Race & Ethnicity
Arrests at the Rittenhouse Square Starbucks
Guests: David Harris, Marc Lamont Hill, Gene Demby The arrest of two black men at the Rittenhouse Square Starbuck ...
Air Date: April 17, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:48NAACP says Starbucks incident part of a national trend of discrimination
The NAACP is calling the arrest of two black men in a Starbucks "disgraceful."
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Listen 3:55Starbucks: Manager of Philly store where two black men were arrested no longer works there
The spokesperson also said that the two men have agreed to meet with CEO Kevin Johnson, who arrived in Philadelphia over the weekend.
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Waiting while black. That’s what I’ll be doing until there’s justice for two black men who were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks while waiting for a friend.
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Protesters demand firing of Philly Starbucks manager following arrests of two black men
Protesters called on Starbucks to fire the manager, demanded the Philadelphia Police terminate the officers.
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Listen 1:57Pompeo, Bolton, and the question of hate groups
We shouldn’t have to wait for another Dylann Roof before our leaders denounce anti-Muslim hate groups, which are every bit as reprehensible as anti-black ones.
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50 years ago Baltimore burned. The same issues set it aflame in 2015
Lots of comparisons have made between the 1968 riots and those in 2015.
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Serving all of Philly’s startup community means including more voices at the table
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Wilmington: 50 years after MLK discussion focuses on racial, income inequality
On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., economists, psychologists and sociologists discussed racial and economic disparity in the United St
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1968: MLK assassination, riots, and the National Guard occupation of Wilmington
April 4 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The disciple of nonviolence was gunned down in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Listen 5:22In spirit of King, Philly hospitality workers continue to press for economic justice
The gathering marked the 50th anniversary of MLK’s death in Memphis as he supported the rights of black sanitation workers — including their right to unionize.
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King’s final speech ‘transformational’ for Philadelphia pastor
Bishop J. Louis Felton thinks about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. every day. That’s been especially true this week.
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Martin Luther King’s final speech, ‘standing up for the best in the American dream’
Fifty years dead, Martin Luther King reminds us that we can still see the stars.
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Watch live: 50th Anniversary Commemoration Martin Luther King, Jr. at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis
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