Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
On April 4th, 1968, the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. triggered twelve days of riots across Washington D.C. Four decades after the unrest some communities are only now beginning to recover. Kojo explores why it took communities in Shaw and H-Street Northeast so long to recover.
Guests
- Anwar Saleem Executive Director, H Street Main Street Initiative
- Jane Freundel Levey Chief Program Officer and Historian for Cultural Tourism DC
- Lawrence Guyot Community Activist in Columbia Heights; Former Chairman, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Merrick Malone Principal, Metropolis Development Company
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