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“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 07/28/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guests was Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, Economics, and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, Dr. William A. (Sandy) Darity Jr., and Writer, Folklorist, founder/ director of the arts consulting practice Artefactual, A. Kirsten Mullen. The conversation centered around Reparations Movements going on all around the country, with the writers of a blueprint to achieve reparations for the enslavement of our ancestors and the existing damage to our people, ” From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century” Vol 1&2, by Dr. Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen. In part two of the program our guest was Activist, Organizer, Former New York City Assemblyman & Councilman representing 42nd district, and Co-Founder of Operation POWER, Charles Barron. Politics, and the upcoming election from a Black Radical perspective, was the hot topic with our guest Charles Barron. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469671208/from-here-to-equality-second-edition/https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520409828/the-black-reparations-project
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 7/21/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Journalist, Author, and former Research Fellow and scholar in residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the NY Public Library, Dr. Arun Kundnami. The discussion centered around the upcoming book ” I Rise In Fire”, about the life and struggle of our Elder and incarcerated Political Prisoner, Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown) written by our guest, Dr. Arun Kundnami.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 7/14/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guests was Activist, Organizer, President, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association-Memphis, Thomas Burrell. Mr. Burrell updated the listeners on the BFAA-organized gatherings and meetings of Black Farmers and Landowners, and the recent June 28th U. S. Supreme Court's ruling in the “Chevron Deference Doctrine,” which could benefit Black Farmers in their discrimination lawsuit against the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Hear about this and other information from the President of BFAA-Memphis, Mr. Thomas Burrell.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 7/08/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION” Political Pandering to Black Voters by using Black Media, was part of the discussion in open forum. Always topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 6/30/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION” . VP Kamala Harris comments at the 100 Black Men Conference 6-16-24, was part of the discussion in open forum. Always topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 6/23/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Activist, Organizer, Documentary Film Maker, Author, Chief Egunwale Amusan. Our guest and the author of the book “America's Black Wall Street The Untold Story of Broken Treaties, Black Resistance, Political Fear, and Sacred Ground” reflected on the blow delivered by the Oklahoma courts to our remaining surviving elders of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and also to Blacks in America. The discussion will centered around this, and how we should move forward with our guest, Chief Egunwale Amusan.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 6/16/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Author, Professional Basketball Player, and President of both The National Reparations League & Florida Black Wall Street, Rashaad Singleton. Our guest shared with us his work as President of the National Reparations League with the sole purpose of uniting our people across the country to fight and demand reparations for the descendants of our enslaved ancestors. Also, his work in unified collaboration with the Afrodescendant Nation in this fight, and other topics will be part of our discussion with our guest, Rashaad Singelton.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard for Sunday 6/09/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Psychotherapist, Author, and retired Chief Psychologist for the Prisons in Philadelphia, PA., Dr. Carlton Payne. Can Negative Rap Music and Videos be harmful to the minds of Black Youth? This and other topics was part of the discussion with our guest, Dr. Carlton Payne. Always Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Friday 06/14/2024 at 8:00 PM (EST) ”Freestyle Friday Edition”. The N.Y. City 16th District race and Jamaal Bowman was one of the subjects discussed, and joining us was N.Y. City activist Clifton Abrams. This was part of the open forum discussion. Also conversation the weeks topics that effect Black People locally, nationally and internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective. https://blackwestchester.com/aipacs-controversial-funding-strategy-targets-first-black-congressman-in-cd-16/
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 6/02/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Professor of Media Studies, Writer, and Investigative Journalist, David A. Love. The dialogue centered around the article our guest wrote: https://thegrio.com/2024/05/28/black-faces-in-high-places-have-a-responsibility/ Always Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 5/05/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guests was Richard Brookshire, CEO & Co-Founder of the Black Veterans Project, and Raillan Brooks, Law intern at the Veterans Legal Clinic, Yale Law School, Black Veterans Activist, executive director of NVCLR, Gary Monk. Our guests shared information on the Historic Black Veterans Reparations Lawsuit. The case involves racial discrimination against Black veterans in housing, education, and disability benefits since the inception of the GI Bill following World War II. https://www.blackveteransproject.org raillan.brooks@ylsclinics.org richard@blackveteransproject.org https://www.nvclr.org monkexecdir@nvclr.org
