Call-In with Kai Wright on Racial Justice, 'Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom,' Anti-Racist Parenting, A History of Music for Racial Justice
Kai Wright, host of the United States of Anxiety and co-host of the evening WNYC call-in series, “America Are We Ready,” joins us on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to discuss the status of the Civil Rights Movement in light of the events of 2020 and the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6.
[REBROADCAST FROM JANUARY 21, 2019] Lynda Blackmon Lowery joins us to discuss her book, Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, which has been adapted into a play of the same name. The book and play detail what it was like to be the youngest person to participate in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March.
[REBROADCAST FROM NOVEMBER 30, 2020] You may have marched, you may have bought the books, but how do you continue to live an anti-racist life? How do you raise an anti-racist child? Dr. Nyeema C. Watson is the vice chancellor of diversity, inclusion, and civic engagement at Rutgers University–Camden, where she oversees efforts to build an inclusive campus community while also connecting the resources of the university with communities in Camden and across southern New Jersey. She joins us to discuss talking to kids about race and takes listeners' calls. This segment was guest-hosted by Matt Katz.
NPR music critic and correspondent Ann Powers joins us for our ongoing "Review/Preview" series with a rundown of music for racial justice, from the Civil Rights Movement, to today.
