Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
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
The Best Black History Books of 2020. By AAIHS Editors
Review | Black America, White violence and generations of unhealed wounds. By Michael A. Fletcher / Wash Post
Ijeoma Oluo’s “Mediocre: The Dangerous legacy of White Male America.”
Book Review: ‘Black Futures,’ A Peek at the Variety, Wonder and Trauma of Black Life, Then and Now. By Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham. NYT
‘And THAT’S That!’: Correcting The Historical Record With Nikole Hannah-Jones. By Ja’han Jones / HuffPost Podcast
Remembering the Enslaved Who Sued for Freedom Before the Civil War. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
“Trump is Gone.” By The Comedy Quartet / YouTube
In ‘A Promised Land,’ Barack Obama Thinks — and Thinks Some More — Over His First Term. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
Juan González: The Media Has It Wrong. Record Latinx Turnout Helped Biden. White Voters Failed Dems. By Juan González / Democracy Now
White Supremacy Is Baked Into Our Electoral System. By Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren / The Nation Podcast
When a Kidnapping Ring Targeted New York’s Black Children. By Paul Sehgal / NYT
Meet Wilton Gregory, set to be made first Black US cardinal by Pope Francis. By Anne Thompson / NBC News Video
Morgan Freeman Spells Out Exactly What’s At Stake This Election. By Lee Moran / HuffPost
Race in America: Athletes & Activism. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Video
The Rev. Al Sharpton discusses why it is imperative to ‘Rise Up’ in this moment. By Jonathan Capehart / Cape Up Podcast – Wash Post