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 4/28/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION” Conversation on various issues from the week on 4/28/24 . Always topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 4/21/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Author, Journalist, Spoken Word Poet, Anisah Muhammad. “The High Jacking of HBCU'S” was the topic of discussion. The dialogue and related issues centered around the article written by our guest https://www.finalcalldigital.com/articles/highjacking-hbcus , Anisah Muhammad
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 4/14/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION” Black Political Figures support of Militarism and Imperialism, was part of Open Forum Sunday discussion
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 4/07/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guest was Educator, Musician, and Congolese Youth Organizer, Passy Bass. “The Pan-African Battle for Unity and Stabilization in the Congo” was the major part of the discussion with our guest. Mr. Bass talked about what's going on in the second-largest country on the continent of Africa, and the challenges of organizing in Kinshasa, a city of 14 million people
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 3/31/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Activist, Health Professional, Writer for the Mississippi Free Press, Mrs Getty Israel. The discussion centered around her article https://www.mississippifreepress.org/39956/opinion-the-congressional-black-caucus-has-lost-its-conscience? Interesting dialogue on the activity on the elected leadership of the Congressional Black Caucus.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 3/24/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guest was Philosopher, Author, Activist, and candidate for President of the United States in 2024, Dr. Cornell West. Dr. West shared in conversation some of the planks and platform of his revolutionary political movement, rooted in Truth, Justice, and Love. Always information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective. .cornelwest2024.com/
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 3/10/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guests was student organizers from several universities, Ethan Levine, Pan African Student Union; Brown Univ, Adam Ghannoum, Muslim Student Assoc., Univ Maryland, Momodou Taal, Coalition of Mutual Liberation; Cornell Univ. Also joining the second half discussion was Activist, Organizer, Journalist, Playwright, and U.S. Correspondent to the Herald (Zimbabwe's National Newspaper) Obi Egbuna Jr. With wars in the Middle East, the African Continent, raging, and the death toll rising daily, we heard from these activists about their collective fight against Oppression, Racism, Zionism, and Colonialism. Also, practical actions that can be done was shared concerning freedom struggles against colonialism, neo-colonialism, and settler colonialism, in the Americas, Africa, and Gaza.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Elliott, Friday 03/08/2024 at 8:00 PM (EST) ”Freestyle Friday Edition”; “The State of the Union and Black in America”. The Biden address and what it didn't say about it's largest support base. This was part of the open forum discussion. Also conversation the weeks topics that effect Black People locally, nationally and internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 3/03/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guests was Activist, Organizer, President, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association-Memphis, Thomas Burrell. Mr. Burrell updated the listeners on the BFAA-organized gatherings and meetings of Black Farmers and Landowners around Mason Tennessee and in several southern states, about the Blue Oval City. The mission; is to capitalize on economic opportunities for the Black Community and Landowners, as Blue Oval City makes its home in the region. Hear about this and other information from the President of BFAA-Memphis, Mr. Thomas Burrell. Also, open forum conversation on issues and topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 2/25/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Author, Professor of Politics and African American Studies at the University of San Francisco, Dr. James Lance Taylor. As a member of the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee, Dr. Taylor updated the listeners on the California Reparations Movement. Also, conversations on issues and topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 02/18/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) ”Open Forum Sunday Edition”; Black Pastors Calling for Permanent Cease Fire in Gaza, this was part of the open forum discussion. Also conversation the weeks topics that effect Black People locally, nationally and internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 2/11/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Author, Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Dr. Niambi Michelle Carter. The discussion centered around her book “American While Black: African Americans, Immigration, and the Limits of Citizenship”. Dr. Carter argues that immigration, both historically and in the contemporary moment, has served as a reminder of the limited inclusion of African Americans in the American body politic. Always conversations on issues and topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 2/04/2024 at 7:00 PM our guest was Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University, Prof. Jared A. Ball. The discussion centered around Prof. Ball's book, The Myth And Propaganda of Black Buying Power, and how the claims of “Buying Power” and the impact of this myth have been on understanding media, race, class, and economics in the United States. Always conversations on issues and topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 1/28/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guests was Educator, Activist, Organizer, President of the Afrodescendant Nation, Dr. Akilah Mukarram, Activist, Organizer, Chairman of the Guyana Reparations Committee, Vice-Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Eric Phillips. Our guest informed us about the National Plebiscite on Reparations, and the many Reparation group leaders, and formations that are working together to achieve our goal of full repair. Always conversations on issues and topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally. NATIONAL PLEBISCITE (BALLOT-REFERENDUM) ON REPARATIONS https://forms.gle/ntZyMLktu4dm7bm18 Make a donation to the Afrodescendant Nation https://www.afrodescendant.org/donate Support The National Reparations Convention Fundraiser https://gofund.me/13b8a5d
