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Straight outta Pittsburgh: an interview wit’ rapper Jasiri X
May 18, 2011
Jasiri X is one of the most famous up and coming conscious artists in the nation who has been making positive noise with his music. Straight out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jasiri X has been working with Paradise of the legendary rap group XClan in a community coalition called One Hood.
Blacks in talk radio: an interview with Black program director and talk show host Rob Redding
December 16, 2009
In this conversation between two young Black men who are passionate about the potential role of radio in the Black community, Minister of Information JR begins: “Rob Redding is one of few Black program directors at a mainstream talk radio station: KMLB in Monroe, Louisiana. He is also syndicated on XM Radio and on Green 960 AM in the Bay Area.”
Is Black radio in jeopardy?
May 29, 2009
Kathy Hughes, the owner of Radio One, which many in the Black community deem the Black Clear Channel, has issued a clarion call to Black people saying that Conyers’ bill will kill Black radio. But the question remains: Is Black radio now in jeopardy or has true Black radio that is accountable to the community been dead for decades?
Assembly Member Carter introduces anti-noose legislation
April 8, 2009
“Passage of this anti-noose law will be a sign that our state is prepared to confront a visual symbol of America’s racist and violent history,” said California Assembly Member Wilmer Amina Carter after she introduced a measure that would make it a crime to display a noose in a threatening manner.
‘Dr. King died for me’: the dreams of Mychal Bell of the Jena 6
April 7, 2009
My name is Mychal Bell and I was one of the Jena 6 that was charged with attempted murder down in Jena, Louisiana, in 2006.