What role should athletes play in our political dialogue?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with former Olympic sprinter John Carlos and sportswriter Dave Zirin about their book, The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World. Carlos is famous for his politically-charged Black Power salute with Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics. How much power does a professional athlete have to speak out to the world beyond sports? And why do we listen? Join us at 10 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Matt Martin, and You.

Guests:
John Carlos, former Olympic athlete and co-author of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World

Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation and co-author of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the execution of Troy Davis. How are the media discussing racial injustice and the death penalty? We'll also discuss the political situation in Bahrain. We'll be joined by the Black Agenda Report's Bruce Dixon, independent journalist and filmmaker Jen Marlowe and Bahraini journalist Nada Alwadi. Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Nada Alwadi, an independent journalist based in Bahrain

Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report's managing editor

Jen Marlowe, an independent journalist and filmmaker

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of Dick Cheney's memoir. What questions should reporters be asking? We'll also consider the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing protests in Chile. We'll be joined by The Nation's John Nichols, Loop21's Brentin Mock and independent journalist Caroline Lewis joins us from Santiago de Chile. Tune in live at 10 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Malihe Razazan and you.

Guests:
Caroline Lewis, a Fulbright scholar living in Santiago and researching the formation of news chains among community media outlets in Chile. She has reported on social movements for independent media outlets in both Spanish and English.

John Nichols, The Nation's Washington correspondent

Brentin Mock, senior editor at Loop21.com, a leading African-American website for economic and political news and culture

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss media eulogies of Richard Holbrooke, the top U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan who passed away earlier this week. We will also talk about the major inmate Protests at Six Georgia Prisons. What explains the lack of coverage? We'll be joined by Guardian's Jonathan Steele, Sacramento Bee's Charles Piller, and Black Agenda's Bruce Dixon. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Charles Piller, an investigative reporter with Sacramento Bee

Bruce A. Dixon, the managing editor of Black Agenda Report

Jonathan Steele, a columnist and roving foreign correspondent with Guardian of London

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How Do We Use Black History Month to Bridge Racial Divides?

On the next Your Call, we'll look at the history of Black History Month, what it has to teach and how it can continue to be relevant today. Half a century away from the Civil Rights Movement and with a black president in office, how do we as a society relate to race? Do we talk about it too much? Not enough? Do institutions like Black History Month help spark important investigations and conversations about race?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does looking into history create honest dialogue about race in today's world? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Dr. Daryl Michael Scott, professor of history at Howard University and Vice President of Programs at the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH).

Tammy Johnson, director of strategic partnerships at the Applied Research Center in Oakland--which publishes Color Lines; Tammy is also a community organizer, trainer and writer versed in race and public policy.

Kevin Epps, community activist and award-winning filmmaker from the Bay Area; producer of the 2002 documentary Straight Outta Hunter's Point and, more recently, The Black Rock.

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Your Call 080609 What does "cooperating" with the Police actually look like?

What should you do when the cops come knocking on your door, pull you over or arrest you? On the next Your Call we talk about what it means to cooperate with the police. The attention paid to Henry Louis Gates' arrest in Cambridge has focused on racial profiling, but it also tells us a lot about how police operate and how private citizens are expected to respond. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What respect is due to the police and the civilian when an arrest hangs in the balance? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Jakada Imani in Oakland
Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, an Oakland based organization working for racial and environmental justice with a particular focus on the criminal justice system. The Ella Baker Center was founded 13 years ago by Van Jones as an expansion of Bay Area PoliceWatch. Imani took over at Ella Baker in 2007 after leading their Books not Bars program.

Gary P. Delagnes in San Francisco
President of the San Francisco Police Officers Association

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Your Call 011209 What have we learned from the BART police shooting of Oscar Grant?

What have we learned from the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who was unarmed and lying face down on a BART station platform in Oakland on New Year's Day? And what should we do about it? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the shooting, the cell phone video that proves Grant was shot while lying down, police accountability, and frustration and anger in Oakland's communities plagued by violence. How should the community respond? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: Gregory D. Lee, a retired Supervisory Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and a former instructor at the FBI Academy.

Bobbie Bond, founder of the Feet on the Street program in Oakland. Bobbie also serves on the board of her local NCPC - Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council - and was formerly a Commissioner on Aging in Oakland.

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Your Call 062608 The State of Black San Francisco

What happened to San Francisco's black population? On the next Your Call we talk with the organizers of a conference on the "State of Black San Francisco." Africans Americans were 13.5% of the population in 1970 but only half that now -- the biggest percentage decline in any major American city. With the passage of Proposition G, the last truly black neighborhood in the city, Bayview-Hunters Point, is about to undergo a multi-year, multi billion dollar make over. How many African Americans will call San Francisco home when it's done? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Julian Davis in San Francisco
Founder of the Osiris Coalition, organizer of this weekend's community forum on the State of Black San Francisco, Saturday, June 28th from 9 AM to 12 noon at the West Bay Conference Center at 1290 Fillmore Street in San Francisco

Sean Reynolds in San Francisco
Social worker and health educator and co-founder of the Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women, with Rhodessa Jones and Idirs Ackamore.

Malo Hutson in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley.

Dr Raye Richardson in San Francisco
Founder of Marcus Books, former chair of African American Studies at SF State

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Your Call 042908 The Death of Dr. King

Forty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., how relevant is his message today? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Michael Eric Dyson, author of April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How it Changed America. Dyson tells personal stories about King, specifically how he thought about and prepared for his assassination. He said he went to bed many nights scared to death. How have King's words impacted the political conversation we're having today? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guest:
Michael Eric Dyson in San Francisco
University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and author of sixteen books including April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America

Michael Eric Dyson Events:

• Tuesday night in Lafayette


• Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco


• Wednesday night in Oakland

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Your Call 120607 Blacks, race and class: Are attitudes of blacks towards blacks changing?

Is class difference dividing African Americans? On the next Your Call we discuss a controversial new poll from Pew and NPR that suggests class trumps race in determining social values. Critics say the poll really measures a decades long effort by conservatives to say racism is dead in America. As more African Americans enter the middle class, is the meaning of blackness changing for the worse or is diversity a sign of the health of black identity in America? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research for the Pew Research Center

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author and commentator on contemporary American political culture. He is the author of the recently released Latino Challenge to Black America: Towards a Conversation Between African Americans and Hispanics 

Sherrilyn Ifill, Professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and a commentator on the group blog, BlackProf.com. 

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