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April 27, 2007
Local Celebrity Listening Party #5: Lennox Morris aka Prak-t-kal
On this edition of Rise Up Radio:- youth news: Bush won't pull the troops out of Iraq, history is made in Brooklyn, students to be punished for getting scholarships, Dr. Eugene Mathieu wins Brooklyn's District 40 Councilman seat... again!;
- Reggae-inspired artist Lennox Morris (myspace, official site) steps out of the box with his singles "Alomine" and "Roots so High" — a positive joint paying tribute to cultures of the Black Diaspora;
- Prak-t-kal also breaks down what's wrong with the state of Hip Hop.
Video: Lennox Morris Live on Rise Up Radio
April 20, 2007
Youth Poetry Showcase
On this edition of Rise Up Radio:- youth news, including the Virginia Tech shootings, and Shaquanda Cotton free at last;
- kickin it with students from the James Baldwin School. Jason, Mia, and Rocio drop some serious spoken word;
- Tony Award nominee Calvin Levels treats us to a live monologue from his play: "James Baldwin- Down from the Mountaintop."
"Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black."
—James Baldwin
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