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Talk Shows
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Provided by ConnCAT/Provided by ConnCATNew Haven nonprofit leader Erik Clemons offers his thoughts on community, how choosing love can be difficult and the way that Dr. King's legacy has impacted him. -
Photo courtesy of The Connecticut ForumThis hour, we’re talking to historians and educators to learn what it's like to teach and study the past in all its complexity in today's polarized political climate. -
Dan Henson/GettyThis hour, Yale law professor James Forman Jr. talks about dismantling mass incarceration at every level, from policing to prisons to courts. -
Dave Wurtzel/Connecticut PublicThis hour, three Connecticut poet laureates join us in the studio to discuss what it means to be an ambassador of poetry. They share some of their work and talk about passing poetry on to the next generation. -
Archibald J. Motley, Jr./The MetWe discuss how people thought about queerness during the Harlem Renaissance and talk to the curator of a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
Robert Thom/Michigan Medicine, University of MichiganGetting better reproductive care might start with examining the past. Historian Deirdre Cooper Owens joins 'Where We Live' to discuss her research on the origins of American gynecology and how it ripples into OB-GYN practices today.
CT's Hidden History of Slavery
Slavery has deep roots in Connecticut, and enslaved people helped build the foundation of much of this state. Get to know some of these men, women and children and the lives they lived.
Slavery has deep roots in Connecticut, and enslaved people helped build the foundation of much of this state. Get to know some of these men, women and children and the lives they lived.
Local News
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It was important to have Rhimes as the guest speaker due to the gravity of her work and her commitment to change, according to The Westport Library’s Marketing and Communications Director, EJ Crawford. -
The film, “King In the Wilderness” has never before seen footage of King. Ellis attributes that to the fact that back in the 1960s, a lot of news footage was done on film, but all of the film wasn’t developed if the newsrooms didn't think they were going to use it. -
Now in its 55th year, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Love March, starting with humble beginnings, is now well attended by local and state leaders. -
The nation marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 20, but events across Connecticut will honor the civil rights leader throughout the month of January. -
The announcement of the course “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music” has generated global attention, with many people having mixed emotions about the necessity of the class.
Every week on Disrupted, host and political scientist Khalilah Brown-Dean unpacks how big and small disruptions are shaping our lives.
PBS Features
NPR features
Welcome to a collection of some of NPR's best podcast episodes and features from across the Black experience.
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