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    On Flag Day, Remembering The Red, Black And Green

    The Pan-African flag, designed by Marcus Garvey in 1920, was intended as an expression of black liberation. It's still used around the world.
    by Leah Donnella Jun 14, 2017 3 minutes
    Demonstrators hold up a Pan-African flag to protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on Aug. 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. / Scott Olson / Getty Images

    Editor's Note: This piece contains language that some may find offensive.

    It's Flag Day! On this week's podcast, we explore the ways that communities of color in the United States relate to the Stars and Stripes.

    And we thought it worth a few moments to celebrate a flag created nearly a century ago for black Americans.

    The Pan-African flag, (also called the Marcus Garvey, UNIA, Afro-American or Black Liberation flag,) was designed to

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