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Ep. 35 | African American History Month: Courtland Cox tells us how we got here

He was an early member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and shares memories about how the organization was started, and the inception of Black History Month. He explains how people like Marion Barry, Stokely Carmichael, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan blazed the trail that many in the Black Lives Matter movement follow today.

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Ep. 34 | Hank Aaron: He did just as much for civil rights as he did for baseball

Harold Reynolds, former MLB All Star and co-host of the MLB channel’s Hot Stove LIVE and WTOP News anchor and baseball aficionado Shawn Anderson join COLORS to reveal little known details about Aaron’s baseball career and his gigantic impact on civil rights in the U.S.

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COLORS –Ep. 32 | Black Girls Matter Too

WTOP News Anchor Stephanie Gaines-Bryant and Sydney McKinney, Executive Director of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute explain how Black girls are marginalized and treated differently than white girls. They share solutions to an overlooked problem.

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S1 E13 – 22 Hours: The Appeal

An update in the case after nearly two years: Daron Wint’s lawyers have filed an appeal seeking to throw out his conviction and asking for a new trial. Hosts Megan Cloherty and Jack Moore head back into the studio to discuss the latest development. “22 Hours: An American Nightmare” is a production of WTOP News in Washington, D.C. Music featured in “22 Hours: An American Nightmare” is licensed with artist permission. Music for this episode is “Haters Hate” by Ramone Messam.

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COLORS –Ep. 27 | CNN’s Amara Walker details a string of racial insults aimed at her at the airport in New Orleans.

Imagine… someone walks up to you and makes an ugly racial remark about you. Now… imagine it happens two other times that same day. On this episode, CNN Correspondent and Anchor, Amara Walker says not only was it three times. The inappropriate behavior all happened with in one hour, coming from three different individuals, including a policeman.

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