The Last Negroes at Harvard

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By: Kent Garrett & John Woodford

The podcast is about being Black in America for more than 80 years... as seen through the eyes of The Last Negroes at Harvard. There were 18 of us. We were in the Class of 1963. Before we leave the planet, we have a lot to say and people we want to talk to.

Judith Giesberg: "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families"
#227
04/28/2025

Villanova Professor Judith Giesberg talks about here new book.


Adam Hochchild writes that "America was at it Trumpiest 100 years ago. Here is how to present the worst.
#226
04/23/2025


Aaron Robertson talks about his new book
#225
04/13/2025

Aaron Robertson's new book is titled:

The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America 


Geoffrey Wawro /The Vietnam War: A Military History
#224
03/28/2025

The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began. In its time it sparked budget deficits, campus protests, and an erosion of US influence around the world. Long after the last helicopter evacuated Saigon, Americans have continued to battle over whether it was ever a winnable war.


When It All Burns: Fighting Fire In A Transformed World
#223
03/16/2025

Jordan Thomas talks about his upcoming book


The Plunder of Black America: How The Racial Wealth Gap Was Made
#222
03/07/2025

Arizona State University Professor Calvin Schermerhorn talks about his new book.


A Heads Up to Black & Brown People
#221
10/15/2024

Aarman.  Bahman


American Journalist Arrested by the Israelis
#220
10/11/2024

Glenn Greenwald reporting


The First Live Stream Genocide in History
#219
10/07/2024


My Enemy Is Not Iran. My Enemy Is The Western Empire
#218
10/06/2024

An essay written by Caitlin Johnstone and read by Tim Foley.


The Media Becomes Part of the Genocide
#217
10/05/2024

The Listening Post:  Failing Gaza Behind the Media Lens


"When everything is anti-semitism, nothing is anti-semitism"
#216
09/29/2024

Journalist Glenn Greenwald talks about Harvard and Anti-semitism with Shabbos Kestenbaum


Israel is now doing to Lebanon what it did to Gaza
#215
09/24/2024


Israel admits to killing an American citizen/Exactly how many have been killed in Gaza
#214
09/10/2024


Uncommitted DNC Delegates Denied
#213
08/22/2024


Joe Biden will step down within the next 48 hours!
#212
07/13/2024

Clayton Morris


Joe Biden is being treated like a three year old!!
#211
06/30/2024


Stephen A. Smith ... "The Democrats should be ashamed of themselve"
#210
06/30/2024


The Left has officially lost Andrew Cuomo on the Trump Case!!!
#209
06/23/2024


Believe Your Lying Eyes & Ears
#208
06/22/2024

a Glenn Greenwald production


The Biden Inflation Lie
#207
06/21/2024


Why the Trump Trial was Unconstitutional
#206
06/11/2024


More Plagiarism from Joe Biden
#205
06/09/2024


Briahna Joy Gray: If You are a journalist and criticize Israel, you get fired.
#204
06/08/2024

Glenn Greenwald reports


JOE BIDEN: The Decline is sad! The Cover-up is hilarious!
#203
06/07/2024


Black Folks Will Understand
#202
06/03/2024


It was a clear & unequitable abuse of the U.S. legal system!
#201
05/31/2024


Black Cyclists: The Race for Inclusion by Robert J. Turpin
#200
05/30/2024

Robert J. Turpin is an associate professor of history and the assistant director of the honors program at Lees-McRae College. He is also the author of First Taste of Freedom: A Cultural History of Bicycle Marketing in the United States. 


A Conversation with Larry Sparano
#199
05/23/2024

Long time newsman and anchor talks about  what is happening today.


The Israeli Lobby & the Demise of Israel as an Apartheid State
#198
05/19/2024


The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War by Chad L. Williams
#197
05/15/2024

Chad L. Williams is the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. Chad earned a BA with honors in History and African American Studies from UCLA, and received both his MA and Ph.D. in History.


"Flint Fatigue" by Jordan Chariton
#196
05/09/2024

Filmmaker and Journalist Jordan Chariton  has worked on the Flint Fatigue  video project for the last eight years. It is a water crisis that has impacted thousands upon thousands of poor people and children. The crisis is still a crisis today, with few people being held accountable for what happened and what is happening now in Flint, Michigan.


Welcome Back
#195
05/03/2024


A Message from Stephen A. Smith
#194
04/22/2024


Did Cannibals eat Joe Biden's Uncle?
#193
04/20/2024


The realities of the "real" economy
#192
04/20/2024


Support for Gaza Goes Mainstream
#191
04/06/2024


John Woodford talks with Jeffrey Sachs & The Rising Broadcast about Ukraine
#190
04/03/2024


The Aid workers were deliberately killed!
#189
04/03/2024

Special thanks to TYT


Should Biden be tried for genocide crimes? ... Chris Hedges
#188
03/28/2024