Michael Harriot on Histories Untold
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4.7 • 8.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Jury finds Alabama police force operated as a 'criminal enterprise', Joy Reid's MSNBC show canceled, Luigi Mangione's lawyer receives key evidence from HBO doc, and Voletta Wallace, mother of Notorious B.I.G., passes at 78. In the final week of Blackest Book Club, Kaya interviews author Michael Harriot about his book titled Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America.
News
Alabama police force put on leave after grand jury says it operated like a "criminal enterprise"
Luigi Mangione's Lawyer: NYC Mayor Shared Key Evidence on HBO 'Before Defense Had Even Seen It'
Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dead at 78
Joy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up
MSNBC's Joy Reid addresses homophobic blog post controversy
Kennedy Center reeling from 'stunning' ticket sales collapse after Trump takeover: report
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Dorey and welcome to Posit the People in this episode. |
| 0:05.6 | It's me and Miles talking about the news that you probably didn't hear with regard to race justice and equity from the past week. |
| 0:12.4 | And then we highlight one more author from our 2025 Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. |
| 0:21.0 | And then Kaya sits down with the one and only Michael Harriet to talk about his book, Black |
| 0:25.7 | A.F. History, the unwhitewashed story of America. Download the full Blackest Book Club |
| 0:31.4 | reading list today. Here we go. As Black History Month comes to a close, |
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| 1:18.0 | Hey, everybody. We are excited to be back. Unfortunately, this is another big week of wild things happening in the federal government. |
| 1:25.3 | But there are some other good things happening in the world. |
| 1:28.9 | It is me and Miles today, but you will hear Kyya because she has an incredible interview |
| 1:35.8 | coming up after the news. But this is Derey at Diori Wild on Twitter. |
| 1:40.6 | This is Miles E. Johnson at Farrell Rapture on Instagram. |
| 1:45.5 | So, Miles, let's just jump right into it. |
| 1:48.3 | It's been a lot going on. |
| 1:49.5 | I almost don't want to start with the Trump stuff. |
| 1:52.2 | I felt it's been a really slow newsweek. |
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