Bring It On!

Bring It On! is Indiana’s only weekly radio program committed to exploring the people, issues and events impacting the African-American community.

Bring It On! – April 15, 2024: Bo Petersen’s “Pieces of Me” – Her Family’s Life in Apartheid South Africa

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Bo Peterson. Bo Petersen has been a successful professional actor, theatre director, dialogue coach, and voice-over artist for the past 45 years. Her experience is rich and varied. She has appeared on stage, television, radio, and film. While working as a dialogue coach, …

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Bring It On! – April 8, 2024: Indianapolis Development and Greenlawn Cemetery Remains

This program originally aired on February 19, 2024: On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Bone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Leon Bates, local Indianapolis historian and former guest of Bring It On!, and Judith Thomas, Deputy Mayor of Neighborhood Engagement for the City of Indianapolis, about respecting the remains from Greenlawn Cemetery as the land is being …

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Bring It On! – April 1, 2024: Dr. Marvin Dunn – Teach No Lies

This program originally aired on August 21, 2023: On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Dr. Marvin Dunn. Dr. Dunn is fighting against the potential miseducation of countless children and young adults in Florida. He is here to discuss his efforts to combat this miseducation and the current state of …

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Bring It On! – March 25, 2024: Solving the Cold Case Murder of Carol Jenkins

In this edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell, spend the hour with investigative reporter and documentarian, Sandra Chapman. In 2001, Chapman aired on WISH-TV in Indianapolis a series of reports on the murder of Carol Jenkins. Jenkins was murdered on September 16, 1968, after a day of selling encyclopedias in Martinsville; thus, becoming known as …

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Bring It On! – March 18, 2024: “Pauli Murray: I’ve Come Full Circle”

On this edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Liz Mitchell and Gloria Howell, speak with Resilence Production members, Gladys DeVane, Danielle Bruce, Erin Carter, Kate Braun and our Bring It On! Assistant Producer – Liz Mitchell. Resilience Productions is hosting a theatrical event dedicated to the invincible Pauli Murray – a gifted scholar, theorist, socio-political activist, essayist, poet, attorney, and …

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Bring It On! – March 11, 2024: Andrea Allen – Travel Expert

On this episode of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Andrea Allen. She is the founder of RAD Travel Group, RAD Nurses Travel, and Travel Talk Tuesday. Andrea has always loved travel, creating experiences, and planning. She believes that travel allows one to be exposed to different cultures, time for self-care, fun adventures, and so …

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Bring It On! – March 4, 2024: Discussing ‘Sundown Towns’ with Dr. Gina Forrest

Originally aired on June 13, 2022: Dr. Gina Forrest In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dr. Gina Forrest. She has conducted extensive research on Sundown towns in Indiana. Dr. Forrest graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a Master of Public Health and a Ph.D. in Health Behavior, focusing on …

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Bring It On! – February 26, 2024: City of Bloomington’s Black History Month Gala Award Recipients

Today on Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with 2024 Living Legend Award Recipient, Elizabeth Ann Bridgwaters, and Female High School Award Recipient, Ms. Jael Davis. These awards, among others, were presented at The City of Bloomington’s Black History Month Gala. The gala offered an opportunity to acknowledge, honor, and celebrate the accomplishments of …

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Bring It On! – February 19, 2024: Indianapolis Development and Greenlawn Cemetery Remains

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Bone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Leon Bates, local Indianapolis historian and former guest of Bring It On!, and Judith Thomas, Deputy Mayor of Neighborhood Engagement for the City of Indianapolis, about respecting the remains from Greenlawn Cemetery as the land is being developed. In addition, the city is putting together …

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Bring It On! – February 12, 2024: Overcoming Redlining in 1950s South Bend

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Laurisa LeSure, the director of Better Homes: The Play. In the 1950s African American Studebaker workers from the South won out over Jim Crow in the North to build 22 homes in a white neighborhood and create a legacy. Their success demonstrates the …

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