Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
Documentary on Black millennials depicts wide range of religion, rebellion. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
“Black AF History” author on whitewashing the past: “They have tried every way possible to erase us.” By D. Watkins / Salon
Black Reconstruction in the Twenty-First Century. By Lacey P. Hunter / AAIHS
Retelling U.S. History With Native Americans at the Center. By Alan Taylor / NYT
Watch “ABC Tried to Bury This James Baldwin Interview. Four Decades Later, It’s Blisteringly Relevant.” on YouTube.
How Max Roach fused jazz and hip hop. By American Masters and PBS
Colman Domingo Is Civil Rights Activist Bayard Rustin in Netflix’s Powerful Rustin Trailer. By Tommy McArdle / People
Hope for High Conflict with Amanda Ripley. The Russell Moore Show / CT Podcast
Ken Burns Warns Against “People Who Wish to Sanitize Our History.” By Valentina Valentini / Vanity Fair
Rachel Maddow offers a chilling history lesson — and hope for today. By Kathleen Belew / Wash Post
Jada Pinkett Smith opens up about depression, writing “Worthy” and her version of a happy ending. By D. Watkins / Salon
Sly Stone’s memoir is almost as fascinating as the fact that the book exists at all. By Jack Hamilton / Slate
In new book, James Baldwin emerges as a prophet for our time. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
The First Magazine for Black Children Is Revisited, Its Message Still Resonant. By Celia McGee / NYT
The Kingsleys. A Novel By Dr. Marvin Dunn / Amazon
How Black Americans almost built a utopia. By Ranjani Chakraborty / Vox
Michael Harriot’s book ‘Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America.’ By Ericka Taylor / NPR
African American Women on the American Railroad. By Daleah B. Goodwin / AAIHS
‘SNL’ veteran Leslie Jones talks new memoir, Hollywood strikes. By Brian Truitt / USA Today
How the ‘model minority’ myth led one Indian American family to unravel. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
The Supremes and other 1960s girl groups have some stories to tell. By Sibbie O’Sullivan / Wash Post
Racist Shootings “Don’t Happen in a Vacuum”: Bishop Barber on DeSantis, Trump & Those Who Spread Hate. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Sharing in Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Now. A Conversation with Matt Daniels. By Russell Moore / Christianity Today Podcast
Watch “Destroyed! Sen. Cory Booker Obliterates Sen. Tim Scott & Repubs For Lies About Voting Rights.” By Roland Martin / You Tube
The inspiring story of the first Black Ivy League president. By Stacia L. Brown / Wash Post
Luther Vandross and Samara Joy sing across generations : It’s Been a Minute. By Corey Antonio Rose Jessica Placzek, Brittany Luse , Alexis Williams ,Liam McBain , Veralyn Williams and Barton Girdwood / NPR Video
