Latest Unifying america Podcast Episodes

(Opal Lee) the Fight for the Juneteenth Holiday

Kaleidoscope - June 24, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
In 2016, 94-year-old Texas native, Opal Lee started "Opal's Walk to DC Campaign," to fight to make Juneteenth a national holiday. On the Kaleidoscope, Allison speaks with the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" about her new project, and how she got started with her activism.  See Privacy Poli...

Juneteenth Becomes Federal Holiday

Kaleidoscope - June 21, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
On June 19, 1865, enslaved Blacks in Texas learned they were free...two years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. More than 150-years later, President Biden declared what is now called Juneteenth, a federal holiday. In the Kaleidoscope, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee ...

The Fight for LGBTQ Rights

Kaleidoscope - June 17, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to a special – BEST of – edition of Kaleidoscope with CBS News Radio correspondent Allison Keyes. This week, for Pride month, we revisit Allison's conversation on LGBTQ rights. President Biden signed a presidential memorandum protecting the rights of that community in February...

Juneteenth

Kaleidoscope - June 14, 2021 04:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
On June 19th, 1865, enslaved people in Texas learned slavery had been abolished...more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. That day is now called Juneteenth.  On the podcast premiere of CBS Audio's Kaleidoscope, host Allison Keyes speaks...

Introducing Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - June 07, 2021 04:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
The worldwide protests following the killing of George Floyd sent the media scrambling to cover racial inequality and police brutality. But has anything changed? And how many other stories have been missed?  CBS Audio is proud to present a new podcast featuring conversations about syst...