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On todays show, we head to the city of San Francisco to hear court testimony alleging President Biden of complicity in Palestinian genocide. Later we take a look at the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, one of the most central figures in the African American struggle for civil rights and freedom. He was known as the lead organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and trusted advisor to labor leader A. Phillip Randolph and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rustins methodology for challenging racial inequality and imperialism centered on his ability to interrelate race, class, gender, and sexuality. Angelic Troublemaker: Bayard Rustin combines film excerpts, insightful interviews and speeches from this important figure of the civil rights movement.

Special Thank You to Nancy Kates, Bennett Singer, and Sam Pollar the producers of Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. And to the Pacifica Radio Archives for use of archival materials.

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 Adante Pointer about the San Jose racist cop scandal and later Mumia Abu-Jamal talks about the life and legacy of Sekou Odinga.

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 Danyelle Holmes about The gruesome discovery of 672 bodies buried in unmarked graves in Raymond, Mississippi, has left a community in disbelief. The families are angry their loved ones were buried in so-called pauper’s graves marked by just a metal rod and a number and families were never notified of their deaths.

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 Eric Foner the author of The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery, guaranteed all persons due process and equal protection of the law, and equipped black men with the right to vote. They established the principle of birthright citizenship and guaranteed the privileges and immunities of all citizens.

Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. In his teaching and scholarship, he focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association. In 2006, he received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. His most recent books are The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, winner of the Bancroft and Lincoln Prizes and the Pulitzer Prize for History; Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, winner of the New York Historical Society Book Prize; and The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.

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 discussed the defacing of Black and Palestinian murals and the impact it has on their communities. They highlighted the importance of these murals as cultural artifacts and symbols of resistance. The conversation touched on topics such as gentrification, cultural appropriation, and the erasure of black communal values. The participants also mentioned the connection between the vandalism of murals and the larger issues of oppression and lack of care in their communities.

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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The problem in America is, Americas been in denial about its problems. And that’s a problem.

America doesn’t have a race problem, in reality there’s been catastrophes visited upon Black people. Catastrophes visited on Indigenous brothers and sisters. Catastrophes visited on Latino brothers and sisters. Catastrophes visited on working people. Catastrophes visited on women of all colors. We can go on and on.

This week on Hard Knock, we bring you a talk from noted author, scholar, and self-described intellectual freedom fighter, Dr. Cornel West speaking at the Guild Theater in Sacramento, California in 2023. In his discussion, West uses Americas music legacy as a way to explore catastrophic conditions brought on by our denial of the funk, seen through the impacts of racism on the nations health.

Later we hear from Poor News Network about America’s war on the poor.

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 Pastor Mike McBride and David Muhammad about Oakland’s Ceasefire Evaluation.

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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In a riveting edition of Hard Knock Radio, Davey D delved into a profound conversation with journalist and author Thandi Chimurenga, alongside longtime activist Kalonji Changa of Black Power Media. Together, they illuminated the enduring legacy and cherished friendship they shared with the late Sekou Odinga, an iconic figure in the struggle for Black Liberation.

Sekou Odinga passed on January 12, 2024. Sekou Odinga (born June 17, 1944, as Nathanial Burns) was a New Afrikan activist who was imprisoned for actions with the Black Liberation Army in the 1960s and 1970s.

Guests:

Kalonji Jama Changa, an organizer and founder of the FTP Movement, is author of How to Build a People’s Army and co-producer of the documentary Organizing Is the New Cool. Co-founder of Black Power Media, Changa serves as co-chair of the Urban Survival and Preparedness Institute.

Thandi Chimeranga

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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Davey D speaks with author Carolina Ixta about her new book, Shut Up, This is Serious. Carolina Ixta is a writer from Oakland, California. A daughter of Mexican immigrants, she received her B.A. in Creative Writing and Spanish Language and Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz and obtained her Master’s degree in Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently an elementary school teacher whose pedagogy centers critical race theory at the primary education level. Shut Up, This is Serious is her debut novel.

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 co-founder of the Anti Police Terror Project (APTP) Cat Brooks about Dr. King’s Legacy. Later we hear iconic speeches from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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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