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The DNC and the GOP: Harold Meyerson; Melina Abdullah: the LAPD; Ella Taylor: “The 24th”
The DNC and the GOP: Harold Meyerson; Melina Abdullah: the LAPD; Ella Taylor: “The 24th”
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Aug 20, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
The Democratic National Convention featured several Republicans but almost no Bernie supporters: Harold Meyerson comments.
Plus: A Black Lives Matter leader in LA confronts the LAPD—outside her house. Melina Abdullah is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles; she’s also professor of Pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles—and last week she was on the front page of the paper in LA. We asked her what happened.
Also: Virus-time TV with Ella Taylor – today Ella recommends “the 24th” - a new feature film about an all-black army regiment sent to Texas in 1917, and the violent confrontation with local racists that followed --it’s a true story about the only racial insurrection in American history where more whites were killed than blacks--16 whites died, including 5 policemen, and 4 of the Black soldiers. over a hundred Black soldiers were courmartialed - for mutiny. Thirteen were hanged immediately, and six more later.
Plus: A Black Lives Matter leader in LA confronts the LAPD—outside her house. Melina Abdullah is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles; she’s also professor of Pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles—and last week she was on the front page of the paper in LA. We asked her what happened.
Also: Virus-time TV with Ella Taylor – today Ella recommends “the 24th” - a new feature film about an all-black army regiment sent to Texas in 1917, and the violent confrontation with local racists that followed --it’s a true story about the only racial insurrection in American history where more whites were killed than blacks--16 whites died, including 5 policemen, and 4 of the Black soldiers. over a hundred Black soldiers were courmartialed - for mutiny. Thirteen were hanged immediately, and six more later.
Released:
Aug 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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