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Conversation Of The Week LIII: National And International Hip-Hop Artist, Jasiri X, Seen As An Effective Force To Bring About Political And Social Change

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Abby L. Ferber Ph.D. Professor of Sociology

Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.

Is GOP Re-inventing Image For Inclusiveness?

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Alonzo Weston

Is the GOP re-inventing its image to be more inclusive to minorities and the poor? 

The Republican Party hasn’t had much support from blacks and other minorities since the 1960s. It was during that period that the Party of Lincoln saw President Lyndon Johnson and his Democratic cohorts pass legislation to help minorities and the poor.

German Pastor On Trial For Anti-Nazi Demonstration

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BERLIN (AP) — A German pastor due to stand trial for allegedly inciting violence at an anti-Nazi demonstration said Tuesday that authorities risk deterring people from standing up to right-wing extremists if he is convicted.

Prosecutors accuse Lothar Koenig of serious breach of the peace, attempted obstruction of justice, and attempted coercion at a protest in the eastern city of Dresden two years ago.

Remember Martin Luther King Jr.

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Janice S. Ellis Ph.D.

One of the best ways to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. is to continue some aspect of the work for which he lived and died. But there is so much left to be done.

Forty-five years ago on April 4, 1968, an assassin’s bullet claimed the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King was there in support of the garbage workers who were striking to get better wages.

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