Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
In George McCalman’s Dazzling New Book, Black History Is Everyone’s History. By Emily Hofstaedter / Mother Jones
Proof That Republicans Know Exactly How Racist They Are. By Kevin M. Kruse. The Daily Beast Podcast
A pioneering Black author’s novel takes us to a Wakanda-like civilization. By Michael Dirda / Wash Post
New devotional book centers the liberation of Black lives as a sacred matter. By Nicole E. Symmonds / NCR
In the Face of Black Pain, Elizabeth Alexander Turns to Art. By Michell S. Jackson / NYT
“Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power”: New Film on Radical Voting Activism in 1960s Alabama. By Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir / Democracy Now
Tonight I Saw A Falling Star – The James Brown Mystery. By Thomas Lake / CNN Audio Podcast
Black Religion and Political Thought. By Joseph Winters / AAIHS
Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s journey from the segregated South to the United Nations. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
Michelle Obama has a new role. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
Black Friday Special: Howard Zinn & Voices of a People’s History of the United States. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Imani Perry Wins National Book Award for ‘South to America.’ By Elizabeth A. Harris / NYT
Matthew F. Delmont on Black Americans fighting for ‘double victory’ in WWII. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post podcast
‘Black Women Will Save the World’ recounts the stories of America’s ‘sheroes’ : NPR’s Book of the Day / NPR
Chuck Berry’s complicated path to becoming a rock legend. By David Kirby / Wash Post
Dave Chappelle Takes On Antisemitism, ‘Observably Stupid’ Herschel Walker On ‘SNL.’ By Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
Reconciliation or Antiracism? Featuring Christina Edmondson, Darrell Brock and Chad Brennam / Christianity Today Podcast
Film About the Abuse of People of Color Becomes a Teaching Tool. By Liann Herder / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed.
The Next Generation of House Leadership. By Felicia Wong and Michael Tomasky / The New Republic Podcast
“The Devil’s Half Acre”: How one enslaved woman left her mark on education. By Michelle Miller / CBS News
How big finance bankrupts Black America. By Emily Flitter / Fortune
How World War II Looked to African Americans. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
“We Have Faced Threats This Big Before”: Rachel Maddow’s New Podcast Is a History Lesson on American Democracy Under Assault. By Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair
Watch “Why Don’t Black People Breakdance Anymore?” on YouTube / By Ralph Crowder
Why Celeste Ng’s new book places an Asian American mom in the eye of a social justice movement. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
In ‘Our Unfinished March’ Eric Holder argues for reforming the Supreme Court. By Michael Martin / NPR
