Host Connie Morgan talks with Kareem Weaver about what lead a guy who grew up in the hood surrounded by chaos to become a leader in the literacy and education reform movement. Kareem is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of FULCRUM (Full and Complete Reading is a Universal Mandate).

• Full and Complete Reading is a Universal Mandate (FULCRUM)
• Ep. 13 - What You Don't Know About American Lynchings (Bill Carrigan)
• The Marva Collins 60 Minutes episode
• The Marva Collins Story
• The Right to Read - documentary featuring Kareem

Angel Eduardo and Connie Morgan talk about creativity, ending race and assuming the best about your ideological opposites. Angel works as Senior Writer & Editor for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR).

Show notes:

• Angel’s website
• Angel on X: @StrangelEdweird
• The Harper’s Letter
• Angel on Instagram

In this episode Mike and Wink explore black identity, freedom, and tribalism, discussing Juneteenth and diverse paths to black American liberation. The conversation eventually shifts to Glenn C. Loury's new memoir Late Admissions, examining black conservatism’s nuances and the tension between individual and collective identities. They highlight challenges faced by black professionals, advocate for free black thought, and stress the need for nuanced understandings of black culture, emphasizing individuality over social conformity.

Connie Morgan and co-founder of Every Black Life Matters Kevin McGary talk about family, fatherhood and why Karl Marx must have been demon possessed. Kevin also serves as Chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation of California and he’s an executive with the Douglass Leadership Institute.

Show notes:

• Kevin’s book: DEI in 3D: Deciphering Designs, Demands And Dilemmas of DEI
• Kevin’s book: Freed To Be Servant and Slave: Finally breaking free of ALL bondage as a “new creation”...IN CHRIST!
• Kevin’s book: WOKEd UP!: Finally Putting an Ax to The Taproot Of White Supremacy And Racism In America
• Kevin on Locals: @theDEIGuy
• Every Black Life Matters on X: @Every_BLM
• Charles Darwin’s The Descent Of Man

A new project means a new podcast. Learn more on The Journal of Free Black Moms Substack or visit freeblackoms.com.

Season 3 kicks off with Julian Brown. Julian is an amazing young man on a mission to clean up the oceans. He goes by the name of “Nature Jab” on social media where he has acquired hundreds of thousands of followers that tune-in to watch him innovate and build a microwave pyrolysis reactor in his backyard.

Show notes:

• Julian’s website
• Donate to him
• Julian on Instagram
• Julian’s on YouTube
• Julian on Tik Tok
• Julian on X
• Julian on Facebook
• Julian on Twitch
• Trillionaire’s club

Bowen and Twyman discuss the meaning of recent protests at college campuses. The conflict in the Middle East is not black and white but nuanced and complex, despite many believing they know the answer at the age of 21. Bowen and Twyman begin the episode with a review of a recent incident at the University of Mississippi between a black female protestor and a group of white frat boys, including one who chose to make monkey sounds as provocation. Are we witnessing an epidemic of cosplay throughout the land? Bowen and Twyman tackle this question through the lens of dogma, slogan words, and the use of clothing as political symbol. Should one wear the Star of David at a pro-Palestine protest, for example? The answers are not easy, save for the insight that the right side of history is non-conforming. Bowen and Twyman conclude with the profound observation that white Southerners are the only defeated Americans living on American soil. People should not be forever stained with the history of their region.

Show notes:

• Wink’s “The Burbank Happening and Other Signs of Intelligent Life”
• Wink’s “A Profile in Courage: Sahar Tartak”
• Adam Gussow’s “The Freest Thing on Earth”

Pride Month 2024

“AIN’T I A WOMAN”

Spoken word honoring Sojourner Truth and feminine power.

Dr. Tiffanie Victoria Jones

Music By David Hunte

Tiffanie Victoria Jones (PhD, LMSW) is a New Orleans native. She earned a BA in Mass Communication from Dillard University, an MSW from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and a PhD in Social Work from Howard University. A research methodologist, Dr. Jones has taught in both undergraduate and graduate schools, predominantly in the research sequence. She specializes in research design and data analysis. Dr. Jones has served as either the methodologist, advisor, or research consultant for over 100 Master’s theses and doctoral capstone projects, domestic and abroad. She is also the founder of CiL Research Consulting Group. Dr. Jones’ research centers primarily on psychosocial outcomes for special and vulnerable populations. In the classroom, she focuses on incorporating innovative teaching techniques to increase higher-order thinking skills, critical thinking skills, and engagement. Personally and most importantly, Dr. Jones loves God above everything and is a devoted born-again believer in the Lord, Jesus Christ. She also enjoys doing creative works, reading, trying out new restaurants, traveling, and getting beautifully crafted cakes for her birthday. You can read her series on gender ideology for The Journal of Free Black Thought here and find her podcast episode here.