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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell continue to salute black women during Women’s History Month by speaking with Danielle Willis, the operator and proprietor of Dynasty Haven Caregiving Services. Women have historically taken on the burden of looking after our elders when living independently becomes infeasible. Unfortunately, the number of women who are available to offer such care is declining. At the same time, America is facing a shortage of in-home caregiving aides to make up for this shortfall. Further, as a result of more people forgoing having children or living far away from their children in recent generations, more and more people are aging alone.

Danielle Willis is here tonight to discuss this problem and how her business, Dynasty Haven, aims to provide care to our elders.  Dynasty Haven vows to provide affordable and quality services essential for clients and families to effectively live the life that they want, despite physical, mental, or emotional ailments that may make that difficult. Dynasty Haven does more than provide homemakers, attendant care, and companion services. They also have special programming provided to strengthen or maintain memory and cognition. Ask about our Sovereign Knowledge education program.

Dark Past, Bright Future (DPBF) – C: Liz Micthell concludes tonight’s program by putting the spotlight on a notable figure in Black History. Tonight DPBF focuses on Rueben A. Mayes (born June 6, 1963), a Canadian former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) from 1986 to 1993. He played college football for the Washington State Cougars, becoming an All-American football player.

Mayes is a direct descendant of a group of African Americans who fled racial persecution in Oklahoma in 1910 and traveled north to Saskatchewan, Canada, after reading flyers that promised 160 acres (0.65 km2) of free land to anyone willing to move there. This group of pioneers was known as the “Shiloh People”, named after the “Shiloh Baptist Church”, a small log cabin church they built after they arrived.

He first gained acclaim as a running back at North Battleford Comprehensive High School in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. In 1980, Mayes led the NBCHS Vikings to an undefeated season and the SHSAA 3A provincial football championship. In 1981, he set a provincial record in the 100 meters at the SHSAA provincial track and field championship that still stands. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

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This program originally aired on August 20, 2018:

Cornelius Wright and William Hosea welcome Benedicte Joan and Dr. Karen Renner.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with author Dr. Nicole Etcheson and film producer/documentarian David Gudaitis about the documentary, A Generation at War: The Civil War Era in a Northern Indiana Community. The film delves deeper into the rarely discussed dynamics of how blacks and whites in neighboring counties in the Union’s Midwestern Heartland were affected.

Etcheson’s book, A Generation at War: The Civil War Era in a Northern Community (2011), won the 2012 Avery O. Craven Award from the Organization of American Historians for the most original book on the Civil War era and the 2012 Best Nonfiction Book of Indiana from the Indiana Center for the Book, Indiana State Library.

In addition to her books, Etcheson is the author of numerous articles in professional journals and a frequent presenter at historical conferences. She is a member of the American Historical Association, Kansas State Historical Society, Organization of American Historians, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, Southern Historical Association, and the Indiana Historical Society. Etcheson came to Ball State University with twelve years of organizing for National History Day at the local and state levels, as well as fourteen years of experience in teaching.

David Gudaitis is known for And Justice for All: Indiana’s Federal Courts (2017), Thunder Rolls: The World of Blind Baseball (2025) and many other films.

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On this President’s Day, not even a month into the second term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America, uncertainty and chaos have escalated to unprecedented levels through the use of seemingly haphazard presidential executive orders and decrees from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) that face little to no oversight from an apparently impotent Republican Congress.

We are currently witnessing a dismantling of established federal agencies by an unelected billionaire with no resistance from a muted Republican-led Congress. Closer to home in Indiana, within hours of being inaugurated as Governor Mike Braun, signed a flurry of detrimental Executive Orders, such as Executive Order #25-14 which states executive branch state agencies may not use state funds or resources to “support diversity, equity or inclusion positions, departments, activities, procedures or programs if they grant preferential treatment based upon one person’s particular race, color, ethnicity, or national origin, over that of another person.”

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, tackle this issue with former University Chancellor, Dr. Charlie Nelms, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in African American and African Diaspora Studies, Dr. Valerie Grim.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour discussing Bloomington’s celebration of Black History Month with Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Indiana University Bloomington Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and Mr. Andrew Shannon, Director of Safe and Civil Cities for the City of Bloomington.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with former Bring It On! anchor Bev Redmonds and her husband, Marq. While living in Bloomington, the formerly Ms. Beverly Smith was a Bring It On! anchor and a fixture for years. She served as the Director of Diversity, School & Community Services for Monroe County Community School Corporation for over eleven years. After marrying Marquelle Redmond and departing from Indiana, she became the Assistant Superintendent of Public Affairs for one of the largest school districts in the Pacific Northwest. Before this endeavor, Beverly was a public relations professional, award-winning journalist, and consultant.

Marquelle or “Marq” is currently an instructor at Chicago’s Malcolm X College and is the award-winning author of Revelations of a Real Man (Or Woman). Since its debut in 2017, Marq and his wife, Beverly, have traveled extensively, spreading their ministry of amputation, accountability, and authorship across the country to churches, conventions, libraries, and schools. Bev and Marq look forward to even greater success with launching a podcast series and new book, Finally, I Do…Again.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour discussing Bloomington’s celebration of Black History Month with Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Indiana University Bloomington Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and Mr. Andrew Shannon, Director of Safe and Civil Cities for the City of Bloomington.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the evening with award-winning filmmaker Keith A. Beauchamp. Mr. Beauchamp attended Southern University in Baton Rouge and studied Criminal Justice, intending to become a civil rights attorney. Although from an early age he had faced racism, it was not until he was assaulted by an undercover police officer, after dancing with a white classmate, that he felt compelled to fight racism. He then moved to New York in the fall of 1997 to become a filmmaker and a voice for his community. He quickly found work at Big Baby Films, a company founded by childhood friends that focused on music video production. Beauchamp honed his behind-the-camera skills during the day and spent his evenings doing research and reaching out to anyone who might have information on the Emmett Till case, a story told to Beauchamp when he was just 10 years old.

