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"Election 2020: Playbook and the Price" Guest: Dr. James Lance Taylor, Ph.D. May 2, 2020 - 10 pm EDT Original Broadcast Date:  May 2, 2020  Chair, Department of Politics, former President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS), an important organization of African American, African, and Afro Caribbean political scientists in the United States, 2009-2011.   On March 3, Joe Biden began putting together the coalition of minority and white-suburban supporters that made him the nominee via wins in ten of the 14 states holding contests that day. African-Americans were his base: According to exit polls, he won 58 percent of black voters across this vast landscape. Will it hold. What plays will this base make and for what are Black people holding him accountable in return for our vote? Will the “Black agenda” survive going forward? Under what political infrastructure will “this base” hold the line?  We will talk with Dr. James Taylor, a renowned political scientist, and professor abou

::: REBROADCAST OF July 5, 2014 Episode  ::: In Conversation with Cynthia McKinney "Confronting the New Amerikkan Empire" OUR COMMON GROUND OPENED  the 2ND Session of 2014 on July 5, 2014. We were honored to have as our guest, Cynthia McKinney former U. S. Congresswoman, international human rights activist, and former Presidential candidate, to discuss domestic and foreign policy in the new Amerikkan Empire ALTERNATIVE, ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO URBAN Progressive Talk Radio "Of the Race and For the Race" Twitter  @JaniceOCG  #TrustYourStruggle Facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO Twitter: @JaniceOCG About Us  www.ourcommonground.com OCG Community Forum   www.ourcommonground.ning.com Email:  OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

REBROADCAST of LIVE Interview-October 25, 2015 "Demanding Justice and Dignity for OUR Children" Our Guest: Zakiya Sankara-Jabar Executive Director, Co-Founder, Co-Chair Dignity in Schools Campaign Racial Justice NOW !   A South Carolina Black female student was brutally attacked, thrown from her seat, and tossed across the room by a school police officer even though she had obeyed orders to put her cellphone away. Police intervention was employed when her teacher did not think that she put it away fast enough, Horrified students watched and videotaped the incident. Where are Black children safe? How can this girl's humanity be so blatantly challenged?   Roxane Gay (NYT)  writes: "Far too little attention is being given to who the young girl is...When that officer saw her, sitting quietly, defiantly, she was not allowed to be human. She was not allowed to have a complex story. She was held to a standard of absolute obedience. She was not given the opportunity to explain the why of her defiance because

This Week on OUR COMMON GROUND OPEN MIC ::: Who were the losers in OH-11? ::: Remembering Dr. Ronoko Rashidi  ::: Who Controls the Black Agency? "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

A Tribute to Black Truth Warrior, Glen Ford  :::  OUR COMMON GROUND Remembers Remembering Glen Ford, CEO/Executive Editor, The Black Agenda Report This Week on OUR COMMON GROUND we remember Glen Ford. Glen made his transition on Thursday, July 28, 2021. Glen Ford was the Founder, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, an important publication, blog, and radio station. Ford co-founded Black Commentator  (BC) in 2002. The weekly journal quickly became the most influential Black political site on the Net. In October 2006, Ford and the entire writing team left BC to launch Black Agenda Report (BAR). We have lost a brilliant, insightful strong voice, his persistence, his sacrifice, his passion, and the spirit of an INFORMED, LIBERATED, and FREE Black nation. His service and work will resonate for many Black generations and years to come. Always a Truth Warrior, now a Beloved Ancestor. "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB 

“Global White Supremacy: Baltimore to Palestine” Rev. Dr. Ruby N. Sales, Founder, Director, The Spirit House Faith Activist Liberationist, Journalist & Author From promulgating the racist birther conspiracy theory to exhorting vigilante Proud Boys to “stand by,” Donald Trump has amplified white nationalist ideas in the United States. But neither Trump’s emergence nor his impact can be understood fully by looking at the United States in isolation. Rather, Trump must be understood for his place in a long line of Anglophone leaders who claimed to speak for besieged whites, with precedents including Ian Smith, the leader of the white minoritarian regime of Rhodesia, and Enoch Powell, the British MP who infamously warned of “rivers of blood” if Britain did not halt non-white immigration. Moreover, white nationalism is global not only in its history but in its present manifestations: white nationalists worldwide have hailed Trump’s actions and would be emboldened by his reelection. Resistance and Rebellion

