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Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America — 249 episodes
Before "Glory": The Black Regiment History Forgot
WABJ: A Powerful Force for Truth, Representation and Journalism Excellence
Remembering Cuba:The Story of Roxy Lohuis and her life in Florida
From Memphis to Washington: Dina Curtis on Memory, Race, and America’s New Struggle
Seattle’s Leadership Test: Mayor Katie Wilson and Communities of Color
241 | The Voices That Built Us: Confronting Power, Memory, and the Ancestors We Choose
240 | Inside the Coverage of Race in America
239 | Mahogany Books — Joy, Resistance, and the Power of Being Seen
238 | Victoria Sanchez: Journalism, Identity, and the Responsibility to Tell the Whole Story
237 | The Noise War How to Find the Truth When Everything Is Lying to You
236 | 400 Years Forward: Dr. Wanda Tucker’s Journey Home
The Hate-Symbol Reversal That Shook Up the Military
Colors Wins the Belva Belva Davis Award from SAG-AFTRA's American Scene Awards
233 | Targeted at Home: Natasha Ghoneim on Race, Roots, and Resilience
232 | UNDER THE GUN: The Albany Park Encounter
231 | Tortured Justice: The Burge Legacy
230 | Two Classes of Americans: Texas State House Rep. Gene Wu speaks out on Texas SB-17
229 | "Plain Jayne", Extraordinary Life: A Conversation with Jayne Kennedy - Part Two
228 | "Plain Jayne", Extraordinary Life: A Conversation with Jayne Kennedy - Part One
227 | Courts, Treaties, and Power — A Conversation with John Echohawk
226 | "Reclaiming Roots: Darren Brown’s Journey Home"
225 | Dr. Dana Williams discusses her new book about Toni Morrison
224 | Richard Prince, legendary journalist and DEI advocate
223 | What is... Colors?
222 | The 5th Anniversary Show
221 | Dr. Wayne Curtis "Never Judge a book by its cover"
220 | Status of Race in America
219 | The State of Race in America in 2025
218 | Anti-DEI Incident at NSA
217 | A Call to African American Men
216 | Remembering Dimitri Sotis
215 | The Trump Deportation "Round Up"
214 | The Los Angeles Fires - PART TWO
213 | The Los Angeles Fires
212 | Immigrantly Media with Saadia Khan
211 | Diane Butts: A Portrait of Success
210 | The election, Kamala Harris and the Black church
209 | Jimmy Russell, Gospel musician
208 | The quest for dignity and truth for Fortune, an enslaved African-American man
207 | The #BlackProstateCancerCheckChallenge
206 | Tuskegee Airmen | Yvonne Mcgee talks about her life in the organization
205 | Lead in the water at schools is a big problem -still.
204 | The Tuskegee Airmen
203 | Race in America through the eyes of a young Black female journalist
202 | Race in America and the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
201 | What to say to people who say stuff like "the earth is flat"?
200 | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion gains being reversed
199 | What triggered the violent protests in Kenya and why the U.S needs to pay attention
198 | Empowering Asian-American women
197 | Alarming number of Black males dying in Baltimore's senior homes
196 | Colors is now four years old
195 | Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh
194 | Sasa Akil returns with a new book
193 | Jewish and Palestinian students stand together as campus clashes erupt
192 | Natasha Ghoneim | International Journalist
191 | Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask
190 | A conversation with the author of "Where River's Part"
189 | No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You
188 | Racism during the 2024 Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament
187 | Race in Washington, D.C. according to "Matt About Town"
186 | Exploring the health and community benefits of "Rolling"
185 | The Magic of Music and Culture with DJ Chicano
184 | Unpacking the racial reality of Chicago
183 | The Arab American National Museum
182 | Did you see Fani Willis on the witness stand? Robin Givhan did and she wrote about it.
181 | The Amazing Story of John Mills, who helps people find their roots
180 | The Diary of the Delivery Boys of the Big Apple
179 | The Story of Merze Tate
178 | Think "Weed" is harmless? Think again, especially, if you have teens | Part 2
177 | Think "Weed" is harmless? Think again, especially, if you have teens.
