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Gloria Howell and Maqubé Reese are the hosts of today’s show. Throughout March, to commemorate Women’s History Month, each new show will be hosted by women. Gloria Howell is the director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.  Maqubé Reese is an academic advisor with the Groups Scholars Program and consults with incoming Groups Scholars on topics like the courses they …

Gloria Howell and Maqubé Reese are the hosts of today’s show. Throughout March, to commemorate Women’s History Month, each new show will be hosted by women. Gloria Howell is the director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.  Maqubé Reese is an academic advisor with the Groups Scholars Program and consults with incoming Groups Scholars on topics like the courses they …

It’s January 19, 2021, the day after the nation’s official sanction of a narrow understanding of the work of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the day before the country “swears in” a new president, the representative of one of only two parties allowed to compete for the style of window dressing in this House of White Supremacy. What has changed? …

Today We Honor A Legacy On today’s special extended edition of Bring It On! two guests are here on this holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. In Part 1, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, who is the MLK Day keynote speaker for the City of Bloomington. He is the founder and curator of …

The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25th has quickly become the catalyst which has given rise to mass uprisings in every major city in the United States. In the days following Floyd’s murder, thousands upon thousands of people across the country have taken to the streets in a massive display of anger and protest against the …

Today’s show is “Whiteness Is As Whiteness Does: On the Typologies of Whiteness” with guest Heath Schultz, self-described as a “white, anti-racist, political activist.” Our opening song is already illustrative of the discussion to follow–Eric Clapton erasing Robert Johnson with his version of “HellHound On My Trail.” I’ll begin with Melville’s Moby Dick, because all things may be found there. …