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Black Agenda Radio August 11, 2023
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
11 Aug 2023
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Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio August 11, 2023

In this week’s segment we hear about the origins of Black August with a former political prisoner, and we hear analysis of the U.S. response to the recent military coup in Niger. But first we discuss the decrease in New York City’s Black population, why it is happening, and the national political ramifications of this troubling trend.

affordable housing
Public Housing
New York City
Loss of Black Wealth
Black August
political prisoners
Jihad Abdulmumit
gentrification
Niger
ECOWAS
AFRICOM
Coups in Africa

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