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The Black Agenda
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
20 May 2022
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Alyson Jones and her mother Janet Jones operate Source Booksellers, a bookstore located in Detroit, Michigan. Alyson Jones invited Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley to discuss The Black Agenda, a collection of the late Glen Ford’s best BAR columns that was recently published by OR Books. This is an excerpt of the conversation.

Glen Ford

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