In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Leon Bates, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pan African Studies, at the University of Louisville, KY. He focuses on Urban History (i.e. Education, Housing, Labor, Medicine, Policing, Violence), and the Intersection of Race. Leon has conducted extensive research on Racialized Violence. …
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This week, we share Isaiah Willoughby’s story. He’s been on the show before, talking about his incarceration due to actions on behalf on the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Today, he walks us through the events leading up to and after his arrest, including the police murder of his neighbor in Seattle and his participation in the Capitol Hill …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Hosts William Hosea and Cornelius Wright welcome back Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, the co-executive director of the Highlander Research & Education Center, a social justice leadership training school and cultural center founded in 1932. She uses her expertise to discuss the structures of U.S. democracy and the state of its operations, focusing on the rights of citizens to vote as the …
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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and William Hosea, assess the recent political actions and scandals of Donald J. Trump in light of the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election. To help them sort through the myriad issues involved are Professor Joseph L. Hoffman and USMC Major General Craig Q. Timberlake (Ret.). Today’s show provides an assessment of …
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On Wednesday, September 30, and Thursday, October 1, IU’s Department of History will be presenting three events designed to bring together IU and the greater Bloomington community in a conversation focused on race, white supremacy, and voter suppression. This year’s speaker for the virtual town hall meeting on Thursday, October 1, from 6 to 8 PM, is Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, …
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