KPFA - Hard Knock Radio

Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.

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We speak with George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd about the Derek Chauvin receiving 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. We hear audio from the press conference. Lastly we speak with raptivist Kev Choice about Black Music Matters.

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We speak Paradise Gray, the chief curator for The Universal Hip Hop Museum about Black music month. Later Poor News Network explores America’s war on the poor.

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We speak with community activists about the mass shooting in Oakland that left one dead (Dashawn Rhoades, an Oakland and San Francisco resident) and seven people injured at Lake Merritt last weekend. Davey D spoke with activists at yesterday’s Peace Rally held at Oakland’s Lake Merritt.

Featured Speakers:

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We speak with the family members of Angelo Quinto and attorney John Burris about the case of Angelo Quinto, a 30-year-old Asian-American Navy veteran who died days after police officers kneeled on the back of his neck to subdue him.  We speak with Texas organizer Christina Tzintzun about the attempts to suppress the vote in Texas.

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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.

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We speak with Dr. Kim Rhoads about the state of California reopening and what that means. Are we post pandemic?

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On today’s program we honor Bayard Rustin, one of the most central figures in the African American struggle for Civil Rights and Freedom. Rustin was a pacifist, homosexual and practitioner of nonviolence who dedicated his life to racial equality, economic justice and ending warfare.

And we speak with writer Kevin Epps about his new book Black Rock: The Dark Side of Alcatraz.

Featuring:

Bayard Rustin, the architect of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Ashon Crawley, Associate Professor; Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at Virginia Center for the Study of Religion

Filmmaker Nancy Kates. She produced the film Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin.

Bill Sutherland, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Colleague of Rustin

Reverend A.J. Muste, Pacifist and mentor of Rustin

George Houser, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Colleague of Rustin

Louis John, Nephew

Devi Prasad, Pacifist

President Barack Obama

The Black Rock – Featuring Kevin Epps

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We celebrate 2Pac’s 50th birthday. We go back in time and play one of our interviews with 2Pac from 1991.

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We speak with Cree Ray about the San Francisco Black Film Festival and the legacy of her being a third generation to run it. We also speak with film maker Ellis Sutton. And Peter Pitt Mukuria reflects on mental illness in prison.

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