Leading Black journalist and opinion columnist Bankole Thompson offers a tribute on the May 14 edition of "Sunday Nation with Bankole Thompson," which airs every Sunday from 1pm-2pm on MyTV38 WADL-Detroit, about the life of his dear friend Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., a giant of the Civil Rights Movement, and leading authority on the philosophy of nonviolence. Thompson was in Selma, Alabama, the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement this week at the invitation of LaFayette for the Annual Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. Day that the City of Selma recognizes each year to pay tribute to the civil rights veteran, and one of the most trusted lieutenants of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who pioneered voting rights in the city.
The Sunday public affairs program is hosted by Thompson, the distinguished and nationally renowned Black journalist, author and cultural critic, whose work is known for probing uncomfortable issues of race, freedom and justice. He is the executive dean and editor-in-chief of The PuLSE Institute, a prestigious national anti-poverty think tank, headquartered in Detroit, the nation’s largest African American city.
Considered Detroit’s columnist of conscience, Thompson, is an opinion columnist at The Detroit News, where he writes a twice-a-week column on presidential politics, culture, diversity, leadership, equity and socioeconomic issues. His column appears on Mondays and Thursdays in the newspaper. He is Michigan’s leading Black opinion columnist, whose work pricks the conscience of the powerful.
He is the host of "REDLINE with Bankole Thompson", a daily two-hour radio program on 910AM Super Station-Detroit, which is broadcast 11am-1pm weekdays, and is the most influential and only daily Black talk radio in the state with a focus on the issues affecting Black Michigan.
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