Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
Don Lemon loses it on Sen. Tim Scott for ‘woke supremacy’ comment: ‘What are you doing?’ Yahoo News
2021 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History. By AAIHS Editors
“Renegades” Podcast Review: Obama and Springsteen Are Here to Lull America. By Lauren Michele Jackson / The New Yorker
One hope for the next generation of Black athletes. By Kevin Carroll / The Undefeated
The Book That Should Change How Progressives Talk About Race. By Michelle Goldberg / NYT
In ‘The Dead Are Arising,’ Malcolm X’s spirit is still very much alive. By Justin Tinsley / The Undefeated
Stacey Abrams on her New Legal Thriller ‘While Justice Sleeps.’ By Jazz Tangcay / Variety
The Essential Toni Morrison. By Veronica Chambers / NYT
In Netflix’s stirring “Amend,” stars anguish over the injustices that led to the 14th Amendment. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
What Racism Costs All Americans. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
‘The Three Mothers’ honors the women who made Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin. By Lisa Page / Wash Post
It’s hard to find children’s books with Black characters, so a coach’s family wrote its own. By Emily Giambalvo / Wash Post
Jonathan Metzl on what’s driving polarization in a post-Trump America — and how to fix it. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
What It Means to Be Black in America. Six short films for Black History Month. By NYT
Walter Mosley’s new Easy Rawlins book is a masterful mix of mystery and social commentary. By Maureen Corrigan / Wash Post
Authors Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain on new historical book “Four Hundred Souls” By CBS This Morning
10 of the best fiction books by Black authors in 2021. By Kala Herh / NBC News
‘The Hate U Give’ author Angie Thomas on the importance of humanizing Black men. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
Rev. William Barber Says Biden Admin Must Not Sacrifice Racial & Economic Justice for False Unity. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Former white nationalist Derek Black puts the Jan. 6 insurrection into perspective. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
Charles Blow on racial reckoning: This is what real power looks like. By CNN
Ladee Hubbard’s ‘The Rib King’ is a fascinating look at ambition, race and revenge. By Naomi Jackson / Wash Post
Charles Blow on the greatest threat to our democracy: White supremacy. By Robbyn Mc Fadden / CBS News Video
Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain. By PBS
Georgia enters final days of pivotal Senate races. By Judy Woodruff / PBS Podcast
Finding the Light in 2020. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated Video
