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Black Lives Matter to Jobs with Justice

Airs at: Fri, 06/03/2016 at 7:00pm - 7:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Dr. Melina Abdullah, Los Angeles based activist and academic, founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, addresses the Portland Jobs with Justice 25 year celebration, June 3, 2016 Read more

Margaret Ellen Tolbert: Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Before Margaret Ellen Tolbert, Ph.D., broke multiple racial barriers in the field of science, she first had to pull herself out of poverty. In her new book, “Resilience in the Face of Adversity,” she discusses her journey as an orphan in segregated Virginia to becoming th... Read more

MILES DAVIS' 90th Birthday Special

Airs at: Sat, 05/28/2016 at 12:00am - 6:00am

Produced for: The Outside World

TUNE IN FROM MIDNIGHT TIL 6:00 AM and join COUSIN JIMI, UNCLE AV CLUB, RANGER ROWLF COULSON, CHEF PETER, DR. KIPILMAN and probably other Miles devotees who drop by for our annual birthday celebration. Miles Dewey Davis III was born in Alton, Illinois (just across the Mi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for Memorial Day May 30, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This episode of the Old Mole is hosted by Frann Michel and features these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Brian Terrell of Voices for Creative Nonviolence about drones. the new warfare, and creative nonviolence. Desiree Hellegers talks with S. Brian Willson about ... Read more

Public Housing and Community

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Coming up this weekend, May 27th through May 30th, the Vanport Mosaic Festival is a commemoration of the 68th anniversary of the Vanport Flood. KBOO is a supporter of these four days of lectures, performances, screenings, exhibits, and other events. Built during W... Read more

Joseph T. Reiff, Born of Conviction

Airs at: Sun, 05/22/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

On September 29th, 1962, Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett spoke before a halftime crowd at a University of Mississippi football game. He said he loved Mississippi's heritage. This compelled him to personally block African-American James Meredith from enrolling at Ole... Read more

Philip Kan Gotanda - Traveling Master

Airs at: Tue, 05/24/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae features veteran playwright Philip Kan Gotanda. She first talked to him three years ago when he came to do a talk at Reed College. Now he's a Traveling Master for the Dramatists Guild Fund and will be teaching a class called "Challenges of Writing From a Racial and ... Read more

A Shared Sentence: Children of Prisoners

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Karen James interviews Laura Speer, associate director for Policy Reform Advocacy at the Annie E Casey Foundation, the nation’s leading organization for the overall well-being of children. Over 5 million children nationwide have had an incarcerated parent. The loss of a ... Read more

Vanport Mosaic Festival

Airs at: Tue, 05/17/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae features the Vanport Mosaic Festival that celebrates and remembers an important time and community in Portland history. She'll talk with festival co-artistic directors S. Renee Mitchell, Damaris Webb and Laura Lo Forti. Damaris is the director/producer of Cottonwo... Read more

Teressa Raiford's Disorderly Conduct Trial, April 18-21, 2016

On August 9, 2015 Portland Police arrested Ms Raiford when an event commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Police death of Michael Brown spilled out into the intersection of South East Division and 82nd Avenue. Is standing in the street disorderly conduct... Read more