March on Washington

Reince Priebus exclusive interview

August 30, 2013 Carmen Russell Podcast, Race 00:01:14 0 Comments

The RNC held a commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington on Monday, and the chair, Reince Priebus, talked with me about the over-criminalization of Black youth and the over-incarceration of Blacks in this country.

VOR’s Carmen Russell-Sluchansky and I discuss the RNC’s messaging, and assess how effectively the “Party of Lincoln” speaks and connects with African-American voters.

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Jobs and freedom at 50

August 23, 2013 Carmen Russell Podcast, Politics 0 Comments

While the world comes together in Washington to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, I’m talking labor with journalist and digital editor of the Atlanta Daily World, Dion Rabouin.

Why is the fact that the march was to bring together labor issues into the larger civil rights movement forgotten, and what should be considered about labor and human and civil rights in the modern era?

 

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