Rev. Dr. Susan K. Williams Smith Faith Activist Liberationist "Rest for the Justice Seeking Soul" "The fight for justice and equality is an exhausting daily grind—and the work is never over. That’s why it is incumbent upon all who speak and advocate for the less fortunate to practice self-care. You can’t fight when your tank is empty. Her ideas and thinking about Black resistance and the history and foundation of faith as fundamentally part of Black culture are essential." - Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith  Author, "WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR SOME - The Bible, the Constitution, and Racism in America “ and "The Book of Jeremiah: The Life and Ministry of Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.“ Listen & Call-In Line: 347-838-9852 "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

In Conversation with Pascal Robert, The Thought Merchant Co-Host, THIS IS REVOLUTION Podcast &  OUR COMMON GROUND IN-TER-LOCU-TOR Pascal is an essayist and Political Commentator on Black Politics, US Economic and Financial politics and Haiti. He is a graduate of Hofstra University and Boston University Law School. Somehow 20 percent of African American males supporting someone who is a male like Donald Trump is not a quirk. Do we tend to have a false consensus about how Blacks tend to vote?  We talk with Pascal Robert tonight about how it happens, what it means, and whether it simply a message of some sort. Just what are they thinking? Pascal is a son of Haiti. Growing up in Miami, he was schooled by his father and, uncles in history, culture, and the stories of Haiti’s resistance to imperialism. We talk with him about that history and review how in that history Haiti became one of the poorest nations in the world. "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND v

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (Performed by Actor, James Earl Jones) “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” is a speech by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Douglass, who himself escaped enslavement years before, gave the speech on July 5, 1852 at an Independence Day celebration in Rochester, New York. During the 1850s, Frederick Douglass typically spent about six months of the year traveling extensively, giving lectures. During one winter -- the winter of 1855-1856 -- he gave about 70 lectures during a tour that covered four to five thousand miles. And his speaking engagements did not halt at the end of a tour. From his home in Rochester, New York, he took part in local abolition-related events. On July 5, 1852, Douglass gave a speech at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Rochester's Corinthian Hall. It was biting oratory, in which the speaker told his audience, "This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn." And he asked

::: Breaching the Centrality of American Whiteness ::: An OUR COMMON GROUND LISTEN :: LEARN :: LIBERATE BROADCAST We take a look at a variety of observations addressing the issue of Black freedom struggle, whiteness, voter suppression, and Black resistance in an era of new attacks on Black freedom and agency. Features include Rev. William Barber, 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Kwame Toure', Bob Hebert, and Carol Anderson.  Listen Line: 347-838-9852 "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

::: "Juneteenth: A Celebration of  the Emancipation of the Slaves" ::: An OUR COMMON GROUND #HISTORYMATTERS SPECIAL We provide a history of the event and the celebration of Juneteenth as we celebrate its first year as a national holiday. Juneteenth is specifically a celebration of Black emancipation. Race-based chattel slavery intentionally ensnared people of African descent and labeled them as property. Juneteenth was made possible because of the courage and resilience of Black people who persistently fought for their liberation.  American Black freedom struggle is the central place in Juneteenth celebrations. Returning LIVE 6/26/21  "REPARATIONS: The Debt That Is Owed"  Listen & Call-In Line: 347-838-9852 "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

::: “Reparations: The Debt That Is Owed” ::: An OUR COMMON GROUND Reparations Discussion Series Episode #2: “Reparations: The Paradigm Shift” Examining the demand for reparations through many eras of Black Struggle: Slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Civil Rights, the Black Power eras and Black Lives Matters protests. Guest: Dr. Rutledge M. Dennis, Sociologist, Anthropologist:  Professor of Sociology and Anthropology; expert scholar and author in the areas of urban politics, research methods in race and ethnicity, Black Intellectuals, W.E.B.Du Bois, the Black Middle Class, race and ethnic politics, comparative and theoretical approaches to race and ethnicity. What is the debt that is owed ? Listen & Call-In Line: 347-838-9852 "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