176 | Saving Mott's market
God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
173 | The Israel-Hamas Crisis
172 | Minneapolis Series: Part Three | Four Young Women Speak
171 | Minneapolis Series: Part Two | Americans becoming "desensitized" to racial issues
170 | Minneapolis Series: Part One | The George Floyd Memorial
169 | The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing 60 years later
168 | "War Against the Children"
167 | The 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington
166 | Where do we stand on race in America and in Montgomery County Maryland?
165 | Examining the anti-racism movement after George Floyd's death
164 | Race and Racism: A view from Greece
163 | Stephanie Bradford: "People often categorize you because of your skin."
162 | Racism: The View from Italy
161 | When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age
160 | Sasa Aakil Returns
159 | What's it like growing up Ethiopian in America?
158 | A Conversation with Chil Kong
157 | Allen v. Milligan: The Supreme Court decision and why it's a victory for all
156 | The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice
155 | Colors: Third Anniversary Lookback
154 | Racial perspectives of a Black man in San Francisco
153 | The battle between racial progress and decline
152 | Native American issues getting more attention
151 | Rick "Doc" Walker: Talks about the "lip service" after George Floyd's Death
150 | Is racism in America hiding itself?
149 | Sergeant Major of the Army Michael A. Grinston returns to Colors
148 | Aloha Vietnam
147 | The History, Meaning and Study of Hip Hop
145 | Ernie Green of the Little Rock Nine Returns
144 | Tommy Kha: His art and his life
143 | Darion Akins, Diplomat-in-Residence shares his experiences
142 | Lena Sun talks about COVID, grief and racism during the pandemic.
141 | Listeners sound off on a riveting show!
140 | Female journalists worldwide threatened online with violence
139 | The Fight to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
138 | A New Generation of Black Leadership
COLORS EP 137 | Is there such a thing as a Black utopia?
136 | Tyre Nichols Commentary + Efforts to Ban "LatinX"
135 | Racial Progress in America
134 | My Story: Featuring Mitchell Miller
133 | Oakland’s NEW Mayor: The remarkable political rise of the Hmong community
132 | South Sudan, Again on the Brink of War
EP. 131 | Stop Trying To Cancel Native American Cultures
EP. 130 | How Blacks interpret racism
EP. 129 | Racial discrimination trends among children in the United States
EP. 128 | Colors Listeners Sound Off -Again!
EP. 128 | Colors Listeners Sound Off -Again!
EP. 127 | Why diversity in the classroom matters
EP. 126 | "Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present"
EP. 125 | "The Black Athlete Revolt"
EP. 124 | Colors Listeners Sound Off
EP. 123 | Voices of Cayuga County
EP. 122 | Abraham Awolich speaks out
EP. 121 | Harriet Tubman statue unveiled at the CIA
EP. 120 | The "American Prophet" - A new musical about Frederick Douglass
EP. 119 | The 75th Anniversary of the Air Force and the road ahead
EP. 118 | The connection between The Civil War and slavery; and changing the names military bases
EP. 117 | Being Asian in America
EP. 116 |The Mamas: What I Learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me
EP. 115 |A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community
EP. 114 | The battle over race-conscious admissions policies
EP. 113 | “First and Only: A Black Woman’s Guide to Thriving"
EP. 112 | "Disheartened" Black Women in the South mobilizing for change.
EP. 111 | "The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth"
EP. 110 | Racial equity in schools -does it really exist?
EP. 109 | Climate change and its devastating impact on communities of color
EP. 108 | The Reality of Redistricting in Communities of Color
EP. 107 | The impact of the Supreme Court Abortion Rights Decision on Women of Color
EP. 106 | Fed up with school shootings, young people take action
EP. 105 | Why are so many Black staffers leaving the Biden administration?
EP. 104 | How to help children through the trauma of a shooting
EP. 103 | Guns, Rhetoric and Mass Casualties: A dangerous time for Black and Brown people in America
EP. 102 | The Buffalo murder of 10 African Americans: She warned us
EP. 101 |WACIF provides economic opportunity in underserved neighborhoods
EP. 100 | Confronting Internalized Racism
EP. 99 | Young children facing hair discrimination fight back
EP. 98 | Hispanic woman on death row in Texas receives a stay of execution. Is race a factor?
