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Yo, Miss! Podcast
Minneapolis Ground Zero with Dr. Yohuru Williams
I 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...
2026-01-27
36 min
The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar
Does 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
2026-01-14
06 min
Choiceology with Katy Milkman
Playing the Long Game: The Power of Self-Control
As 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...
2025-10-20
34 min
True Crime Tonight
What Kohberger’s Hearing Could Mean for the Trial Ahead; Heuermann DNA Fight Could Push Trial to 2026 — Plus, a Juneteenth Conversation on Justice
Senior 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...
2025-06-20
1h 17
MPR News with Angela Davis
'This cannot be the norm': Minnesotans struggle with surge in political violence
Minnesota 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...
2025-06-16
1h 39
Get Lost In This Inspiring Full Audiobook — Perfect While Cooking.
After Life by Rhae Lynn Barnes - editor, Keri Leigh Merritt - editor, Yohuru Williams - editor
Please 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.
2025-06-10
12h 09
Native America Calling
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Five years after George Floyd’s death, racial justice advocates watch momentum whither
On 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...
2025-05-23
56 min
Native America Calling
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Five years after George Floyd’s death, racial justice advocates watch momentum whither
On 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...
2025-05-23
56 min
Behind the Mic With Kirkus Reviews
KING: A LIFE (YOUNG ADULT EDITION) by Jonathan Eig, Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long [Adapt.], read by Dion Graham
Teen 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...
2025-03-18
12 min
Midday
Bringing Black history to life for young readers
Today 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...
2025-02-12
45 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 - adapter
Please 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...
2025-01-07
4h 24
Tune In To Your Ears To A Sensational Full Audiobook.
King: A Life (Young Adult Edition) by Jonathan Eig, Yohuru Williams - adapter, Michael G. Long - adapter
Please 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...
2025-01-07
4h 24
Mr. Hutchings History
A Civil Rights Movement Followed by Black Power? Rethinking the Timeline
In 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...
2024-11-22
19 min
WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
1/10/24 Encore: Call Him Jack
Encore from 2023: Yohuru Williams, author of "Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter"
2024-01-10
45 min
KMOJCast
01-08-24 Stephanie Burrage talks about MLK events with Freddie Bell and Chantel Sings on the KMOJ morning show
Thursday, 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...
2024-01-08
10 min
Professor Buzzkill History Podcast
The "After Life" of Covid
Drs. 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.
2023-04-18
40 min
Work in Progress with Christopher Wong Michaelson
A Raisin in the Sun Panel Discussion at the Guthrie Theater
In 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...
2023-02-23
37 min
Let's Get LITerary
We Chat: Dr. Yohuru Williams
Listen in as we chat with Dr. Yohuru Williams, our 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Vigil keynote speaker.
2023-01-24
30 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/
2022-12-20
49 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 hero
Co-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"
2022-12-19
31 min
Chris Voss Podcast
Chris Voss Podcast – Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long
Call 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 […] The post Chris Voss Podcast – Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long appeared first on Chris Voss Official Website.
2022-12-13
36 min
Jearlyn Steele
Highlight: Surviving With the After Effects of the Pandemic
COVID 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.
2022-12-05
17 min
Jearlyn Steele
COVID Effect; Healthy Holidays; Giving Back
Guest 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.
2022-12-05
37 min
NWP Radio
The Write Time with Author Yohuru Williams and Educator Joe Anson
Dr. 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...
2022-11-10
49 min
NWP Radio
The Write Time with Author Yohuru Williams and Educator Joe Anson
Dr. 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...
2022-11-10
49 min
Haymarket Books Live
After Life: A Conversation on Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America
Join 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...
2022-11-08
1h 22
Start A Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook On Your Commute.
Call Him Jack by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long
Please 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...
2022-09-20
4h 16
The Paul & Jordana Show
Dr. Yohuru Williams from St. Thomas on Juneteenth being recognized
Paul 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.
2022-06-21
08 min
The Paul & Jordana Show
Dr. Yohuru Williams on Juneteenth, Andy Tate on retirement mistakes, and a Jordana update
Dr. 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.
2022-06-21
29 min
Talk Out of School
A Conversation with Prof Yohuru Williams about the Push to Censor US History in Schools
Gothamist, 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...
2022-03-13
57 min
Documentary of the Week
Confronting 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.
2022-01-28
01 min
Racial Reckoning: The Arc of Justice
Potter Trial Poses Questions of Fallibility and Accountability
Racial 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...
2021-12-13
01 min
Why This Now by ReSet
The power of Black women
Today, 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...
2021-12-09
48 min
The Past, the Promise, the Presidency
S2 E4: Ulysses S. Grant and the Ku Klux Klan Act
Welcome 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...
2021-10-28
1h 00
Civics 101
Civil Rights: Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
Five 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. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate...
2021-07-13
29 min
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast
After 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...
2021-04-21
29 min
Racial Reckoning: The Arc of Justice
Jury Convicts Chauvin of Murdering George Floyd
Feven 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...
2021-04-21
01 min
Racial Reckoning: The Arc of Justice
Opioid Addiction and Excessive Force
On 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...
2021-04-02
02 min
The $100 MBA Show
[Bonus Episode] From Real Good: The Six Degrees of Segregation with Yohuru Williams
What 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...
2021-03-26
1h 03
BCF Training Podcast
Episode 12 - Dr. Yohuru Williams
Dr. 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...
2021-03-16
51 min
Real Good
The Six Degrees of Segregation with Yohuru Williams
In 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.
2021-02-25
1h 02
Grating the Nutmeg
The 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. ...
2021-02-01
21 min
Grating the Nutmeg
The 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. ...
2021-02-01
21 min
Struggle and Resistance in the Far North by Rob Pyne
The 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
2021-01-10
06 min
Race Capitol
Organizing Through The Divide
This 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...
2020-10-21
1h 03
Unpublished Cafe
The George Floyd Anti-Racism Demonstrations
PUBLISHED: 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...
2020-06-07
30 min
HISTORY This Week
When Black Men Won the Vote
February 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...
2020-02-02
19 min
On The Ground
On 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.
2019-08-25
00 min
The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography
TCF Ep. 367 - Bryan Shih
Bryan 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...
2017-04-10
48 min
Today on Beyond Beijing's Podcast
2013-08-29 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...
2013-08-30
54 min