Chokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler
Butler has hit his stride. This is a meditation, a sonnet, a legal brief, a poetry slam and a dissertation that represents the full bloom…
Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
Watch – Undercover With the Alt-Right – Jesse Singal / NYT
Roots of racism: 6 essential reads – The Conversation
Looking ‘Beyond The Big House’ And Into The Lives Of Slaves – Sarah McCammon / NPR
Two books by former Obama staffers are a reminder of what it’s like to have a sane administration – Alex Shepard / New Republic
Celebrating 30 Years Of ‘Fresh Air’: Drummer And Composer Max Roach – Terry Gross /NPR
A Conversation With Native Americans on Race – Michele Stephenson and Brian Young / NYT
Charlottesville VA Backs “Reparations” Fund for Black Residents & Votes to Sell Robert E. Lee Statue / Democracy Now
Watch Nikole Hannah-Jones on DOJ’s Attack on Affirmative Action & How School Segregation Never Ended / Democracy Now
Black innovators shine through history in these animated films for kids – Jenna Gray / PBS
Watch – What the health documentary online full 2017 / You Tube
What the Health is a ground breaking feature length documentary from the award-winning filmmakers of Cowspiracy, that follows the exciting journey of intrepid filmmaker, Kip…
Summer Reading For Your Woke Kid – Kayla Lattimore / NPR
‘Snowfall’ is compelling and believable — which is why it could use a disclaimer – Hank Stuever / Wash Post
Spike Lee teams up with singer-songwriter Stew on a Trump-protest-ballad music video – Sarah Polus / Wash Post
Watch – 6 years old and Desegregating a School – Bayete Ross Smith, Logan Jaffee and Samantha Quick / NYT
Rising Star : The Making of Barack Obama
Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama’s formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States—from…
Watch – ‘Marshall’ Brings Thurgood Marshall’s Early Civil Rights Crusade To The Big Screen – Matthew Jacobs / Huff Post
A white cop dies and a young black man spends years in jail for a crime he didn’t do – Colbert King / Wash Post
John Boyega Is in Jeopardy in the Gripping New Trailer for Detroit – Marissa Martinelli / Slate
Melanin Madness! Black Panther Trailer Drops and Folks Lose Their Minds – Angela Helm / The Root
Watch How White Nationalists Are Made And Radicalized – Peter Simi / Huff Post
National Urban League State Of Black America Town Hall Recap – Roland Martin / You Tube
Essay – The Work You Do, The Person You Are – Toni Morrison / The New Yorker
Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur Documentaries Headed to A&E – Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
Watch Wayne Shorter Share Miles Davis’ Wisdom With Jon Batiste – Jon Bilstein / Rolling Stone
Watch the More Realistic More Depressing Alternative Ending of Get Out – Aisha Harris / Slate
African American Government Scientist Crowned Miss USA – Rebecca Shapiro / Huff Post
