Bring It On!

Today’s edition of Bring It On! focuses on the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman from colorectal cancer and how this cancer is affecting the Black Community. In the first half of the show hosts, Clarence Boone and Cornelius Wright, examine the legacy and impact of Boseman’s too-brief career with Dr. Terri Francis, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies and …

Today’s broadcast is from our archives and was originally aired on February 25, 2020: PART ONE: Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich speak with Wes Martin, News Director for WFHB, about State Senate Bill 12. This is a hate crimes bill, in which Republicans removed all references to race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, and other protected classes, on …

Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea spend the hour with Robin Winston, who is the former Chair of the Indiana Democratic Party. Mr. Winston is also a principal offer with the Winston Terrell Group. He is a skilled community development professional and business leader. They spend assessing the success of last week’s 2020 Democratic National Convention. Because of COVID-19, the …

Hosts Cornelius Wright and Amnita Myers discuss the 1921 Tulsa/Greenwood Race Massacre with Liz Mitchel, a regular Bring It On! anchor and producer of award-winning WFHB segment “Dark Past, Bring Future”, and Professor Jewell Parker-Rhodes, bestselling novelist and award-winning academic. The Tulsa Race Massacre occurred over the span of two days in 1921,  from May 31 to June 1, when …

Hosts William Hosea and Beverly Calender-Anderson spend the hour with guests, Rev. Forrest Gilmore, Executive Director of Shalom Community Center, Ms. Amber Skoby, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and Nicole Johnson, a community activist living the Crestmont area of Bloomington, IN. They talk about Bloomington’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how the city’s agencies and community leaders …

Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea spend the hour discussing the ramifications of the decision to reopen the schools of the Monroe County Community Schools Corporation (MCCSC), which was scheduled to start on August 3.  On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, action was taken on motions set forth by board member Brandon Shurr. As reported in the Herald Times, the MCCSC …

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 Race Relations in the United States in light of …

Today on a special segment of Bring It On! hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome special guests Major General Craig Q. Timberlake (USMC, Retired) and  Joseph Hoffman, Harry Pratter Professor of Law at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington, to discuss primarily the unprecedented use of federal force taken by Donald Trump in recent weeks in …

Today’s hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea spend the hour with Retired Major General Craig Q. “Lake” Timberlake, USMC. Major General Timberlake lends his perspective on recent events that some have called one of the most remarkable periods in U.S. civil-military relations in decades. In the aftermath of unrest and protest about the killing of Goerge Floyd, Donald Trump has …

The July 4th weekend of 2020 in Monroe County was fraught with seeming racial unrest. On Thursday, July 2, a Lawrence County sheriff’s deputy who resides in Monroe County questioned and detained a black Bloomington resident while he walked in his neighborhood in an apparent example of racial profiling. Then, most notably, on Saturday, July 4, a black man, Vauhxx …