The Ryles Report
By The Ryles Report
Categories: History
You’re hearing all these buzzwords in the news and on social media. And if you don’t understand the historical context then you won’t understand what is happening today in the world around us. Well no worries because you’re now listening to the Ryles Report. This is our chance to sit down and connect the dots between history and the world we live in today. My name is Richard Ryles and as an attorney and community leader, I blend candid conversations with historians, artists, educators, and changemakers. Together, we explore how the past shapes the issues, culture, and people we care about most.Love, Life, and Politics.So follow along wherever you get to your podcast.
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Recent episodes
- The Dangerous Truth About AI Nobody Wants to Discuss
America fought to end segregation. We fought for equal education. Yet decades after Brown v. Board of Education, many of the inequalities that shaped our schools remain.Now artificial intelligence is entering those same classrooms.In this episode of The Ryles Report, Attorney Richard A. Ryles sits…
- Black Americans Have Become Too Loyal to Democrats
Political loyalty has become so deeply rooted in Black America that questioning the Democratic Party is often treated as an act of betrayal. Somewhere along the way, we’ve allowed our allegiance to political parties to overshadow our responsibility to hold them accountable.For generations, Black…
- Ep. 229: Are We Really Pro-Black? We May Be Dropping the Ball With These.
Are we really pro-Black if we aren’t supporting the institutions responsible for preserving Black history?We celebrate our ancestors, defend our history, and talk about protecting our legacy. But are we actually supporting the people and places doing that work?In this episode of The Ryles Report…
- Ep. 228: America Doesn’t Want to Have This Conversation
America has made progress on race. But progress and completion are not the same thing.In this episode of The Ryles Report, I ask what happens when America decides the race problem has been solved before the damage has actually been repaired.We go from Jim Crow and the psychological wages of…
- Ep. 227: America Hasn’t Fixed Racism. But That’s Not Our Only Problem.
Black America has more access, more representation and more ways to be heard than ever before. So why does it feel like we’re getting nowhere?There isn’t one answer. There are several problems at work—and in this episode of The Ryles Report, I connect the dots.I begin with something many Black…
- EP. 226: Black People Found Hanging in 2026—What’s Happening?
America would like to believe lynching belongs entirely to the past. For Black Americans, the history is considerably more complicated.I wanted to have this conversation because Black people are still being found hanging in America, and some of these deaths have generated concern among families…
- Ep. 225: Carter G. Woodson Warned Us About the Wrong Kind of Education
In 1933, Carter G. Woodson published The Mis-Education of the Negro. More than 90 years later, the question behind his argument is still uncomfortable: Does education teach us how to think—or condition us to accept the world as it has been given to us?In this episode of The Ryles Report, I examine…
- Ep. 224: America's Marketing Plan: Use Black People for the Clout
America needed to look like the land of liberty. So they used Black people for the picture. Cold War image. Fairness on paper. Their benefit. Not ours.Brown changed the law. Two kids in the same building is not the same education. When their payoff faded, the handshake fell apart. White flight…
- Ep. 223: We Had Black Excellence Like This | The Dunbar Story
LOOK WHAT WE LOST.Before Charles Hamilton Houston helped build the legal strategy that attacked Jim Crow, before Dr. Charles Drew transformed blood banking, before Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black general in the U.S. Army, and before Robert C. Weaver became the first Black presidential…
- Ep. 222: The Stories We Never Tell Our Children
What if protecting our children from the painful parts of our history is actually leaving them unprepared?Growing up, there were things my grandparents did that I didn’t understand. We drove in caravans. We carried our own food on long trips. My grandfather made sure his clergy sticker was visible…
- Ep. 221: White America Is Gaslighting Black America
They say America has outgrown racism. That we are living in a “post-racial” society.I don’t believe that.I believe there is something much deeper we have refused to confront about racism in this country. Something that history keeps revealing, generation after generation.And I believe we’ve spent…
- Ep. 220: The Cost of a Disconnected Black Community
Black America does not have a shortage of talented people. We have professionals, business owners, educators, organizers, voters, leaders and people with access.The problem is what happens when everybody moves for themselves.In this episode of The Ryles Report, Richard Ryles breaks down how a…
- Ep. 219: What should Black people fight for today?
