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Collage of photos. From left to right: An early Federal Communications Commission licensing card given to KDKA; early Radio Corporation of America speaker; Rufus P. Turner at his radio; excerpt of Kerner Commission report; Eugene Sykes.
Reckoning with the Federal Communications Commission’s history of structural racism

Since the agency’s inception, FCC policies have undermined the 14th Amendment rights of Black people and Black communities.

A newsstand that serves the information needs of Black communities

The multimedia exhibition — “Black Futures Newsstand Presents: Riot to Repair Soundscape Exhibition” — showcases work reflecting on the historic events that took place five years ago and imagines the kind of reparative narrative ecosystem needed to serve the health and well-being of Black people and Black communities.