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Take Two

Former MLK speechwriter and young activist discuss the future of black activism

Left to right: Clarence Jones and Tyree Boyd Pates
Left to right: Clarence Jones and Tyree Boyd-Pates

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Former MLK speechwriter and young activist discuss the future of black activism

President Obama was in Dallas today to mourn the deaths of five police officers.

Last week's shooting and the deaths of African American men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Falcon Heights, Minnesota has left some speculating about similarities between what's happening now and what happened a half century ago during the civil rights movement. 
 

There are, of course, some huge differences: perhaps most notably, the lack of a leader like Martin Luther King Jr. For more on this, Take Two spoke to two guests. 

  • Clarence B Jones, visiting professor at the University of San Francisco and political adviser, lawyer, and speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr. 
  • Tyree Boyd-Pates, professor of African American studies at Cal State Dominguez Hills

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