SYNNIKA LOFTON

05/07/21 • -1 min

Synnika Lofton is an award-winning poet, educator, producer and radio show host. And in each of these areas he shares insightful words that make us think. Our Lisa Godley spoke with Lofton, who not only shared his skill and talent as a master of written and spoken word, but gave us an inside look at his latest venture... a podcast.

Previous Episode

THE HISTORY OF POLICING

It’s been almost 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his iconic "I Have A Dream" speech spoke these words: "We can never be satisfied as long as the negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality." These Horrors date back to the beginning of America. Our Lisa Godley gives us an abbreviated but candid look at the history of policing.

Next Episode

TULSA STORY

It would start on May 31st 1921 and last for 18 hours. During that time, the people who called Tulsa’s Greenwood Community home would witness the murders of friends and loved ones... and their thriving, prosperous neighborhood reduced to ruins. It’s been 100 years since the area known as “Black Wall Street” became the backdrop for the single worst incident of racial violence in American history. Our Lisa Godley spoke with Dr. Eric Claville about this very real and long-overlooked piece of our country’s past.