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Is The FBI Prosecuting Black Identity?

February 14, 2018 Politics, Race/Identity

Martin de Bourmont of Foreign Policy magazine joins us to talk about what could be the first case prosecuting what the FBI calls a “black identity extremist.”

The Untold History Of HBCUs

February 14, 2018 Education, Race/Identity

Stanley Nelson joins us to talk about the important ways that Historically Black Colleges and Universities have contributed to American life.

Why Latino Is A Race

February 7, 2018 History, Race/Identity

UCLA professor Laura E. Gómez joins us to talk about the role Mexican Americans have played in U.S. racial history.

A History Of Transgender America

February 6, 2018 History, Race/Identity

Susan Stryker joins us to walk through the last half-century of progress made by transgender Americans.

Separate And Unequal: What the History Books Left Out

February 1, 2018 History, Race/Identity

Paul Ortiz joins us to talk about the achievements of LatinX and African Americans throughout history – and about efforts to keep them apart in order to hinder their progress.

America Was Built On Slavery

January 29, 2018 History, Politics, Race/Identity

Annette Gordon-Reed joins us to talk about how America has struggled since its founding to deal with slavery.

Exposing The Photo Archives Of Black History

January 23, 2018 History, Race/Identity

Darcy Eveleigh and Rachel Swarns talk about images of 20th century black life recently discovered in the Times’ archives.

Borderland Avenger: Creating A Latino Superhero

January 18, 2018 Culture, Race/Identity

North Texas teacher Hector Rodriguez, author of the comic “El Peso Hero,” joins us to talk about creating a character who seeks justice for those without hope.

One Of The Little Rock Nine Remembers

January 17, 2018 History, Race/Identity

Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the ‘Little Rock Nine,’ joins us to talk about the day in 1957 when Little Rock’s schools became integrated– and the long aftermath.