MLK Day weekend 2024

“DOCTOR-KING”

Spoken word honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Elton Orlando Frank II

Elton Orlando Frank II was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to parents of Caribbean and African-American ancestry. Though raised in the Baptist Church, he now is a Messianic Believer who enjoys studying, teaching, and preaching. He is a musician (vocals, trumpet) who doubles as a “word-smithing” poet. Elton also enjoys working-out at the gym, shooting hoops, playing soccer, swimming, and bouldering. He currently resides in Virginia. Elton doesn’t have an online presence at this time but can be reached at  [email protected].

Episode 2 of our new series featuring FBT co-founder Michael David Cobb Bowen and author Winkfield Twyman Jr. Mike and Wink compare an episode of The West Wing with former Harvard University President Claudine Gay and her inability to speak with moral clarity about genocide of Jews in real time before Congress.

Other fun stuff:

• The West Wing clip
• Wink’s “Claudine Gay Made a Career of Attacking Black Scholars. Don't Defend Her for Being Black” in Newsweek
• “The Policy Excuse” by Mike
• “The Next President of Harvard Must Be A...” by Wink
• “Please Resign Harvard University President Claudine Gay” by Wink
• “Book Publication Rate of Harvard Presidents” by Wink
• “Toby Ziegler and a Moral Moment” by Wink
• “Holiday Greetings for Harvard University President Claudine Gay” by Wink
• Bowen + Twyman, Ep. 1
• Mike’s FBT podcast episode: “Your Friendly Neighborhood Stoic”
• Wink’s FBT podcast episode: “A New Correspondence on Race”

Racha Tahani Lawler and host Connie Morgan discuss what it means to be a black midwife supporting and promoting holistic birth. Racha owns the first and only Black owned birth cottage (center) in Central Virginia. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Racha’s website: gathergroundedmidwifery.com
• Racha’s GoFundMe
• Racha hosts monthly open houses for expecting parents the first Saturday of every month at the birth cottage in Midlothian, Va.
• Racha’s favorite movie that others don’t like: Babette’s Feast

Dr. Tiffanie Victoria Jones shares the story of her cancelation at an American university following her refusal to solely teach post modernism theories on gender.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• The David Reimer story
• On Christopher Dummit making up the idea that gender is a social construct
• Christopher Dummit’s “Confessions of a Social Constructionist,” in Quillette
• Tiffanie’s favorite book this year: The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival in America by Samuel F. Yette

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A new series attempting to answer the question, “What comes after black?” FBT co-founder Michael David Cobb Bowen and author Winkfield Twyman Jr.’s new podcast series.

Other fun stuff:

• Mike’s FBT podcast episode: “Your Friendly Neighborhood Stoic”
• Wink’s FBT podcast episode: “A New Correspondence on Race”
• Mike’s “Black Suffering,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Wink’s “In Defense of President George Washington,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought

Storyteller Yaya Jata Fanusie reflects on the classic Spike Lee film, Do the Right Thing.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Original YouTube Commentary
• Yaya on X: @SignCurve
• "The Jabbari Lincoln Files” podcast
• Yaya’s “Hamas are Not Muslim Freedom Fighters,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought

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Political Commentator and moderator Ashira Solomon tells her side of the story as a black American-Israeli Jew.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Ashira on Instagram: @RealAshiraSolomon
• Ashira on YouTube
• Ashira’s TV show “The Quad” on YouTube
• Ashira on X: @ashira_solomon
• Ashira’s website

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Professor of business ethics Rachel Ferguson explains how a classical liberal approach to problem solving leads to creative ideas on how to make America truly one with liberty and justice for all.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Rachel’s Book: Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and the Promise of America
• Rachel’s Website
• Rachel’s Blog
• Rachel on X: @libertyethics
• David Beito
• Rachel’s favorite movie that others don’t like: Brazil
• When the Sirens Stop: A True Story of Restoration in North St. Louis by Lucas Rouggly

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Host Connie Morgan gets educated on personal rights, libertarian activism and why we should care by founder of Liberty or Else Doni Anthony known as “Doni the Don” on X.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Liberty or Else
• Doni on X: @DoniTheDon_
• Vices, Crimes, and the Pursuit of Happiness Volume One
• Doni on Facebook
• Lysander Spooner

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Host Connie Morgan explores black cowboy culture with founder and executive director of the Black Cowboy Coalition Aisha McElroy.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Black Cowboy Coalition
• Black Cowboy Co Instagram
• Black Cowboy Co TikTok
• Black Cowboy Co Facebook
• Black Cowboy Co YouTube

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