On this show:

0:08 – We air a piece by journalist Colin Edwards about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final visit to northern California on January 14, 1968.

0:34 – From the archives: Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks with Greg Bridges at a KPFA author event, on reparations, police violence, capitalism and more.

1:08 – Toward the end of his career, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out against the imperialist U.S. war in Vietnam, culminating in his historic April 4, 1967 speech at New York City’s Riverside Church, known as “Beyond Vietnam.”

1:34 – Activists in Oakland are planning the 7th Annual Reclaim MLK Weekend, to reclaim MLK’s radical legacy and advocate for defunding police and restoring funding to communities. Jeannine Etter talks with Cat Brooks about a car caravan planned for today at noon.

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