EP. 97 | Ukraine: Are we watching genocide unfold?
EP. 96 | Leading the U.S. Mission to the UN during a critical time
EP. 95 | Life in America for a professional, mixed race woman
EP. 94 | Escaping Ukraine. Yes, there are reports of racial discrimination
EP. 93 | Aimee Cho
EP. 92 | The "China Initiative" is scrapped by the Justice Department
EP. 91 | Senator takes on Florida's, "Don't Say Gay", Abortion and Black History legislation
EP. 90 | Police Chief speaks speaks out against public complacency towards crime
EP. 89 | The demographics of America’s Black population are in the middle of a major shift.
EP. 88 | The American Diplomat: A film about African American diplomats serving during the Cold War.
EP. 87 | The NFL is under a microscope because of racism allegations. An insider says some hard conversations are happening now.
EP. 86 | A conversation with three Suburban women who saw a problem and did something about it.
EP. 85 | The controversial Dept. of Justice "China Initiative" accused of unfairly targeting Asians as espionage threats
EP. 84 | The world view of race relations in America
EP. 83 | The status of MLK'S Dream in America
EP. 82 | "Critical Race Theory". Some people in America are really upset over it. What's driving the anger?
EP. 81 | The Suburban Women Problem. It's America's problem
EP. 80 | Transracial Adoption: The Quiet Internal Struggle
EP. 79 | A serial, child killer tried to abduct a little indigenous girl. She escaped, grew up and is now fighting for others at risk.
EP. 78 | A student, a gun, a racist threat and a parent who complained, told to be quiet.
EP. 77 | What Black Women Want From The Media
EP. 76 | State Dept's Chief of Diversity & Inclusion plans to "break some China"
EP. 75 | Part Two of "Black Indian" A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan
EP. 74 | "Black Indian" A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan
EP. 73 | What Drives a White Supremacist?
EP. 72 |Darren Brown and the search for his Native American birth parents
Ep. 71 | Marvin and Linda Worthy push "Purple" agenda in Chambersburg Mayor's race
Ep. 70 | Understanding Vietnamese Culture in the U.S.
Ep. 69 | COVID Conspiracy: Foreign disinformation driving American vaccine resistance
Ep. 68 | Backlash
Ep. 67 | The JEB Stuart High to Justice High name change: A lesson for America
Ep. 66 |The Georgetown Butcher
Ep. 65 | Refugees being settled in the U.S. face challenges. Racism is one of them. But they all deal with it differently.
Ep. 65 | Refugees being settled in the U.S. face challenges. Racism is one of them. But they all deal with it differently.
Ep. 64 | Racism can leave you Lonely
Ep. 63 | Challenges for Minority Women Working in the U.S. Government
Ep. 62 | Small Town vs Big Business: Dirt Roads, Old Cemeteries and African American Heritage at Stake
Ep. 61 | The United Nations calls out the world's racist behavior, including that in the U.S.
Ep. 60 | She's Black. He's White. They're Married. She thinks he's become "a racist". Now what?
Ep. 59 | Diversity in local TV and Radio staffing and stories: After a year of racial and social justice protests, where do we stand?
Ep. 58 | Enough is enough: WTOP’s GM addresses racist letter written to staffer
Ep. 57 | Featuring NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green
Ep. 56 | The complexities of racism faced by the Latin X community
SPECIAL PRESENTATON | The Colors Documentary: Part 1 - How We Got Here
Ep. 55 | Being an Asian American journalist during this last tumultuous year in the U.S.
COLORS SPECIAL EDITION | The Supreme Court NCAA Ruling And Its Impact On Race
Ep. 54 | Re-imagining policing to address racial and community issues
Ep. 53 | The Karla Reyes Story: From 17 year old janitor to 24 year old executive
Ep. 52 | What does the world think of America's racial problems?
Ep. 51 | St. Petersburg struggles with gentrification questions.
Ep. 50 | Racism in America: A Palestinian's View
Ep. 49 | A District Attorney stood up against racism and paid a price, but that didn't stop him.
