29/08/2023
In episode 85, Ahki da G interviews Sunny Ture about his effort to correct an attempt by Professor Augustus Wood, of the University of Illinois, to replace both Francena Turner and Sunny as founders of the organization Black Students for Revolution (BSFR). Sunny details how the Student Pan-African Movement (SPAM) was founded in 2014 and later renamed to BSFR in 2015, during which Augustus Wood was not a member nor a leader of the organization. He also discusses how new members of BSFR have been misinformed of their organization's actual history. Throughout the course of the interview, Sunny corrects this history, details his experiences as a leader, and the mental health struggles he has endured in the face of abuse.
Link to full podcast - https://pods.to/firethistime
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Below are links to posts still public on BSFR's page that are evidence of the history Sunny discussed during this episode.
Link to statement made by SPAM president Sunny Ture on November 2014 - https://www.facebook.com/BSFRUIUC/posts/pfbid02mma4xDkruGYVWDWjDfNDGkiovb6qUbtfx3k8KhBxsTQPv3hRwLVJ8YVt84iivESZl
Link to photo of SPAM/BSFR co-founders Karen & Francena from an event March 2015 - https://www.facebook.com/BSFRUIUC/photos/a.1618358085054615/1618358105054613/
Link to SPAM's public notice about name change to BSFR on November 8th 2015 - https://www.facebook.com/BSFRUIUC/posts/pfbid0V2UYXKZ3GhJ5ABjKP7nF3ZfbGTy5jkXnzEUbsNXUFkgL7qAikyiFtSzZpSoeoYgXl
Link to Black Student Solidarity Rally event, held on November 18th, 2015 (this was Augustus Wood's first interaction with BSFR, and he did not join as a member afterwards) - https://www.facebook.com/events/174453896234425
