Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Black Lives Matter in 2021: Where the movement might go
2020 was a year when this country stared down ugly truths about systemic racism in law enforcement, health care, schools, and book publishing. The deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Dijon Kizzee reignited the Black Lives Matter movement.
By Madeleine Brand • • 13m Listen2020 was a year when this country stared down ugly truths about systemic racism in law enforcement, health care, schools, and book publishing. The deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Dijon Kizzee reignited the Black Lives Matter movement. It first formed in 2013 after the killing of Trayvon Martin. Now where is it headed?
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Angie Perrin
Producer, Press Play
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Peniel Joseph
historian and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and founding director of the school’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy
Melina Abdullah
professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA and an organizer of the Black Lives Matter movement