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On this month's show we talk with the keynote speakers at the , which takes place Sept. 21-23, 2017 at the University of New Mexico.
Dr. Cleveland Sellers helped lead one of the most important organizations in the civil rights movement: The. In 1968, he was shot during the in South Carolina.
Sellers was sent to prison, but was later pardoned. He has continued his activism and , a historically black university in South Carolina.
His son, , is an attorney and former state lawmaker who鈥檚 a frequent commentator on CNN.
We also talk with Brandi Stone, program services specialist with the UNM about the Black Cultural Conference. This year's theme is Mobilizing The Black Millennial Legacy.
