Sojourner Truth Radio

Today on Sojourner Truth, we begin a 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee known as SNCC.

SNCC was founded in 1960 at a meeting for student civil rights activists held at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The meeting was called by Black civil rights campaigner, Ms. Ella Baker, who was then with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC. Ms. Baker convinced SCLC that such a gathering was needed, and with a grant of just $800, the gathering took place.

The groups founding followed the first wave of sit-ins challenging segregation in public establishments and would catapult a generation of young activists into changing the nation and ending legislative Jim Crow era laws. They were considered the shock troops of the civil rights movement as photos and footage surfaced of these young activists being attacked by dogs, knocked down by powerful fire-fighting grade water hoses. They were arrested and beaten severely, and far too many were killed.

Today, you will hear the voices of some of the women who organized with SNCC, including Brenda Travis and Jean Wiley, who began organizing with SNCC in the early 1960s. We also hear from activist and professor Doris Derby.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we begin a 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee known as SNCC.

SNCC was founded in 1960 at a meeting for student civil rights activists held at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The meeting was called by Black civil rights campaigner, Ms. Ella Baker, who was then with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC. Ms. Baker convinced SCLC that such a gathering was needed, and with a grant of just $800, the gathering took place.

The groups founding followed the first wave of sit-ins challenging segregation in public establishments and would catapult a generation of young activists into changing the nation and ending legislative Jim Crow era laws. They were considered the shock troops of the civil rights movement as photos and footage surfaced of these young activists being attacked by dogs, knocked down by powerful fire-fighting grade water hoses. They were arrested and beaten severely, and far too many were killed.

Today, you will hear the voices of some of the women who organized with SNCC, including Brenda Travis and Jean Wiley, who began organizing with SNCC in the early 1960s. We also hear from activist and professor Doris Derby.

Today on Sojourner Truth, a one-hour special with Dr. Clifford Trafzer on Native American land and cultural conservation in Southern California. Dr. Trafzer is a Distinguished Professor of History, Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs, and in 2018, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Indian Historians at the Western History Conference.

Today on Sojourner Truth, a one-hour special with Dr. Clifford Trafzer on Native American land and cultural conservation in Southern California. Dr. Trafzer is a Distinguished Professor of History, Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs, and in 2018, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Indian Historians at the Western History Conference.

Today on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable:

The G20 meeting has begun in Argentina. It is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies.

Also, is Trump a "mob" president? The plea of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, the possibility of a pardon for Paul Manafort and the latest on the Mueller investigation.

Lastly, the criminizalization of asylum seekers. The tear gassing of the migrant caravan, including children, and Trump whipping up hostility toward migrants.

Our roundtable panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable:

The G20 meeting has begun in Argentina. It is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies.

Also, is Trump a "mob" president? The plea of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, the possibility of a pardon for Paul Manafort and the latest on the Mueller investigation.

Lastly, the criminizalization of asylum seekers. The tear gassing of the migrant caravan, including children, and Trump whipping up hostility toward migrants.

Our roundtable panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable:

The G20 meeting has begun in Argentina. It is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies.

Also, is Trump a "mob" president? The plea of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, the possibility of a pardon for Paul Manafort and the latest on the Mueller investigation.

Lastly, the criminizalization of asylum seekers. The tear gassing of the migrant caravan, including children, and Trump whipping up hostility toward migrants.

Our roundtable panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable:

The G20 meeting has begun in Argentina. It is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies.

Also, is Trump a "mob" president? The plea of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, the possibility of a pardon for Paul Manafort and the latest on the Mueller investigation.

Lastly, the criminizalization of asylum seekers. The tear gassing of the migrant caravan, including children, and Trump whipping up hostility toward migrants.

Our roundtable panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

The latest on Ukraine as things are heating up between Russia and the United States-backed Ukrainian government. Tensions still simmer from the vote people in the Crimea took to be annexed to Russia, with whom it has a long historical and cultural relationship. A vote that Western powers never recognized and accused Russia of illegally annexing Crimea from Ukraine. Now, both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are in Argentina for the G20 Summit. They were expected to have a sit down meeting. Complicating the situation is the Mueller probe. Paul Manafort, who headed the Trump campaign at some point, is said to have lied about his relationship with former Russian-backed President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych. Yanukovych was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup and replaced with U.S. and Western-leaning Petro Poroshenko. Our guest is Nicolai Petro, the Silvia-Chandley Professor of Peace Studies and Nonviolence at the University of Rhode Island. He was a Fulbright scholar in Ukraine in 2013-2014, and is the author of a well-received article in The Nation magazine titled "Ukraine's Pinochet Scenario."

And, for our weekly Earth Watch, new threats to the Amazon Rainforest with the election of far-right president Bolsonaro to head the government in Brazil. Our guest is Christian Poirier, a senior member of Amazon Watch's team. Having coordinated the Brazil Program since 2009, Christian also led the organization's efforts to encourage a shift toward non-hydro energy alternatives in Brazil's electricity matrix.

And the impact of homelessness on women and children. The fastest growing population of the homeless in LA County and across the country are mothers with their children. We're joined by Angela James, she holds a Ph.D. in Sociology, and has written on a variety of topics regarding race, inequality, and family. She is co-author, along with Donna L. Franklin, of the revised paperback edition of Ensuring Inequality: Structural Transformations of the African American Family, Oxford University Press. 2015.

Two people have died in immigration detention. Maru Mora Villalpando, herself undocumented and a Mexican activist, organizer and mother, will break all of this down for us. Simultaneously, there is a hunger strike that is underway in Yarl's Wood, which is a women's detention center in the United Kingdom.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

The latest on Ukraine as things are heating up between Russia and the United States-backed Ukrainian government. Tensions still simmer from the vote people in the Crimea took to be annexed to Russia, with whom it has a long historical and cultural relationship. A vote that Western powers never recognized and accused Russia of illegally annexing Crimea from Ukraine. Now, both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are in Argentina for the G20 Summit. They were expected to have a sit down meeting. Complicating the situation is the Mueller probe. Paul Manafort, who headed the Trump campaign at some point, is said to have lied about his relationship with former Russian-backed President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych. Yanukovych was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup and replaced with U.S. and Western-leaning Petro Poroshenko. Our guest is Nicolai Petro, the Silvia-Chandley Professor of Peace Studies and Nonviolence at the University of Rhode Island. He was a Fulbright scholar in Ukraine in 2013-2014, and is the author of a well-received article in The Nation magazine titled "Ukraine's Pinochet Scenario."

And, for our weekly Earth Watch, new threats to the Amazon Rainforest with the election of far-right president Bolsonaro to head the government in Brazil. Our guest is Christian Poirier, a senior member of Amazon Watch's team. Having coordinated the Brazil Program since 2009, Christian also led the organization's efforts to encourage a shift toward non-hydro energy alternatives in Brazil's electricity matrix.

And the impact of homelessness on women and children. The fastest growing population of the homeless in LA County and across the country are mothers with their children. We're joined by Angela James, she holds a Ph.D. in Sociology, and has written on a variety of topics regarding race, inequality, and family. She is co-author, along with Donna L. Franklin, of the revised paperback edition of Ensuring Inequality: Structural Transformations of the African American Family, Oxford University Press. 2015.

Two people have died in immigration detention. Maru Mora Villalpando, herself undocumented and a Mexican activist, organizer and mother, will break all of this down for us. Simultaneously, there is a hunger strike that is underway in Yarl's Wood, which is a women's detention center in the United Kingdom.