The official Dane County Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observance—in-person for the first time since 2020—will be carried live by WORT on Monday, January 16 at 6:00 p.m. For those […]
Adolph Reed on Race, Class, and the Jim Crow South
“American politics is coming up to a T-intersection,” says political scientist Adolph Reed. For today’s show, he joins Thursday host Allen Ruff to talk about his new book, The South: […]
The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff is in conversation with historian Peniel Joseph about his new book, The Sword and the Shield, on the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X […]
“Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
“Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement.” A collection of eleven pivotal songs that inspired and sustained the movement, interpreted by singer Chris Vallillo. Chris joins Brian Standing on […]
The Legacy of Dr. King and the Stanford Family
From Marks, Mississippi to Madison Carolyn Stanford-Taylor is a long-time educator — she was with the Madison Metropolitan School District for 21 years (10 years as a middle school teacher […]
Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader
Michael Edmonds wants us to remember the Freedom Summer of more than 40 years ago. Not as the narrative of a few charismatic leaders, but as the blood, sweat and tears of thousands of volunteers from all across the country.