‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 5, 2016–A New National Platform for the Movement for Black Lives…The “After Bern” in DC…Thousands of Journalists of Color Descend on DC


A New National Platform for the Movement for Black Lives…The “After Bern” in DC…Thousands of Journalists of Color Descend on DC for a convention of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Plus headlines on the National Night Out for Safety and Liberation and other Black Lives Matter news; a protest at the embassy of the United Arab Emirates against the Green Mile Safari group; activities for the 71st anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and culture and media offerings and more.

Guests and Voices: Janae Bonsu, BYP100; Jeremiah Lowery, DC for Democracy; Raphael Mimoun; Akili Ramsess, executive director of the National Press Photographers Association; April Goggans; Vincent Intondi.