Jackie Robinson ( A New Film) – An Inside Look – PBS
JACKIE ROBINSON premieres Monday-Tuesday, April 11-12, 2016, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS. Filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon discuss their new film, JACKIE…
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A Conversation With Asian-Americans on Race – Geeta Gandbhir and Michele Stephenson / NYT
In this installment of our “Conversations on Race” series for Op-Docs, Asian-Americans talk about how stereotypes unfairly confine them — particularly the one that brands…
More African-Americans Support Carrying Legal Guns For Self-Defense – Martin Kaste / NPR Podcast
Rick Ector trains new gun owners at a range just outside of Detroit. He supports more African-Americans getting permits to carry concealed weapons. African-Americans are…
Angela Davis : “I Think We Need a New Party” / Democracy Now Video
In a Women’s History Month special, we speak with author, activist and scholar Angela Davis. For more than four decades, Davis has been one of…
R.E.S.P.E.C.T: Happy Birthday, Aretha Franklin – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos Video
Make my day! Three of Aretha’s greatest songs and performances. View the video here
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Memorial Service – Metropolitan AME Church Wash DC / You Tube
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Memorial at historic Metropolitan AME Church Saturday, March 19, 2016. Powerful and moving tribute to the life and work of Frances…
6 Afro-Latinos Open Up About What It Means To Be Black And Latino – Carolina Moreno / Huff Post
Watch them explain why they’re both and they’re proud! Watch here
The Revolutionary Power of Sonia Sanchez’s Spoken Word – Nadine Ajaka / The Atlantic Video
The poet Sonia Sanchez rose to prominence as a figure in the 1960s Black Arts Movement, where she raised her voice in the name of…
America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America by Jim Wallace
America’s problem with race has deep roots, with the country’s foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of…
We Must Talk About Race to Fix Economic Inequality / Demos Video
In a new video with MoveOn, Demos President Heather McGhee and Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow Ian Haney Lopéz show how the single most important solution to economic inequality isn’t…
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris
Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone…
Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith
In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight champion of the world….
SNL Mocks Bernie Sanders and took on Ben Carson’s endorsement of Donald Trump -Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast
In this week’s cold open, ‘Saturday Night Live’ took on both Ben Carson’s endorsement of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders’ surprise win in Michigan. Read…
The Lasting Fear of Flint’s Water Crisis – Zachery Canepari and Jessica Dimmock / The New Yorker Video
A psychological look at how the water crisis is affecting the citizens of Flint, Michigan. Watch the video here.
Wilhemina’s War Explores South Carolina’s AIDS Epidemic – Nadine Ajaka / The Atlantic Video
Wilhemina’s War is a documentary about Wilhemina Dixon, a daughter of sharecroppers who becomes a force in her family’s fight for survival from HIV and…
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America – Michael Eric Dyson
A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America’s first black presidency, from “one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on…
“Mulatto: It’s Not a Cool Word” – Lindsay Catherine Harris / The Atlantic Video
Evoking the Mulatto is a multimedia project examining black mixed identity in the 21st century, through the lens of the history of racial classification in…
“We’re going to make Germany great again, that I can tell you”: Bill Maher shows how Donald Trump and Hitler can sound eerily similar
On “Real Time,” Bill Maher showed a video of Hitler speech “translated” into English — and it sounded very familiar. Read more and watch the video…
A Fiery Debate on the K.K.K. in 2016. Who Figured? James Poniewozik / NYT Video
On Super Tuesday, two commentators on CNN argued about the Ku Klux Klan. On television. In America. In 2016. Read more and see the video…
Chris Rock said some very funny things about Hollywood’s racism. But let’s not pretend this changes anything. – Janell Ross / Wash Post
So, as much of the free world is by now aware, Chris Rock, the skilled comedian and satirical social commentator, hosted the Oscars. Read Janell…