MLK Day, Obama, and Race

Guests:

Joining us from Berkeley, Calif., is Barbara Lee, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Since 1998 she has represented the 9th District in California, which includes Berkeley and Oakland.

From New York, we're joined by Sheena Wright, chief executive of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, a community development group that provides affordable housing, social services and educational opportunities to residents in Harlem. She was recently profiled in The New York Times.

And joining us from Knoxville, Tenn., is Raphael Wornack, Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Jr. once led the congregation. Five years ago, at age 35, Wornack became the fifth and youngest person ever to lead the Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was founded in 1886.

During this hour we also hear from young Americans around the country, thanks to Youth Radio. They sent out kids to interview kids for us about race in America one year after President Obama’s election.