Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
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
W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War: An Interview with Chad L. Williams. By Brandon James Render / AAIHS
Esau McCaulley remembers his past, dreams of the Promised Land in new book. By Bob Smietana / RNS
‘A Fever in the Heartland’ links Klan history to MAGA movement. By Timothy Kelly / NCR
Robert Jones’ new book roots white supremacy in 500-year-old papal decree. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
Howard Zinn at 101: Needed Now More Than Ever. By Eleanor J. Bader / The Progressive
We Need Black-Majority States. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
New book ‘The 272’ traces enslavement practices in the US Catholic church. By Bernard G. Prusak / NCR
Hip-hop was born 50 years ago. Nelson George discusses its evolution and legacy. By Amna Nawaz , Anne Azzi Davenport , Karina Cuevas and Courtney Norris / PBS
James McBride’s new book is his latest Great American Novel. By Laura Miller / Slate
“We Used to Win Here”: A Salon film. By Alexandra Clinton and D. Watkins / Salon
Kimberlé Crenshaw’s New Book “#SayHerName” Released by Haymarket Books.
150 Years of Black Activism in Sports, With Dr. Harry Edwards | The Nation. By Dave Zirin / The Nation Podcast
In ‘When Crack Was King,’ Donovan X. Ramsey looks back on the drug epidemic. By Tonya Mosley / NPR
Colson Whitehead Returns to Harlem, and His Hero Returns to Crime. By Walter Mosley / NYT
