Black woman activist, and their hopes from President Joe Biden’s administration. Trigger...
2021-12-0948 min
The Past, the Promise, the PresidencyS2 E4: Ulysses S. Grant and the Ku Klux Klan ActWelcome to The Past, The Promise, The Presidency Season II, Episode IV: Ulysses S. Grant and the Ku Klux Klan Act. In our previous episode on Bleeding Kansas and the Utah War, we discussed the intense violence and bloodshed that led up to the cataclysmic wrenching of the Union in half during the Civil War. But what happened after the Union shattered? It's not easy to put the pieces of national unity back together after a civil war, nor was it a simple task to change the hearts and minds of people who were willing to die t...
2021-10-281h 00
Civics 101Civil Rights: Brown v Board of Education of TopekaFive cases, eleven advocates, and a quarter century of work; Brown v Board of Education of Topeka addressed this question: does racial segregation in schools violate the 14th amendment?
Walking us through the long journey to overturn Plessy v Ferguson are Chief Judge Roger Gregory and Dr. Yohuru Williams. They tell us how the case got to court, what Thurgood Marshall and John W. Davis argued, and how America does and does not live up to the promise of this monumental decision.
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2021-07-1329 min
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcastAfter Derek Chauvin's Guilty Verdict, What's Needed to Fix U.S. Policing?Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas's Yohuru Williams: Derek Chauvin Trial Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Fix Crisis in U.S. PolicingPublic Citizens Global Access to Medicines Program's Peter Maybarduk: Biden Urged to Implement Global COVID Vaccine Manufacturing Program Oil Change International's Collin Rees: Biden Moves to Honor Campaign Pledge to End Federal Fossil Fuel SubsidiesBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:• Woman’s death by police in Mexico fuels outrage• Infrastructure plan includes raise in corporate global minimum tax• Rig...
2021-04-2129 minRacial Reckoning: The Arc of JusticeJury Convicts Chauvin of Murdering George FloydFeven Gerezgiher reports:On Tuesday a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on three counts in the murder of George Floyd. He faces up to 40 years in prison. Thousands gathered outside the courthouse and at George Floyd Square, anxiously waiting for the verdict. The news came as a relief to many; neighborhoods erupted in cheers and honking horns. Floyd’s brother Philonise said his family can finally breathe again.“I feel relieved today that I finally have the opportunity to get hopef...
2021-04-2101 minRacial Reckoning: The Arc of JusticeOpioid Addiction and Excessive ForceOn the fourth day of the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, Courteney Ross - George Floyd’s girlfriend of nearly three years - shared their struggles with opioid addiction. “We both suffer from chronic pain,” explained Ross. “Mine was in my neck, his was in his back. We both had prescriptions that were filled. And we got addicted. We tried hard to break that addiction many times.”It’s worth noting that in the first week of the trial, there’s been a lot of discussion of Floyd’s character, even t...
2021-04-0202 min
The $100 MBA Show[Bonus Episode] From Real Good: The Six Degrees of Segregation with Yohuru WilliamsWhat did we learn during the pandemic?
The COVID-19 outbreak was an undeniable tragedy. But it also revealed other tragedies. As the disease swept through the nation, it hit some communities harder than others. It shed a harsh light on systemic inequality and historical disadvantage that left some less able to cope than their neighbors.
In other words, COVID revealed existing problems even as it caused new ones.
But the news isn’t all bad. Today, we share another episode Real Good, a podcast that highlights real-world action to improve lives.
In...
2021-03-261h 03
BCF Training PodcastEpisode 12 - Dr. Yohuru WilliamsDr. Yohuru Williams is a superhero in the academic world. He is Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Williams received his Ph.D. from Howard University in 1998. But, this Bridgeport, CT native was forced to reimagine his lifestyle and training routine in August of 2020 after gaining 20 pounds during the pandemic shutdown. He subsequently lost 50 pounds by modifying his diet and training practice and is in the process of setting new goals to stay focused and motivated as he approaches...
2021-03-1651 min
Real GoodThe Six Degrees of Segregation with Yohuru WilliamsIn the fourth episode of our second season, we talk to the founder of the Racial Justice Initiative at The University of St. Thomas about the underlying issues that inform education policy, why we should be calling the baseball legend Jack Robinson instead of Jackie, the how the systemic issues surrounding education extend far beyond the classroom.
