The Good News

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The Good News hosted by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and powered by KNG Networks and Baltimore Public Media delivers insightful daily and weekly content.

  1. 08/01/2025

    The Good News--Revisiting The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Now that the U.S. government has decided to early release of the files on the life, ministry, leadership and activism of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, I have decided not to be silent. I knew Dr. King personally. Today there are begrudging attempts to besmirch the good name and character of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I will not be silent in the wake of the actions and statements of those who are now attempting to assassinate Dr. King’s legacy and historic transformative leadership of the Civil Rights Movement in America.

    4 min

  2. 08/01/2025

    The Good News-Theodore Bikel

    Cultural artists from Hollywood to entertainment stages across the nation also played a pivotal and constructive role in the evolution of the Civil Rights Movement in America in the 1960s. The GOOD News the memory of the important contributions of Theodor eBikel is today being highlighted for the support role that he performed to help the Civil Rights Movement to grow and to expand. Bikel was actor, singer and Jewish civil rights activist who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in Alabama.

    1 min

  3. 08/01/2025

    The Good News-James Farmer

    The Civil Rights Movement in America in the 1960s was a coalitional movement between the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the NAACP, the National Urban League, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, organized labor, and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The GOOD news is the name and leadership of James Farmer has been resurfaced by historians for his critical coalitional work during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

    1 min

  4. 08/01/2025

    The Good News-Attorney Stanley Levison

    One of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s most trusted lawyers was Attorney Stanley Levison, a well-known and effective Jewish lawyer. The GOOD news is awareness of the critical role that that Attorney Levison played to Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement is today growing with interests from students and activists who are detailing the lessons learned from the freedom struggles in America.

    1 min

  5. 08/01/2025

    The Good News-John Lewis

    The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s in America was intergenerational, multiracial, multicultural, and interreligious. One of the strongest alliances of the Civil Rights Movement was the bond between Blacks and Jews. The GOOD News is the legacy of Congressman John Lewis represents today a role model for activism, political courage, and inter-religious solidarity.

    1 min

  6. 07/23/2025

    The Good News-Dr. Sacoby Wilson

    The social determinant of public health is a well-known reality. Today there are more health scientists who attest to the fact that climate change and harmful environmental exposures also contribute to the degrading of public health in America. The GOOD News Dr. Sacoby Wilson is a professor at the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health at the University of Maryland.

    1 min

  7. 07/23/2025

    The Good News-Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

    One of the enduring and most strategic alliances in the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement was the solidarity between Blacks and Jews in America. We are doing a conclusive series on the national leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement who championed and promoted Black-Jewish solidarity in the struggle for freedom, justice and equality. The GOOD News is the living legacy of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel is being celebrated as one of the major theological leaders and influencers of the Civil Rights Movement.

    1 min

  8. 07/23/2025

    The Good News-Bayard Rustin

    One of the chief architects and organizers of the transformative 1963 civil rights March on Washington, DC was Bayard Rustin. The GOOD news is the legacy of the leadership of Bayard Rustin is today receiving a more detailed focus from historians and other scholars.

    1 min
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The Good News hosted by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and powered by KNG Networks and Baltimore Public Media delivers insightful daily and weekly content.

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  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
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