The Uncomfortable Truth

Loki and Luvaghn wrap up the season with their reflections on the Ahmaud Arbery trial outcome and how it compares to and is possible because of the Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till trials.

In the early 1960s Leflore County, Mississippi cut off assistance to everyone in need so that none went to Blacks. However, that also meant nothing went to poor whites in need either. Luvaghn Brown reflects on one such family that came to them that cold winter day and 60 years later, Luvaghn learned something from that event that he never thought of before.

The night was still young and Jane Elliott was holding court. She wants to pack a lot in so here we go.

Jane Elliott is famous for her Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes "experiment" she did with her students. The story is fascinating all on its own and Jane (who is, by far, our most fiery interview)  has a lot more to say than that but whatever you do, don't call her ma'am.

A law passed in 2013 to preserve Confederate statues kept a team of citizens from removing a 37 foot monument in the public square of Franklin, TN. So, a team lead by Pastor Hewitt Sawyers came up with plan. It's called the Fuller Story. The statue might not be coming down but something just as empowering is now up and will make sure the entire history is told for generations to come.

Inspired by the death of George Floyd, two African American activists are pursuing an audacious goal: end racism in 15 years. How? Through their organization A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth they are going right to the source and giving them the tools to empower themselves to do it themselves.

The first black female graduate of the University of Mississippi's law school and the first black female judge in Mississippi, Judge Constance Harvey-Slaughter wasn't never going to let anyone turn her around, "“If you told me I wasn’t getting in because I was Black, I was gonna get in anyway."

Warning: The n-word is used frequently in this conversation when retelling the history of what was said directly to Judge Constance Harvey-Slaughter.

When traditional retail markets don't want to do business with you, you create your own. J.O. Malone is the founder of a unique Black-owned marketplace called BLCK Market and he hopes it catches on and changes the lives of Black entrepreneurs. 

The Freedom Rides capture the imagination of some Americans and the scorn of others. Eric Etheridge's acclaimed book is a study of these brave souls then and now while capturing their portraits from today with their mugshots from 1961.

There's more to the famous lunch counter sit-in photo than meets the eye and award-winning author, Mike O'Brien, spoke with people on both sides of the demonstration.  

In 1965, Sandy Springs, Georgia was a white town that wanted to stay that way. They threatened to "forbid any Negroes to buy, or own, or live within our limits." The echoes of the past still remain but Dontaye Carter, is looking to change all of that.

Everyone has something to say about CRT but what about a teacher working in one of the epicenters? We are speaking with Michelle Love-Day, an exemplary educator who has a lot to share about what's really going on.

His grandfather and father were both Klansmen but when he got the opportunity to interview Dr. King and Rosa Parks his life would take a different course and life long journey for social justice.

For some reason, there are those who still haven't gotten over changing the names of schools and removing statues that honor the Confederacy. I have one simple question for these people.

The head of Black Lives Matter Utah came out with a rather scorching statement about the American flag. That's when it got interesting. The NAACP of Utah made a statement and then a local activist. When fighting for civil rights how should different organizations work together and what  professional courtesies should they afford one another?

When a school in Utah erroneously allowed their students opt out of Black History Month that's when people's biases started showing and not from whom you think.

Bob Moses died on July 25, 2021 at the age of 86. He believed in civil rights, voting rights and education. Luvaghn Brown spent 2 years with Bob fighting the good fight and reflects on the character of the man he followed.

Critical Race Theory is all the white rage these days and Texas is ripping a page out of the Russian history textbook curriculum guide.

Do you have your non-violence on today? That's what the activists from the Civil Rights Movement would ask themselves. It's time we put that to practice not just in our actions but with our words.

The arc of the moral universe may be long and eventually bends towards justice but not we don't put the work in.

Racism doesn't need anyone to be racist. It just needs us to not oppose and the rest will take care of itself.

Life is hard for a white man in America especially when they think everyone is racist against them but has no way of proving it.

Critical Race Theory will not turn your children into white hating Marxists but Ted Cruz might make them racists.

When a white person wants to make a point on race and start off with "I have a friend who's Black," that's a sign.

Is it time for African Americans to just get over Slavery? Well, a lot of white people think so because they've never had to deal with its consequences.

Those who feel that kneeling is disrespectful to the American Flag are the very ones who are probably disrespecting it the most.

When a white person says they don't have a problem with racism... they're not lying.

Blue Lives don't matter because Blue Lives isn't really a thing.

White people only say, "What about White History Month?" when it comes to Black History Month and not other months designated for other races, genders, etc. Why?

Just about all of us have made a pledge to support civil rights in America. We just didn't even know it.

The youngest Freedom Rider was also the most arrested but he feared what waited for him at home far more than what happened to him on death row in the notorious Parchman Prison.

No one is born a racist but don't worry, society will take care of it anyway.

If you really want to end racism you might not want to attack someone's ignorance. I learned this lesson when a Trump supporter asked me if I really thought the Confederate Flag was racist. What I asked him next made all the difference.

When white people say this is "our country" they're not entirely wrong because that's what history has shown us.

Yes, I'm anti-racist but that doesn't mean I hate white people.

Georgia went Blue in 2020 and now the Republican Party is rolling back the clock on voting rights in the bid to create a solution for a problem that doesn't exist. 

Loki and Luvaghn take a look at what's been happening and trial and what it means about all of us.

It's crazy to think but many racists think they are an expert on racism and are positive that they aren't.

Institutional Racism doesn't need laws anymore, it just needs people.

The Confederate Statue debate boiled down to one argument: heritage or hate? The answer is quite clear... it's a heritage of hate.

Dr. Darron Smith, of the award-winning film "Black, White & Us", advocates for the Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation and why we all should lend our support even with just a simple $5 monthly, recurring donation.

The renaming of schools has created quite a stir over the past couple of years but nothing like what happened in Jacksonville, Florida when the most "sacred" of all Confederate General's name was on the line.

Cancel culture isn't really a thing except when it is by those who are trying to wield it by a different name.

Tucked into the 2021 $1.9 trillion Covid-19 Relief package was $4 billion in aid relief for Black farmers. Naturally, politicians started stoking the flames of racism declaring it reparations and discrimination against white farmers.

The shooter was not the victim and yet the police's narrative would want you to believe that he has a problem and we should be more sympathetic.

When Dr. King called and said we need housing for 3,000 people there was only one person he needed to talk to.

Joan Browning didn't know that going to a black church would become her catalyst for joining the Civil Rights Movement because even though she was a white Southern women, she didn't know there was anything wrong with it to begin with.

Joan Browning didn't know that going to a black church would become her catalyst for joining the Civil Rights Movement because even though she was a white Southern women, she didn't know there was anything wrong with it to begin with.

Dr. Bernard LaFayette wasn't just John Lewis' roommate in college he was leader in the American Freedom Movement that has some incredible stories to share.

Dr. Bernard LaFayette wasn't just John Lewis' roommate in college he was leader in the American Freedom Movement that has some incredible stories to share.