In Search of Black Power
In Search of Black Power challenges conventional narratives around Black policy, Black movements, and Black Life. We focus on creating a new language to discuss the issues presenting Black America, with a focus on independent institutional building and seeing Black folks as the solutions to our own problems.
Podcasting since 2019 • 86 episodes
In Search of Black Power
Latest Episodes
Baltimore Black Panther Party
Baltimore’s Panthers complicate the easy narratives. They were neither reckless radicals nor romantic revolutionaries. They were pragmatic idealists, adapting to legal constraints, financial scarcity, and relentless surveillance while insisting...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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46:28
Why Venezuela Matters for Black Folks
Trump's attacks on Venezuela are an attempt to terrorize attempts to resist white supremacy worldwide. In this episode, LBS political commentator Lawrence Grandpre and Director of Public Policy Dayvon Love discuss the history of Venezuela, deco...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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47:10
Juvenile Justice Advocacy in Maryland
This episode addresses how racism and white supremacy impact advocacy for juvenile justice reform in Maryland. Additionally this episode discusses some of the major policy reform that is on the table for Maryland General Assembly 2026.
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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1:35:39
Linking DOGE to Nonprofit Liberals: Racial Capitalism, Reparations & whose afraid of Black Power?
A conversation hosted by Baltimore Racial Justice Action between LBS director of research Lawrence Grandpre and Baltimore Green Party chair Andy Ellis. We touch on DOGE, the link between South Africa and the United States on anti-Black visions ...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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1:16:30
Navigating the Political Spectrum and 3rd Parties: Strategic Engagement Against the Political Duopoly
Leftist responses to the current moment range from rejecting engaging the state at all to grudgingly accepting centrist Democrats as a lesser evil. In an interview between LBS’s Dayvon Love and Lawrence Grandpre, Love urges the Left to intentio...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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56:52