2021-02-251h 02
Grating the NutmegThe New Haven Black Panther Trials Fifty years ago, Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers were on trial for their lives in New Haven. In this episode, Natalie Belanger of the Connecticut Historical Society takes a look back at the New Haven Black Panther trials, using some of the many primary sources available. To learn more about the New Haven Black Panther Trials: To see Robert Templeton's courtroom sketches of the Black Panther Trials, go here. The trial transcripts are available digitally through Yale Law School's Lillian Goldman Law Library. ...
2021-02-0121 minGrating the NutmegThe New Haven Black Panther Trials Fifty years ago, Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers were on trial for their lives in New Haven. In this episode, Natalie Belanger of the Connecticut Historical Society takes a look back at the New Haven Black Panther trials, using some of the many primary sources available. To learn more about the New Haven Black Panther Trials: To see Robert Templeton's courtroom sketches of the Black Panther Trials, go here. The trial transcripts are available digitally through Yale Law School's Lillian Goldman Law Library. ...
2021-02-0121 min
Struggle and Resistance in the Far North by Rob PyneThe Fist (10/1)Raise a Fist of Solidarity!The time has come for all social progressives to reclaim the fist of solidarity on every occasion we can by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. LongVisit https://progressive.org/Support the showFollow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyneWebsite: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog#RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
2021-01-1006 min
Race CapitolOrganizing Through The DivideThis week Race we discuss Organizing through the Divide. Chels talks to author Dr. Peter Rachleff & labor educator Bill Fletcher Jr about how the institutions of Richmond have worked strategically to divide the movement and how the Lee Monument represents the literal fight in the court and the current symbolic fight to defend Black lives.We go back to why the gigantic monument was proposed in 1890; public memory can verbalize that it was to solidify the white race but do you know the context of the time? Have you learned about the Workingmen’s Reform Party that built the old Ci...
2020-10-211h 03
Unpublished CafeThe George Floyd Anti-Racism DemonstrationsPUBLISHED: 06/06/2020
It’s said that ‘you have to look back to see where we are and where we are going’.
In the latest collision between US police officers and black men, George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police. For 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Derek Chauvin pinned Floyd’s neck to the ground all captured on video by a passerby. Chauvin has since been charged with second degree murder – but only after protests exploded in Minneapolis where angry demonstrators took to the streets to bring attention to institutionalized racism in the police. These demonstrations have spread acr...
2020-06-0730 min
HISTORY This WeekWhen Black Men Won the VoteFebruary 3, 1870. The 15th Amendment is ratified, which establishes the right to vote for black men in America. While Jim Crow laws would grip the south by 1877, there was a brief, seven-year window of opportunity. Half a million black voters turned out at the polls, and 2,000 black officials are estimated to have been elected during this time. What did this moment of progress look like? And how do those votes still impact our lives 150 years later?Special thanks to our guest, historian and professor Yohuru Williams.To our listeners, thank you for subscribing to...
2020-02-0219 min
On The GroundOn The Ground: Why is That?Jitu Brown digs deep with historian Dr. Yohuru Williams, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of St Thomas. They discuss the importance of organizers understanding the Civil rights & Black Power movements as we carry out our work today.
2019-08-2500 min
The Candid Frame: Conversations on PhotographyTCF Ep. 367 - Bryan ShihBryan Shih is a photojournalist and former contributor to the Financial Times and National Public Radio in Japan. He has a masters degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan. His work on the Black Panthers led to his selection for the New York Times inaugural portfolio review in 2013 and garnered one of the highest rankings among entries in the LensCulture 2015 Portrait Awards competition. His book, The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution (co-authored with Dr. Yohuru Williams) was published this year by Nation Books, and work from the series will...
2017-04-1048 min
Today on Beyond Beijing's Podcast2013-08-29 Civil Rights<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/4a/cf/a8/alex86627/1400x1400_7203079.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Panel discussion:
Events marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march on Washington have been taking place across America this week - culminating in a commemoration by the Lincoln Memorial and the Mall in DC on Wednesday. Of course, it was a march made famous and is still remembered for that Martin Luther King "I have a dream' line. But what is its relevance today?
-Yohuru R. Williams, Professor of History and Director...
2013-08-3054 min