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Charleston, Racism & Black Lives On Wednesday's Access Utah

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On Wednesday’s AU, we’ll be talking again about Race in America. We’ll be responding, of course, to the killing of nine people in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, as well as the killing of Walter Scott in North Charleston. These deaths are, tragically, just the latest in a series of recent killings of African Americans.

We’ll talk with Rev. France Davis, Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City. Rev Davis participated in the Civil Rights Movement, marching, for example, from Selma to Montgomery to promote voting rights for African Americans. We’ll also talk with Muhiyidin d’Baha, organizer with Black Lives Matter Charleston; and Jason Gilmore, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Utah State University.

And we want to know what you think. Access Utah: Wednesday morning at 9:00.

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.