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 1/21/2024 at 7:00 PM our guest was the Chair of the African Studies Program, and Associate Professor of Political Science and the Islamic Studies Institute at McGill University, Dr. Khalid Mustafa Medani. The author of the book “Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa” shared with us a historical background of the region, and gave insights on what is behind the Humanitarian Crisis in the Sudan. Always conversations on issues and topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally. Download a copy of the book https://www.khalidmedani.com/
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 1/14/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION” Perspectives on the final years of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Always topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 1/07/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guests was Activists and Organizers, from power formations in several states, “Black Independent Leadership Formations” and or the “Lesser of Two Evils”. Representatives from Operation P.O.W.E.R. in NYC, Ujima People's Progress Party in MD, Mississippi on The Move, New Afrikan Independence Party in Pa., and others was represented to discuss the urgency of the development of Independent Black Leadership formations. Always information, insight, and dialogue from a Black perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 12/24/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Activist, Organizer, New York City Council representing 42nd district, Charles Barron. With the passage of a Reparations Bill in N.Y. on 12/19/23, the original sponsored by our guest Charles Barron, we'll get his observations on what happened and the tremendous work that still needs to be done. Always information, insight and dialogue from a Black perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 12/17/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION” The Migrant surge in Chicago and NYC's Black communities was a part of the topic of conversation. Always topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott 7 Bro.Richard, Sunday 12/10/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guests was Activist, Organizer, President, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association-Memphis, Thomas Burrell. Mr. Burrell updated the listeners about a series of organized meetings by the BFAA for Black Farmers in several southern states to aid those who have experienced discrimination in the farm loan process before January 2021. We received updates on the BFAA organized gatherings of Black Farmers and Landowners around Mason Tennessee and the Blue Oval, to capitalize on economic opportunities for the Black Community as Blue Oval City makes its home in the region. This and other information from the President of BFAA-Memphis, Mr. Thomas Burrell. Also open forum conversation on issues topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 12/03/2023 at 7:00 PM guest; Activist, Organizer, Secretary General of the International Committee of the Pan African Federalist Movement, Dr. Joomay Ndongo Faye. Dr. Joomay was back with us after the September International Committee of the PAFM proximity visit to Central African countries, in preparation for the first Pan African Federalist Congress. Our guest gave updates on Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and other African Countries where change is happening. Our guest told us how these changes will eventually affect Black people on the Continent as well as the Diaspora, and how we can be part of that change. Always conversation on topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro. Richard; Sunday 11/26/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guest was Activist, Author, and Former Congresswoman, Dr. Cynthia McKinney. The discussion varied, from the need for self-interest-based Black political organizing, how African American representation is being used to promote Western Foreign Policy, to the current events in both Africa and the Middle East, and how it affects Black people both here and abroad. We used her book “How the US Creates “Sh*thole Countries”, as a backdrop of the discussion. There is always conversation on topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 11/19/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest; Author, Dr. Afro-American Studies, Assistant Professor of History at SUNY Oneonta University of New York, Evan Howard Ashford. The conversation centered on the book by Prof. Ashford entitled “Mississippi Zion: The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County, 1865-1915”. The book examines how our ancestors in Attala County, Miss. after the Civil War, shaped their economic and social politics in a move for independence. Always conversation on topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 11-12-23 at 7:00pm (EST) guests; Founder of the BTRN, Scotty Reid, Activist, Organizers, Mississippi on The Move. Organize, Organize, Organize was the subject of the program. Founder of the Black Talk Radio Network, Scotty Reid, talked about his involvement in grassroots organizing efforts in Gaston Co. North Carolina. Mississippi on The Move organizers, Patrick Lumumba, Malik Hayes, Rodney (Duvsac) Lowe, talked about the grassroots organizing going on from Holly Springs, to the Mississippi Delta.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 11/05/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guest was Author, XM Radio Host, and Political Scientist, Dr. Wilmer Leon. The op-ed piece written by Dr. Leon ” The Dangers Of Minstrel Diplomacy”, was the basis of our discussion. Also, conversation on topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 10/29/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guest was the founder of the Umoja House in Washington D.C., Grio BaBa Lumumba. Our guest helped us address the fundamental question facing Black America; Assimilation or African Liberation “?” our answer or our dilemma? Also, conversation on topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard; Sunday 10/22/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was International Peace and Justice Scholar, Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University, Prof. Horace Campbell. Prof. Campbell addressed topics surrounding Sequences of Militarism on the African continent, and the prospects for African Unity. Also, conversation on topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally
