Tag Archives: black lives matter

On today’s  Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with Monroe County Prosecutor Ericka Oliphant, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Kehr, and State Police Captain Ruben Marté about the killing of black men and BLM allies. 2021 has been a year of high-profile court cases involving lethal crimes to people of color, or cases tangentially related to people …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 6th, 2021. This week, we’ve looked back at the stories we covered in the year 2021. Today, we revisit our reporting on the Black Lives Matter Street Murals in Bloomington. You will hear an award-winning report from Sydney Foreman on the Banneker Center’s organization for the first BLM Street Mural on …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Natalia Galvan speak with two women of color who are vying for local and national political offices: As a healthcare professional, Dr. Valerie McCray has evaluated thousands of men and women of our military suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain injuries from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, …

Three years ago on Kite Line, we aired an episode about the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971. This week, September 9th to September 13th, will mark fifty years between us and the event. We share this piece again today, with updated contributions from its author, analyzing the growing challenges to our collective survival, both inside and outside the prisons.  What …

Today’s show is a rebroadcast from September 28, 2020. On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, and Thursday, October 1, 2020, IU’s Department of History presented three events designed to bring together IU and the greater Bloomington community in a conversation focused on race, white supremacy, and voter suppression. 2020’s speaker for the virtual town hall meeting on Thursday, October 1, from …

This show was originally aired on July 27, 2020. Hosts Roberta Radovich and Cornelius Wright spend the hour with Charlie Nelms, Vice President Emeritus of Indiana University, and George Middleton, founder of The Black Institute and member of the Indianapolis Black Chamber of Commerce. The hour is divided into two halves. First, the hosts and guests examine the State of …

Good afternoon. This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 Later in the program, WFHB News spoke over Zoom with Raheem Elmore and Christina Elem, the two artists who designed the Black Lives Matter Street mural on Sixth Street earlier this month. Elmore and Elem walk through what this public art installation means for the city – …

In today’s edition of Bring It On! hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea focus on analyzing the aftermath of the Chauvin guilty verdict. Prosecutors had said that Floyd was killed by former police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee on his neck for more than nine minutes. Chauvin’s defense attorney countered that Floyd died as a result of the drugs found in …

Today’s edition of Bring It On! has hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea examining the developments in the trial of Derek Chauvin so far. Livestreaming has given all access to the proceedings of the trial. National and international viewers are now following the televised trial of Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter …

Good evening. This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 21st, 2021. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from the latest edition of Bring It On. Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, who was the MLK Day keynote speaker for the City of Bloomington. He is the founder and curator of the …