Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
The Religious Right Finally Calls Christ’s Teachings, “Woke,” “Liberal,” and “Weak.” By Julie Nichols / Patheos
New book ‘bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision’ celebrates and examines hooks’ interior life. By Amanda Bolanos / NCR
It’s time to rethink parole in the age of mass incarceration. By Kristen Martin / Wash Post
‘Becoming Color Courageous’ with Michelle Sanchez. By Rasool Berry / Christianity Today Podcast
‘Stamped From the Beginning’ Examines Racism and White Supremacy in Documentary From Roger Ross Williams. By Jazz Tangcay / Variety
Video shows a struggle before Georgia deputy shoots exonerated man. By AP and NBC News
Antisemitism and the Jewish Identity. By Mike Cooper / The Bulletin Christianity Today
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
