Each week Dialogue features interviews people across the region along with in-depth stories from the IPM News team about education, health, politics, arts, and more as it relates to local Black communities. Dialogue airs Saturdays at 11 am and Tuesdays at 6 pm on Illinois Soul FM 101.1 and streams live at illinoissoul.org and can be heard Wednesdays at 8 pm on WILL-AM 580.
There are 16... yes count ‘em... 16 candidates running for US Senate in Illinois! Republican Pamela Denise Long and Democratic candidate Awisi Quartey Bustos are two of the lesser-known people in this US Senate race. Today we hear from them.
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a film directed by Kahlil Joseph that explores Black history, identity, and culture through fictional and historical characters, all through a Black point of view.
Illinois Soul, FM 101.1, went on the air February 2, 2024. We took a look at what's happened and what's ahead in 2026.
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Grammy-nominee Maysa talks about her 3-decade career as she prepares to perform for Illinois Soul's second year celebration on February 7, 2026.
On February 10, 1966, three years after the March on Washington, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.
Sixty-two years ago, a quarter of a million people gathered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. On today’s show, we take a look at the life and legacy of a central organizer of the march, Bayard Rustin. Rustin was an openly gay civil rights leader and a trusted advisor to labor leader A. Phillip Randolph and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
For the past year and a half, we've spent a lot of time in prisons.. probing educational opportunities and interactions. Plus, a new central Illinois group helping formerly incarcerated people get a fresh start.
Cheryl Whitlow Thompson shares her career from earning degrees at the University of Illinois to working at the News Gazette to award-winning journalism at The Washington Post and now, NPR.
This episode of “Dialogue” features Republican Senate Candidate Don Tracy who is a candidate for the Illinois Senate race in 2026 on the 21st Show.
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