Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
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
“Our Migrant Souls” author Héctor Tobar: the challenge of ‘Latino.’ By Raul A. Reyes / NBC News
‘Lincoln’s God’ holds magnifying glass to Civil War president’s faith. By Tom Deignan / NCR
When Black Liberation Is the Family Business. By Michael P. Jeffries / NYT
FRONTLINE Presents “Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court.” By PBS.
Is America Two Nations? By Mike Podhorzer and Felicia Wong / The New Republic Podcast
A look at the history of racism in America and its role in today’s divisions. By Judy Woodruff and Frank Carlson / PBS
Malcolm X at 98: Angela Davis on His Enduring Legacy & the “Long Struggle for Liberation.” By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
The Rise and Fall of “Woke” with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. By Audie Cornish / CNN Podcast
‘Anti-Asian Racism’ names the sin of white supremacy in Catholic Church. By Clarrissa V. Aljentera / NCR
Chimamanda Adichie: How I Became Black in America. By Chimamanda Adichie / The Atlantic
Russell Westbrook Means Business. By Matt Craig / Forbes
Christian Faith Was Jackie Robinson’s Haven in a Heartless World. By Clayton Trutor / Christianity Today
‘Morning Joe’ Says the ‘Bill Will Come Due’ for Evangelicals Who Support Donald Trump (Video) / The Wrap
What Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s New Biographer Reveals. By Kelefa Sanneh / The New Yorker
