AfricaNow! Apr. 2, 2025 The Rhythms of Black Freedom--Africa and Black Internationalism

AfricaNow! April 2, 2025 The Rhythms of Black Freedom: Africa and Black Internationalism Topic and Guest: As we begin Jazz Appreciation Month, the show goes into its archives and features a conversation from 2022 (AfricaNow! March 2, 2022 The Rhythms of Black Freedom: Africa and Black Internationalism) with Professor Tom Porter former member of CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality), SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), former head of the King Center in Atlanta, former Director of Black Studies at Ohio University, former WPFW Program Director and more. The discussion between Professor Tom Porter and AfricaNow!’s Co-Host and Executive Producer James Pope explores the rhythms of movement, the manifestations of the global Black Freedom Struggle, the impact of Black classical music in the struggle, programs of freedom, conceptualization of human rights which were/is directly related to the temporal conditions produced from various forms of colonialism, slavery, Apartheid, Jim Crow, etc., institution building, Black radical thought and Black internationalism. Professor Porter is the embodiment of the concept organizer-intellectual; a former member of CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality) ... SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) … head of the King Center in Atlanta … former strategist and adviser to Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign … former Director of Black Studies [Ohio University] … Dean at Antioch Graduate Center in Washington DC ... program director and longtime radio host, jazz critic, sociopolitical theorist [specifically Black radical thought] ... author and organizer. Professor Porter can be firmly placed in the tradition of Black organic intellectuals and political philosophers. This conversation was a collaboration between Africa World Now Project and WSSU's Office of International Programs, a contribution of People of African Descent to global society, justice, freedom. MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“AFRICA” BY THE JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET commemorating Jazz Appreciation Month; break--“THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED” BY GIL SCOTT-HERON (April 1, 1949–May 27, 2011) remembering his birthday; sign-off--“PATIENCE” BY HUGH MASEKELA (April 4, 1939–January 23, 2018) remembering his birthday and commemorating Jazz Appreciation Month; closing--“GOD BLESS THE CHILD” BY BILLIE HOLIDAY (April 7, 1915–July 17, 1959) remembering her birthday and commemorating Jazz Appreciation Month. Support AfricaNow! and your community station WPFW. Donate online: visit https://pledge.wpfwfm.org/index.php and then on Step 1: Contribution scroll down to AfricaNow! to make your donation to the show. Or on our CashApp, which is $WPFWFM write it is for AfricaNow! and include your email address. Thank you. Originally broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM, Washington, DC. Tune into AfricaNow! live on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit www.wpfwfm.org on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00PM (U.S. Eastern).