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Bring It On! – June 16, 2025: 2025 Juneteenth in Bloomington, IN (Rebroadcast)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 34.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday’s program is a rebroadcast from June 9, 2025, in honor of the upcoming Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, June 19. We also invite you to celebrate the holiday at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Courtyard. This year’s celebration will feature a self-guided Black cultural walking tour, a …

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Bring It On! – June 09, 2025: 2025 Juneteenth in Bloomington, IN

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 34.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Andrew Shannon, City of Bloomington Director of Safe and Civil Cities, and Bring It On Contributor, Dr. Gloria Howell, director of the IU Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, to discuss Bloomingtons’s …

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Bring It On! – May 27, 2024: The Play, “Democracy Hypocrisy: The Red, White, and Blues of Freedom” (Rebroadcast)

This is a rebroadcast of a show that aired originally on June 20, 2022: Today’s hosts of Bring It On!, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, celebrate Juneteenth by welcoming Vernon Williams, Rain Williams, and Ms. Latrice. They are here to discuss their play, “Democracy Hypocrisy: The Red, White, and Blues of Freedom”. The production comes between two iconic national celebrations …

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Bring It On! – June 19, 2023: Juneteenth History & Comedy

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 43.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is a rebroadcast from June 12, 2017: Cornelius Wright and Leila Randle host interviews, one on the history of Juneteenth through the decades, and the other on open-mic night comedy from a personal perspective.  One funny interview, and one solemn.  Both riveting. PART ONE: As part …

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Bring It On! – June 20, 2022: The Play, “Democracy Hypocrisy: The Red, White, and Blues of Freedom”

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 81.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday’s hosts of Bring It On!, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, celebrate Juneteenth by welcoming Vernon Williams, Rain Williams, and Ms. Latrice. They are here to discuss their play, “Democracy Hypocrisy: The Red, White, and Blues of Freedom”. The production comes between two iconic national celebrations of …

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Bring It On! – May 31, 2021: African-American Genealogy Part II: Finding Your Slave Ancestors

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 121.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday’s hosts on Bring It On! are William Hosea and Liz Mitchell. They continue their discussion with Mary Jones-Fitts, a professional genealogist with 42 years of experience. This week’s show focuses on how African-Americans can find their slave ancestors. Mrs. Mary Jones-Fitts is a historian, professional genealogist, …

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June 19, 2020: Nothing Can Be Changed Until it is Faced

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe whole country is in upheaval as a vast Movement for Black Lives continues to challenge white supremacy and the institutions of policing and prison. As monuments fall and precincts are seized in Minneapolis to Seattle, the lies and hidden truths of American society are being revealed. …

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Daily Local News – June 19, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:03 — 28.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe City of Bloomington and Indiana University are moving tonight’s Juneteenth celebration indoors; The Brown County Humane Society is raising money to construct a new animal shelter; City of Bloomington officials are pursuing plans for expanding the footprint of the new Fourth Street parking garage, but a …

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Bloomington Juneteenth Celebration

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:11 — 1.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe city of Bloomington and IU’s Juneteenth Celebration tonight is being moved indoors, after heavy rains and floods have swept through the listening area. The Juneteenth celebration is hosted by the City of Bloomington’s Safe and Civil City Program and the Indiana University Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. …

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Bring It On! – June 18, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:01 — 43.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreClarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Liz Mitchell PART ONE On tonight’s show, Jim and William are historian, researcher, playwright and Bring It On contributor Liz Mitchell. She joins us to discuss the origins of “Juneteenth” and talk about upcoming community events surrounding it. PART TWO News …

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