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African American

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Living Just Enough For The City

Nicole Payne is a candidate for Tampa city council elections and joins the forum discussing housing affordability and ‘Souls To The Polls’. “Eracism” is charged against the powers that be regarding development over black cemeteries...
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Pan-African Congress Historical Commemoration, N.A.A.C.P. Actions

Hillsborough N.A.A.C.P. President and 1st V.P. (Yvette Lewis and Daryl Hych) visits the forum and announced the ACT-SO Program. ACT-SO stands for Afro Academic Cultural Technological Scientific Olympics, “Olympics of the Mind”. There was continued...
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Fascist Dictatorship in Florida

Kim Jackson joins the discussion to explore the question of growing dictatorship in Florida as the Governor moves against the Advance Placement African American History course. A fast and furious assault on voting rights and...

Black History Celebration and Film Fest, Police Violence

Frank Crum from Tampa’s Black History Celebration Committee to discuss the theme of the Film Fest: Black Love. A sponsor also will raise funds for a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) scholarship. Laura Rodriquez...
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Dr. MLK Day Analysis, Pan-Afro Environmentalism

Celebration of Dr. King is a celebration of a people’s accomplishments especially the Civil Rights Act of 1964 the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A discussion of new threats to voting and civil rights to...
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New Year 2023, Local Elections and Inequality

A look at some of the issues facing voters as Tampa elections draw near on March 7, 2023. Some discussion of inequality and disparity of hurricane Ian relief to Black communities. Florida touts an economic...
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Bias in the NFL

Coaches Project, USA Today (September 2022) released a study that showed the national football league (NFL) is inherently racist, especially when selecting head coaches.
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MidPoint: FL House Rep. Michele Rayner Discusses the Election

Michele Rayner is going to be re-elected to the Florida House, but she’s still worried about this election. Rayner has been gerrymandered into a new Democratic District 62.

MidPoint: Are Russian influence agents operating in local politics?

New federal criminal charges against Alexandr Ionov, a fugitive Russian national, allege a malign foreign influence operation in St. Petersburg, FL elections. Noted national security journalist Marcy Wheeler, aka @emptywheel, and Prof. Golfo Alexopoulos, Dir....

MidPoint: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

Noted University of South Florida forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle discusses her investigations of undocumented deaths and missing persons and her new book, "We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for...

Surly Voices: Male Fragility, Family Labels, Gillum’s Indictment

This week on Surly Voices, the Surly fems discuss the concept of male fragility, family labels, and Andrew Gillum’s indictment. Listen to the full episode here:https://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_220623_100600_surly1_460.MP3 Male Fragility Around Juneteenth As Juneteenth and Father’s Day...

WaveMakers: Uncovering Tampa’s Black History with Fred Hearns

Fred Hearns, the curator of Black History at the Tampa Bay History Center, discusses some of Tampa's forgotten, neglected and buried past.

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