Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
W.E.B. Du Bois and the making of Black Reconstruction. By Gerald Horne / The Nation
Black Perspectives Summer Books Preview, Part II. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
Viola Davis’ ‘Finding Me’ Reveals Fight for Success: Review. By Stephanie Zacharek / Time
In ‘Truth’s Table’ book, women podcasters cast vision for future of Black church. By Adelle M. Banks / RN
Black Perspectives Summer Books Preview, Part I . By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
Behind the Racial Disparities in the US Child-Welfare System. By Janell Ross / Time
A Reckoning With How Slavery Ended. By Eric Herschtal / The New Republic
America, Goddam. Violence, Black Women and the Struggle for Justice. By Treva B. Lindsey.
Danyel Smith Tells the History of Black Women in Pop Music. By Emily Lordi / The New Yorker
Alice Walker’s “Gathering Blossoms Under Fire” and the rare gift of Black women’s published journals. By Paula Vene Smith / Salon
‘Memphis’ traces decades of Black Americans’ trauma and triumph. By Ron Charles / Wash Post
Watch “Prince Rogers Nelson & Minneapolis Public School Teachers Strike (A Black Perspective) Pt. 4.” By Ralph Crowder / YouTube
Moving lightly through this world: Reflections on the weight of white Christian innocence. By Robert P. Jones / Religion News
In the Face of Black Pain, Elizabeth Alexander Turns to Art. By Michell S. Jackson / NYT
Watch “Minneapolis Public School Teachers Strike (A Black Perspective) Pt. 3 .” By Ralph Crowder / You Tube
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Crash Course Black American History. By Clint Smith / YouTube
The Story Behind James Brown’s Legendary Fatback Groove By Dennis Chambers / You Tube
The early ’70s was prime time for soul queens on the charts. By Chris Molanphy / Slate Podcast
Watch “Minneapolis Public School Teachers Strike (A Black Perspective)”. By Ralph Crowder / You Tube
Behind the scenes of ‘On and Coppin.’ Andscape Video
Why white Christians might ban my book. By Lisa Sharon Harper / RNS
Know Your Enemy: A Second Civil War? With Jamelle Bouie. Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell / Dissent Podcast
2022 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History. By AAIHS Editors
Ben Crump on Fighting for Justice for Daunte Wright, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin & Z’Kye Husain. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
A Black historian journeys south to confront the past – and present. By Andrea Collier / CS Monitor
‘Lincoln’s Dilemma’ Illuminates Honest Abe’s Moment, and Ours: Review. By Daniel D’Addario / Variety
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on Police Brutality, Black History & His First Oscar Nomination for “Attica.” Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Inside effort to restore resort town that was once paradise for Black Americans. NBC News
50 Years After Recording “No Knock,” Gil Scott-Heron’s Protest Song Contains a Prescription. By Daniel King / Mother Jones
In a flawed system, a Black prosecutor wonders if she’s pursuing justice or being complicit. By Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. / Wash Post
