Watch Playwright August Wilson on Writing About Black America – Bill Moyers
One of the films in contention for multiple awards at the Oscars this past Sunday was Fences, a cinematic adaptation of an August Wilson play ushered onto…
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Watch Fusion – White People An Explainer / You Tube
Whiteness & the privilege it carries with it is a powerful thing. Watch here
Watch testimonies of what makes someone American – NYT
What makes someone American? How do you define American identity? When do you feel most American? Or least? Nine American citizens describe their struggle to…
I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck
To compose his stunning documentary film I Am Not Your Negro, acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck mined James Baldwin’s published and unpublished oeuvre, selecting passages from…
They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery
A New York Times bestseller A New York Times Editors’ Choice “Essential reading.”–Junot Diaz “Electric…so well reported, so plainly told and so evidently the work…
A ‘Dear White People’ Netflix Teaser Just Dropped And It’s Everything – Zeba Bay / Huff Post
The teaser trailer for Netflix’s highly-anticipated “Dear White People” series has finally been released. Based on the indie hit that premiered with rave reviews at…
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Washington Post • Bustle • Men’s Journal • The…
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
Award-winning author and powerhouse talent Roxane Gay burst onto the scene with An Untamed State and the New York Times bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist…
Watch : Angela Davis on Resisting Trump: We Need to Be More Militant in Defending Vulnerable Populations / Democracy Now
Watch the full speech by Angela Davis at the Women’s March on Washington. “Over the next months and years, we will be called upon to…
Watch : Ta-Nehisi Coates Schools Seth Meyers on Racism in America – Alexandra Rosenmann / Alternet
Ta-Nehisi Coates was “very happy to be wrong” about the presidential election—the 2008 presidential election, that is. And after interviewing President Obama for nearly five…
Watch ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Official Trailer – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
‘I Am Not Your Negro’ will introduce James Baldwin to a new generation. There are voices we all need to hear. At a time when…
The Plot to Hack America by (Counterterrorism Expert) Malcolm Nance
An African American counterterrorism expert, Malcolm Nance, explains in detail, before the election, how the Russians were subverting America’s democratic processes toward the end of electing Donald…
Civil rights family divided over Jeff Sessions / CNN Video
Evelyn Turner and her husband Albert were Alabama civil rights activists indicted in the 1980s on charges of voter fraud by Senator Jeff Sessions, who…
A Discussion on Barack Obama’s Unique Upbringing – Ta-Nehisi Coates / PBS NewsHour
In this interview, Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks to PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff about Barack Obama’s childhood, his legacy, and how he ultimately connected with…
Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
A New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans…
Watch ‘Build a wall’ video hurts Latino students – Kelly Wallace / CNN
The impact of middle school students chanting “build a wall” on Latino students in the city of Royal Oak, Michigan. Watch the video here
How Do I Explain America to My Black Son? / The Atlantic
Atlantic writer Vann R. Newkirk is about to be a father, and he’s nervous. America’s history of racial violence is something that every citizen inherits,…
Watch Harrowing Trailer for Jay Z-Produced ‘TIME: The Kalief Browder Story’ – Kory Grow / Rolling Stone
A new trailer for a docuseries about a Bronx teenager, Kalief Browder, who was jailed for three years and spent two of them in solitary…
Rev. Barber: We Have Convicted White Supremacist Dylann Roof But America is Still Guilty / Democracy Now
In Charleston, South Carolina, a jury has found Dylann Roof guilty on 33 counts of federal hate crimes for murdering nine black worshipers, including Pastor…
The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken by Wendell Pierce
2016 Christopher Award Winner From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of…
‘Hidden Figures’: The Movie Trump’s America Needs to See – Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast
A spotlight on the three black women who did the math that put Americans in space, Hidden Figures tackles race, equity, opportunity, and acceptance in eerily…
Watch Them Whip: A Decade of Viral Dance Moves / The New Yorker
Dancers from around the country perform the most popular dance moves, from the Dougie to the Quan. Watch the video here
Watch Cornel West on Donald Trump: This is What Neo-Fascism Looks Like – Democracy Now
President-elect Donald Trump has announced a handful of new Cabinet picks with deep ties to Wall Street. On Tuesday, he named Steven Mnuchin to be…
Giving Toussaint Louverture the Great Man Treatment – Malcolm Harris / New Republic
Why was Haiti’s revolutionary overlooked by historians for so long? For nearly 80 years no scholar has written an English-language biography of Haitian revolutionary Toussaint…
Watch Emotional Trailer for Denzel Washington’s ‘Fences’ / Rolling Stone
Denzel Washington delivers what is forecasted as another Oscar-worthy performance in the upcoming Fences, the big-screen adaptation of August Wilson’s 1983 play that also marks…
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR THE FIRST DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE INFAMOUS 1971 ATTICA PRISON UPRISING, THE STATE’S VIOLENT…
‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Is A Race Documentary That Should Be Essential Viewing For All Americans – Matthew Jacobs / Huff Post
You won’t find a documentary over the next few months that’s more important than “I Am Not Your Negro.” Raoul Peck uses James Baldwin’s unfinished…
Watch RIKERS Documentary – A riveting new film that brings you face to face with what it’s like to be incarcerated in America – Bill Moyers & Company
Rikers Island is New York City’s largest jail. It has also been ranked as one of the 10 worst jails in America. Of the more…