In this episode of The Ryles Report, Richard Ryles sits down with Dedrick Straghn for a direct conversation about Black political power, economic power, education, integration, ownership, media, and what the Black community is willing to build for itself.They challenge the idea that voting alone…
- Ep. 218: What Black Americans Should Understand About Power
There are some lessons our elders already understood that we are being forced to learn all over again.Who really has power? Who benefits when we stay divided? And when someone tells you who deserves your vote, your trust or your support, how do you know whose interests they are really serving?In…
- Ep. 217: Our Schools Are Failing Black Children
Our schools are failing Black children. But who is actually being held accountable?Students are tested. Teachers are evaluated. Schools are graded. Yet year after year, many of the same achievement gaps remain.In this episode of The Ryles Report, I sit down with longtime educator and former…
- EP. 216 – Black America Lost More Than We Admit
In this episode of The Ryles Report, I’m asking some uncomfortable questions about integration, Black education, family legacy, generational wealth, politics, music, leadership, and the culture we’re leaving behind.I also share parts of my own family’s history—including an ancestor who bought…
- Ep. 215 – The Biggest Lie America Ever Told Black People
For generations, Black Americans have been told a story about America. But what if the story we’ve been taught doesn’t match the history that actually happened?In this episode of The Ryles Report, I examine propaganda, racism, media narratives, education, the legal system, and how history…
- EP: 214: The Hidden System Imprisoning Black Communities
Why do so many of the same challenges continue to affect Black communities generation after generation? Is it simply personal responsibility, or are there larger historical systems still shaping the present?In this episode of The Ryles Report, Attorney Richard Ryles examines how history…
- EP: 213 – Rosewood & Ocoee: The Black History Florida Erased
What really happened in Rosewood and Ocoee, Florida—and why were so many people never taught this history?Florida historian Dr. Marvin Dunn joins attorney Richard Ryles to discuss the Rosewood Massacre, the 1920 Ocoee Massacre, Black voting rights, Black wealth, school integration, and the history…
- EP. 212 - WHAT INTEGRATION COST US
In this powerful episode of The Ryles Report, Richard sits down with attorney and author Akbar Watson live from the Palm Beach County Schools Teacher Education Conference for a raw conversation on Jim Crow, education, trauma, and the lasting impact of systemic racism on Black communities. From his…
- EP. 211 - FAMILY COURT OR FAMILY FRAGMENTATION? Why One Attorney Says the System is Failing Black Fathers
In this powerful episode of The Ryles Report, Richard sits down with his Howard University School of Law classmate, award-winning attorney, and author Alicia Crowe. Together, they pull back the curtain on how the family court system systematically impacts Black families and why supporting fathers…
- Ep. 210 - Mound Bayou Museum Curator Reveals the Town’s Remarkable Legacy
In Episode 210 of The Ryles Report, Richard speaks with Hermon Johnson Jr., curator of the Mound Bayou Museum, about the extraordinary history of Mound Bayou, Mississippi—an independent Black community founded by formerly enslaved people. Johnson explains how Benjamin Montgomery and his son…
- Ep. 209 Dr. Ricky Jones on the State of Black America
Dr. Ricky Jones us for a very passionate conversation on the state of Black America.
- 208 - Diante Pryer Shares the Vision Behind a Growing Movement for Black Men
In this episode of The Ryles Report, Richard sits down with Diante Pryer, co-founder of the Boss Link Conference, for a powerful conversation about brotherhood, mentorship, wealth-building, and the importance of creating intentional spaces for Black men to connect, grow, and be seen.What begins as…
- Ep. 207 - Grading Judge Poland & Wasserman Schultz, 2 Chainz's New Book, and Jackson Dart's NFL Controversy
Welcome back to The Ryles Report! In Episode 207, Richard delivers a hard-hitting breakdown across our signature trio of segments: the book report, the political report card, and the latest headlines making waves in the news. First, we dive into a powerful new book by 2 Chainz that serves as an…
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