Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
‘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
Larry Wilmore: A Candid Conversation on Television, Culture, and Creativity – The Assignment with Audie Cornish – Podcast on CNN Audio
She Broke the News That the U.S. Catholic Church Sold Enslaved People. She’s Still Going to Mass. By Jesse Naranjo / Politico
Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor Recalls Her Experience in New Memoir. By Angela Johnson / The Root
1968 Olympian Dr. John Carlos on the Legacy of the Black Athletic Revolt. By Dave Zirin / The Nation Podcast
“American Whitelash”: Fear-mongering and the rise in white nationalist violence. By Wesley Lowery / CBS News
The struggle to regain home land at the heart of ‘Lakota Nation vs. United States.’ By Morning Joe / MSNBC
Wealth Is the Third Rail of American Politics. Let’s Grab It. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
“Black History Is an Absolute Necessity.” By Indigo Olivier / The New Republic
The destruction of ‘Black Wall Street’ and its long aftermath. By Suzette Malveaux / Wash Post
If You Read One Book This Juneteenth, Make it Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon.” By Angela Johnson / The Root
The League: A Documentary on Negro League Baseball. By Sam Pollard and Ahmir Questlove / Tribeca Film Festival
Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas By Joel Anderson, Sophie Summergrad, Sam Kodner and Joel Levin / Slate Podcast
Black or white? Christian minister redefines racial and ethnic identity in a mixed world. By Kathryn Post / RNS
How Black Women Writers Got It Done. By Marina Magloire / The Nation
