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his stunning documentary film I Am Not Your Negro, acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck mined James Baldwin’s published and unpublished oeuvre, selecting passages from…
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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…
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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 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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The impact of middle school students chanting “build a wall” on Latino students in the city of Royal Oak, Michigan. Watch the video here
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dancers from around the country perform the most popular dance moves, from the Dougie to the Quan. Watch the video here
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…