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Black Agenda Radio May 20, 2022
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
20 May 2022
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Black Agenda Report · Black Agenda Radio May 20, 2022

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo is the author of No Fear: A Whistleblower’s Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA. She is president of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition and one of the hosts of the WPFW program, What’s At Stake. She recently spoke at a rally held at the Department of Justice, calling for freedom for Julian Assange. She joins us from Bethesda, Maryland.

Alyson Jones and her mother Janet Jones operate Source Booksellers, a bookstore located in Detroit, Michigan. She invited Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley to discuss The Black Agenda, a collection of the late Glen Ford’s best Black Agenda Report columns that was recently published by OR Books. This is an excerpt of the conversation.

A young Black man named Rameek Smith was recently shot and killed by NYPD officers. QB, a member of Bronxites for NYPD Accountability discussed unanswered questions surrounding the case.

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