Ep. 48 | A white policeman in the deep south took the Derek Chauvin verdict personally
Ep. 47 | They called her the "N" word in Burlington, Vermont? Yes, even there!
Ep. 46 | Derek Chauvin is guilty. So now what?
Ep. 45 | Stop Asian Hate! Here's How.
Ep. 44 | Big banks, what are they doing to address racial and economic injustices?
Ep. 43 | Reparations. Evanston, Illinois becomes the 1st city in America to do it. But are they doing it the right way?
Ep. 42 | Should corporations use Native American names for products and sports teams?
Ep. 41 | British Royal racism? Kehinde Andrews, author of The New Age of Empire calls it like he sees it.
Ep. 40 | Jamie Stockwell of The New York Times pulls no punches.
Ep. 39 | Shelby Steele: African-Americans, "stop wasting time protesting racism". Whites dealing with "white guilt, grow up."
Ep. 38 | Black farmers fight back against economic racism. Their struggle is getting nationwide attention.
Ep. 37 | Imagine being adopted by a family of another race and discovering later your sibling's spouses are racist.
Ep. 36 | How will a new President impact immigration to and life in the U.S. for the Latinx community?
Ep. 35 | African American History Month: Courtland Cox tells us how we got here
Ep. 34 | Hank Aaron: He did just as much for civil rights as he did for baseball
Ep. 33 | Security: The Capitol Riot vs BLM at Lafayette Sq. in Washington D.C.
COLORS –Ep. 32 | Black Girls Matter Too
COLORS –Ep. 31 | Capitol Hill Chaos and the BLM Double Standard
COLORS –Ep. 30 | Black and Brown people... Get the COVID-19 vaccine!
COLORS –Ep. 29 | The Best Episodes of 2020
COLORS –Ep. 28 | Big Banks start effort to help minority businesses
COLORS –Ep. 27 | CNN's Amara Walker details a string of racial insults aimed at her at the airport in New Orleans.
COLORS –Ep. 26 | Have U.S. race relations improved since George Floyd's death?
COLORS –Ep. 25 | Reparations. Should African Americans be compensated for slavery?
COLORS –Ep. 24 | Racism declared "public health crisis" in Florida County
COLORS –Ep. 23 | Teenager discusses her campaign to fight racism
COLORS –Ep. 22 | The impact of race on the 2020 Election
COLORS –Ep. 21 | Race and the 2020 Election
COLORS –Ep. 20 | She's Black and a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson's grandfather...oh, and there's more.
COLORS –Ep. 19 | The racial challenges facing the Latin-X community in the U.S.
COLORS –Ep. 18 | He hired her because she was Black. But listen to what else he said that made this brilliant journalist stay on.
COLORS –Ep. 17 | White Supremacists allegedly infiltrate US police departments
COLORS –Ep. 16 | The real reason why Congress doesn't look like America
COLORS –Ep. 15 | Questions and Answers About Race
COLORS –Ep. 14 |Portland's Protest Moms: Thrilling and Troubling
COLORS –Ep. 13 | "Driving While Black" MotorTrend's controversial new article
COLORS –Ep. 12 | Dr. Anthony Fauci breaks down the COVID-19 "double whammy" on African-Americans
COLORS –Ep. 11 | Asian-Americans speak out against racism
COLORS –Ep. 10 | Is Milwaukee really America's most racist city?
COLORS –Ep. 9 | The Army's Sergeant Major, Michael Grinston, discusses racial identity struggles and the Army's changes.
COLORS –Ep. 8 | Super Bowl Champion Rick Walker discusses how to beat racism.
COLORS –Ep. 7 | The legendary Ernie Green of the Little Rock Nine speaks
COLORS –Ep. 6 | What's Colin Kaepernick thinking after George Floyd's death?
COLORS –Ep. 5 | Should police departments be "defunded" to address police brutality?
COLORS –Ep. 4 | Racism: Past, present, but not in the future
COLORS –Ep. 3 | America course corrects on race
COLORS –Ep. 2 | This is America's moment to get race right.
COLORS –Ep. 1 | Setting the table for "A Dialogue on Race in America"
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