Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:30 — 40.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGladys DeVane uses dialogue, colloquialisms, setting and a well-researched contextual understanding of place and time to bring the past alive. And, when history can be made to come alive, it can shed some light on the present. “A Strange Day” is based on stories about what it …
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Bring It On! – September 7, 2020: Chadwick Boseman and Colorectal Cancer
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 81.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday’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 …
Read More »People of Color in Monroe County Over-Represented in Jails and Prisons
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:47 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA new report, by the Monroe County chapter of the NAACP and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington’s Racial Justice Task Force, found African-Americans in Monroe County are disproportionately affected by the Criminal Justice system. Less than four percent of Monroe County residents are Black, but last …
Read More »The Bicentennial Journal – Donn Hall: The Underground Railroad
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Donn Hall tells about the Underground Railroad in Monroe County. Local families who helped – and handed over – runaway slaves, in this week’s edition of The Bicentennial Journal—looking back on 200 years of history in South Central Indiana. Support …
Read More »Bring It On – October 8, 2018
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 53.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn tonight’s episode of Bring It On, Hosts Cornelius Wright and William Hosea are joined by long-time contributor and producer of the award-winning “Dark Past, Bright Future,” Liz Mitchell. Hosts: Cornelius Wright, William Hosea, and Clarence Boone Bring It On! is produced by Clarence Boone Executive Producer …
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