In 1999, Beauchamp founded Till Freedom Come Productions, a company devoted to socially significant projects that can both teach and entertain. He has devoted the past twenty-two years of his life to telling the story of Emmett Till. He has traveled extensively between New York, Chicago, and Mississippi to investigate the historic murder. He tracked and spoke with witnesses who had never spoken about the case; befriended Mamie Till Mobley who took Beauchamp under her wing; and worked with influential figures, such as Muhammad Ali and Reverend Al Sharpton. All Beauchamp persistently lobbied both the State of Mississippi and the Federal Government to reopen the Emmett Till murder investigation.

On May 10th, 2004, the United States Department of Justice re-opened this 50-year-old murder case citing Beauchamp’s documentary “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till” as both a major factor in their decision and the starting point for their investigation. In May of 2005, Emmett’s body was exhumed and in 2006, the FBI turned over its evidence to the appropriate District Attorney in Mississippi. In February 2007, a Mississippi Grand Jury decided not to indict the remaining suspects.

That same year, Beauchamp began his collaboration with the FBI’s New Civil Rights “Cold Case” Initiative, producing documentaries on other unsolved civil rights murders in hopes of helping Federal agents with their investigations that could lead to bringing remaining perpetrators to justice.

Keith Beauchamp has been featured on ’60 Minutes’, ABC World News Tonight ‘Person of the Week,’ Court TV, MSNBC, ‘Good Morning America,’ CNN, and BBC, as well as in hundreds of publications around the world, including The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Associated Press and the Chicago Sun-Times. Beauchamp’s past works included TV One’s “Murder in Black and White” hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton and “Wanted Justice: Johnnie Mae Chappell” for the History Channel and “BET’s Exceptional Black Women”.

Beauchamp is the former Executive Producer and Host of Investigation Discovery’s Award-winning crime reality series, ‘The Injustice Files”. He is also a producer of the feature film “Till,” which is co-produced by Fred Zollo, Whoopi Goldberg, and Barbara Broccoli. Furthermore, he is a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities around the country.*

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*large portions of text taken from the filmmaker’s website.

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the evening with award-winning filmmaker Keith A. Beauchamp. Mr. Beauchamp attended Southern University in Baton Rouge and studied Criminal Justice, intending to become a civil rights attorney. Although from an early-age he had faced racism, it was not until he was assaulted by an undercover police officer, after dancing with a white classmate, that he felt compelled to fight racism. He then moved to New York in the fall of 1997 to become a filmmaker and a voice for his community. He quickly found work at Big Baby Films, a company founded by childhood friends that focused on music video production. Beauchamp honed his behind-the-camera skills during the day and spent his evenings doing research and reaching out to anyone who might have information on the Emmett Till case, a story told to Beauchamp when he was just 10 years old.

In 1999, Beauchamp founded Till Freedom Come Productions, a company devoted to socially significant projects that can both teach and entertain. He has devoted the past twenty-two years of his life telling the story of Emmett Till. He has traveled extensively between New York, Chicago, and Mississippi to investigate the historic murder. Through his journey he tracked and spoke with witnesses who had never before spoken about the case, befriended Mamie Till Mobley who took Beauchamp under her wing, and worked with such influential figures as Muhammad Ali and Reverend Al Sharpton. All Beauchamp persistently lobbied both the State of Mississippi and the Federal Government to reopen the Emmett Till murder investigation.

On May 10th, 2004, the United States Department of Justice re-opened this 50-year-old murder case citing Beauchamp’s documentary “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till” as both a major factor in their decision and the starting point for their investigation. In May of 2005, Emmett’s body was exhumed and in 2006, the FBI turned over their evidence to the appropriate District Attorney in Mississippi. In February 2007, a Mississippi Grand Jury decided not to indict the remaining suspects.

That same year, Beauchamp began his collaboration with the FBI’s New Civil Rights “Cold Case” Initiative, producing documentaries on other unsolved civil rights murders in hopes of helping Federal agents with their investigations that could lead to bringing remaining perpetrators to justice.

Keith Beauchamp has been featured on ’60 Minutes’, ABC World News Tonight ‘Person of the Week,’ Court TV, MSNBC, ‘Good Morning America,’ CNN, BBC as well as in hundreds of publications around the world including The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Associated Press and the Chicago Sun-Times. Beauchamp’s past works included TV One’s “Murder in Black and White” hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton and “Wanted Justice: Johnnie Mae Chappell” for the History Channel and “BET’s Exceptional Black Women”.

Beauchamp is the former Executive Producer and Host of Investigation Discovery’s Award-winning crime reality series, ‘The Injustice Files”. He is a producer of the feature film “Till,” which is co-produced by Fred Zollo, Whoopi Goldberg, and Barbara Broccoli. He is also a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities around the country.*

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*large portions of text taken from the filmmaker’s website.

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Dennis K. Wilson and, later, his wife Lena Wilson. They discuss the wealth gap between blacks and whites and demystify ideas that keep many in the black community from investing in the stock market.

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