“Time for an Awakening” for Sunday 10/15/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guest was Author, Associate Professor of History & Africana Studies at Ursinus College, Edward Onaci. The book “Free the Land: The Republic of New Afrika and the Pursuit of a Black Nation-State”, was the center of our discussion with the author, Prof. Edward Onaci. Also dialogue on related topics that affect Black People both nationally and internationally, from an African Centered lens.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott Friday 10/01/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST)”Open Forum Sunday Edition”. The CBC Legislative Conference 2023, what is their vision for Black America? And how do they intend to achieve it? This was part of the open forum discussion. Also conversation the weeks topics that effect Black People locally, nationally and internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard Sunday 9/24/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) “ guest Judge Joe Brown. Mayoral candidate for Major of Memphis Tenn, the Judge joins us to talk about his candidacy and how he plans to affect change for Black people in Memphis. Always dialogue on topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
"Time for an Awakening" with Bro.Elliott, Sunday 9/10/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guests was Activist, Organizer, Florida Rev. Kenneth A. Johnson. Rev. Kenneth A. Johnson of the Friendship Baptist Church in Fort Peirce Florida, is a part of a coalition of over 200 Black Churches and congregations in Florida, that have chosen to teach Black history in their places of worship. They have stated that government approval in the Church is unnecessary for sharing our history accurately. In 2023, from the need to develop a new mindset in our communities, to our political and economic empowerment, the solution to these problems must come from us. They are implementing some solutions.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard Friday 9/08/2023 at 8:00 PM (EST)”Freestyle Friday Edition”. Joining us was Activist, Educator, founder of ALLTHISMATH LLC, Akil Parker, sharing info about his new book and “Histermatics” video series
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott, Sunday 9/03/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guests was Activist, Organizer, President, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association-Memphis, Thomas Burrell. Mr.Burrell shared with the listeners information about the series of organized meetings by the BFAA for Black Farmers and Land owners around Mason Tennessee and the Blue Oval, to capitalize on economic opportunities for the Black Community as Blue Oval City makes its home in the region. Hear about this and other information from the President of BFAA-Memphis, Mr. Thomas Burrell https://www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Time-for-an-Awakening-with-Bro.Elliott-Sunday-9-03-23-BFAA-pres-Thomas-Burrell.mp3
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott, Sunday 8/27/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Author, Professor of Journalism at Temple University, Linn Washington. Prof. Washington, award-winning investigative journalist, discussed important issues and topics in the news that affect Black People both nationally and internationally, from an African Centered lens. https://www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Time-for-an-Awakening-with-Bro.Elliott-Sunday-8-27-23-guest-Prof.-Linn-Washington.mp3
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard Friday 8/25/2023 at 8:00 PM (EST)”Freestyle Friday Edition”. Our struggle continues, with conversation the weeks topics that effect Black People locally, nationally and internationally, N.Y.C. 42nd District Councilman Charles Barron joins the discussion. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard Sunday 8/20/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION”. Dialogue on topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott, Sunday 8/13/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Politics and Education Journalist for the Washington Informer, Author, Educator, Sam P.K. Collins. Our guest, the Author of the book “Babylon Be Still”, joined us to discuss important issues in the news that effect Black People both nationally and internationally, from an African Centered lens. https://www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Time-for-an-Awakening-with-Bro.Elliott-Sunday-8-13-23-guest-Journalist-Sam-P.K.-Collins.mp3
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott Friday 8/04/2023 at 8:00 PM (EST)”Freestyle Friday Edition”; Who benefits from the strategy pushed at the recent NAACP Convention? Also conversation the weeks topics that effect Black People locally, nationally and internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.
“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott, Sunday 07/30/2023 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Activist, representing National Black Farmers Association, Mrs. Kara Brewer Boyd. After the lawsuit filled by Ben Crump in behalf of the National Black Farmers Assoc. for the repealed promised debt relief for Black farmers provided in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, and the Federal Court dismissing the legal claim in April, were updated by Mrs. Kara Brewer Boyd on the continued fight against racist USDA policies backed by the Federal Government.