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William “Sandy” Darity | TED2020 | A Blueprint For Reparations in the US (ted.com)

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With clarity and insight, economist and author William “Sandy” Darity discusses how the grievous injustice of slavery in the US

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BE THE POWER: 7.16.2020 “Nick Cannon; New Reconstruction & Where Will The Reparations Money Come From?” (youtube.com)

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In this July 16, 2020 broadcast, the #BTP – BE THE POWER team analyzes the firing of Nick Cannon. BTP

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Saturday Morning Solutions 7.11.20 (soundcloud.com, WLOU 104.7 FM Louisville, KY)

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Saturday Morning Solution Show. Originally broadcast July 11, 2020 on PraizePower 1350AM/The New Praize 104.7 FM WLOU Radio, Louisville, Kentucky.

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Unfinished: Deep South Podcast — S1 E2 The High Sheriff

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A $7 million dollar fortune. A white supremacist sheriff. And a 66-year old mystery: what happened to Isadore Banks’ land

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Plantation Capitalism in Louisville, Kentucky (rootcauseresearch.org)

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Originally published June 2 at the Root Cause Research Center website, updated June 7. The plantation has always occupied a

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06.17.2020 — One Mo’pinion: The Fact of The Matter, On Breonna & Justice

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Michael R Hicks, Lead Editor, TheLENS Most Louisvillians just want to the protesters to stop and be quiet, but not

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LANDMARK MOMENT IN THE STRUGGLE FOR REPARATIONS?

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Patent Racism (npr.org)

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From npr.org, “Planet Money”—Dr. Lisa Cook found a blindspot in a big theory on innovation: the idea that if we

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Let's Heal Together. A Message From Your Brother.

6.6.2020 – “‘Let’s Heal Together.’ A Message from Your Brother.” Art & Commentary by Muhammad Rasheed (mrasheed.com)

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Conversation with Dr. Terence Lester, June 21st, West Louisville Forum

Conversation with Dr. Terence Lester, June 21st, West Louisville Forum

Christianity and Critical Race Theory: Footnotes with Jemar Tisby

Christianity and Critical Race Theory: Footnotes with Jemar Tisby

O.P.E.N. to SCKY 2023

O.P.E.N. to SCKY 2023

Happy Juneteenth!

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