A group of Valley-based organizations is bringing Black August to Arizona. The event began in the 1970s, and it honors the Black freedom movement. To learn what Black August is all about, The Show spoke with Don Guillory, a history instructor at Arizona State University in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts.

When a guest corrected his pronunciation of Kamala Harris, Fox News TV host Tucker Carlson's response went viral. An ASU communication professor says that in today's anti-racist movement, we're all going to have to get more comfortable being corrected.

Racial unrest around the country continues — with concerns related to police use of force on people of color. Many observers have compared the current push for racial justice with the 1960s civil rights effort, and some similarities are easy to find. But there are significant differences, too.

Two Confederate monuments were recently removed from state property in Arizona as the debate continues across the country about what should happen to these kinds of relics of our country’s often racist past. But some say it’s not just Confederate monuments we should be paying attention to.

In part five of this series, long-standing efforts to reform and reimagine policing have gained strength nationally and locally. Why is now different, what do calls to "defund the police" really mean? People have been pushing for police reform for many years, but the George Floyd case nationally and a number of cases locally have finally given traction to those efforts.
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This is a pivotal moment in history for policing both in Arizona and across the country. Violent confrontations have driven outrage, protests and calls for reform. And they’ve also raised questions about the culture and mindset of police: warriors vs. guardians.
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Lawmakers honor Rep. John Lewis before he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol. Lewis, a civil rights icon, served in Congress for more than three decades.

From the pre-statehood days as a Wild West territory to the current day, deadly encounters between law enforcement and civilians have been a constant element of Arizona’s narrative. And from Wyatt Earp and the shootout at the O.K. Corral to modern-day incidents, controversy has surrounded these interactions, and minorities and other disenfranchised residents have felt especially oppressed.
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The ACLU of Arizona issued a new report called "The Racial Divide of Prosecutions in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office." The Show spoke with Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel to get her reaction.