Reparations: The Debt That Is Owed ::: Reparations Series Episode #1:  "The Debt That Is Owed": Reparations  & the Descendants of US Chattel Slavery      Guest:  Dr. William "Sandy" Darity, Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen  Co-Authors, "From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century", A. Kirsten Mullen is a lecturer whose work focuses on race, art, history, and politics; Darity Jr. is an American economist and researcher. The wealth of the United States was for the most part greatly enhanced by the exploitation of African American slave labor: some argue it is the bedrock for the U.S. economy and capitalism. However, former slaves and their descendants are among the poorest demographic in America. Accordingly, reparations would be valuable primarily as a way of correcting modern economic imbalances. The call for reparations has intensified in 2020. More injustices and discrimination have continued since slavery was outlawed in the US. Black communities and civil rights org

The Tulsa Massacre  So that we never forget. Memorial Day marks the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the deadliest episodes of racial violence and domestic terrorism in U.S. history. When the thriving African American neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma — known as "Black Wall Street" — was burned and bombed to the ground by a white mob. An estimated 300 Black Americans, descendants of slavery were killed and over 1,000 injured. Whites in Tulsa actively suppressed the truth, and Blacks were intimidated by more violence into silence. But efforts to restore the horrific event to its rightful place in U.S. history are beginning this 100 years later. Black children of my generation were taught to know and never forget. Tulsa was not the only sight of violent pogroms attacking Blacks in that era.  Tonight, we teach the story of Tulsa. June 5, 2021, we begin our series "Reparations: The Debt That Is Owed" with guest, Dr. William J. "Sandy" Darity.

"Black in America's "Weimar" Moment" Pascal Robert ::: Co-Host, THIS IS REVOLUTION Podcast & OUR COMMON GROUND IN-TER-LOCU-TOR Seventy-five years ago, Hitler came to power, ending the Weimar Republic. Did Germany's experiment with democracy between 1919 and 1933 ever stand a real chance? Is America at that same juncture and will democracy have more of a chance? We'll analyze the similarities in our current political environment. "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

"When We Stand: The Intersection of Black Justice, Wealth and Health" Guest: Malik Ali, CEO/Founder, Justice, Wealth and Health, SC JWH's  Mission is to save lives from Injustice, Poor Health, and Lack of Financial Wealth.              Marching has stopped              Protesting has stopped              Making the Next Stand Listen & Call-In Line: 347-838-9852 "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

"Black Hustlers: Tap Dancing and Soul Corrosion” What Tim Scott did was not brave. It was not honest and it was not leadership. He lied to the American people on behalf of a Republican Party that neither values nor respects him. How does a Black man relieve himself of all dignity and his own history? What life experiences lend themselves to a man to renounce the truth about his Black experience and ally himself with racists who have no honor for his manhood? Listen & Call In Line: 347-838-9852 "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

In Conversation with Efia Nwanganza Pioneer Human Rights Activist :::  Pioneer Black Talk Host ::: Civil Rights Attorney Exec. Dir., Malcolm X Center, Greenville, SC "Black Truth on Black Justice" ABOUT EFIA NWANGANZA Efia Nwangaza is a lifelong civil/human rights activist and freedom fighter who first worked for the liberation of African/Black people as a child in her Garveyite parents' apostolic faith church, in her birthplace of Norfolk, Virginia.   "The Chauvin Trial: Black Truth on Black Justice" It was a defense based on that Black people deserve to be murdered. The path that is drenched by the grief and tears of a people in their witness to this, not just injustice, but America's brand of Black justice. "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website.  Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

“Seeking Mercy" Podcast Janice will return on April 24, 2021 ::: LIVE Tonight, we offer discussions on criminal justice and the history of lynching with Bryan Stevenson. He is an American lawyer, social justice activist, founder/executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and a law professor at New York University School of Law.He's the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), an Alabama-based group that has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent prisoners on death row, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults. He is the author of, "Just Mercy"  More  "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website. Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community

“Evil Well Financed and Determined: Jim Crow Under Law" Disenfranchisement Laws aka "Jim Crow OCG Hosts, Janice Graham & Dr. James L. Taylor Jim Crow” was developed as a derisive slang term for a Black man. It came to mean any state law passed in the South that established different rules for blacks and whites. Jim Crow laws were based on the theory of white supremacy and were a reaction to Reconstruction. In the depression-racked 1890s, racism appealed to whites who feared losing their jobs to Blacks. Politicians abused Blacks to win the votes of poor white “crackers.” Newspapers fed the bias of white readers by playing up (sometimes even making up) Black crimes and reporting based on Black stereotypes. "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At a Time" To support OUR COMMON GROUND visit our website. Follow us on FB and Twitter #JaniceOCG Join  our Exchange Community