The NAACP turns 100 and the civil rights organization is celebrating this week in New York. Looking back, looking ahead what’s changed and what hasn’t? With the financial crisis disproportionately impacting African Americans, the first black president in the White House, and the nomination hearings of Sonia Sotomayor we review the past few days and the last 100 years.

Hilary Shelton, Director of the Washington, D.C. burearu of the NAACP, Sonia Ossorio, President of the National Organization for Women in NY, Derrick Johnson, President of the Mississippi NAACP, and James Rucker, Executive Director of Color of Change on the role of the NAACP and other activist organizations inside and outside the beltway.

Speaking of living history, Baba Israel, a Hip Hop theater musician, artist, and educator has been influenced by the culture and politics of various movements and generations. And he’s used those influences and inspirations in his own work as a musician and artist. Israel is the author of Remixing the Ritual: Hip Hop Theatre Aesthetics and Practice.

Finally, what would happen if we audited the Fed? Well, it’s not as far fetched as it sounds. The American News Project reports. 

Thanks to Kate Clinton for video in tonight’s show.