Cornel West on Why James Baldwin Matters More Than Ever – Christopher Lydon / Lit Hub
James Baldwin was the prophetic voice of an era that isn’t over. Fifty years ago he was the intense man from Harlem who wrote, in essays…
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The Giant Leap Forward of Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” – Brandon Harris / The New Yorker
Watch AGAINST ALL ODDS: The Fight for a Black Middle Class – Bill Moyers
In this revealing documentary, veteran journalist Bob Herbert examines the often heroic efforts of black families to pursue the American dream in the face of…
The racist history of Dr. Seuss and what it means in today’s context – Katie Ishizuka-Stephens / The Conscious Kid
How W.E.B. Du Bois Found His Final Resting Place in Ghana – Amy Yee / The Daily Beast
ACCRA, GHANA — At the end of a globetrotting career that took U.S. civil rights pioneer and author W.E.B. Du Bois from his home in…
The story of the week is Trump, Russia and the FBI. The rest is a distraction – Malcolm Nance / The Guardian
Racial diversity is rising in America’s suburban public schools, and many institutions are struggling to provide necessary resources – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
Hate in the Age of Trump (All across America, Klan and neo-Nazi groups are not only flourishing—they’re joining forces) – Van Jones / New Republic
We are forced to confront many things in the images that photographer Johnny Milano spent five years capturing. The ceremonial burning of a cross and…
Trump’s Tentative First Step Toward Black Voters – Graham Vyse / New Republic
Why do so many white people deny the existence of white privilege? Rando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
The Idea That Social Pathology Explains Issues In Black Communities Is Set for Rebirth Under Trump -Cliff Albright / Atlanta Black Star
The Sessions Effect: Trump DOJ Reverses Course In Major Texas Voter ID Case – Alice Ollstein / Talkingpointsmemo
Watch – Why African Americans left the South – what’s bringing them back – Carlos Waters / Vox
The Great Migration is a modern movement that, in many ways, is still unfolding. More than 40 percent of black Americans left Southern states to…
Stephen Bannon and Jeff Sessions, the new attorney general, have long shared a vision for remaking America – Emily Bazelon / NYT Magazine
One night in September 2014, when he was chief executive of Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon hosted cocktails and dinner at the Washington townhouse where he…
Black History Month milestones can’t blot out the bad – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters – Ibram X. Kendi / NYT
Many Americans might not know the more polemical side of race writing in our history. The canon of African-American literature is well established. Zora Neale…
5 years after Trayvon Martin’s death, what has nation learned? Benjamin Crump / USA Today
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield: America’s First Black Pop Star – Adam Gustafson / The Conversation
John Lennon vs. Steve Bannon: A Battle for the Western Soul – Jochen Bittner / NYT
Europeans watched Jews being deported. America must not repeat that mistake – Francine Prose / The Guardian
Among the most iconic and unforgettable images of the Holocaust are photos of Jews being marched at gunpoint through the streets of Amsterdam, Paris and…
“Get Out” Is the Horror Flick America Needs Right Now – Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
Hartford, Conn., has revamped its schools to attract a rich mix of students in a voluntary desegregation program – Simon Montlake / Christian Sci Monitor
There’s no going back: Racial, ethnic diversity is on the rise in American communities – Jennifer Van Hook and Barrett Lee / The Conversation
During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
Reading James Baldwin on a segregated Southern construction site – Walter Dellinger / Wash Post
In the late ’50s and early ’60s, James Baldwin was a gay black intellectual living and writing essays and novels in New York and Paris….
Watch Playwright August Wilson on Writing About Black America – Bill Moyers
One of the films in contention for multiple awards at the Oscars this past Sunday was Fences, a cinematic adaptation of an August Wilson play ushered onto…
Fleeing anger in America, James Baldwin found solace in 1960s Turkey – Kareem Fahim / Wash Post
ISTANBUL — There is no trace of James Baldwin in the four-story building where he lived for a time, decades ago, on Ebe Hanim street,…
Transgender: What does it mean? After Trump rolls back protections, an explainer – Mary Bowerman / USA Today
Can we finally ditch the white working-class myth? Obama-to-Trump voters weren’t the problem – Chauncey Devega / Salon
What did Trump learn at the African American Museum? Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
In remarks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Tuesday, President Trump said: It’s a privilege to be here today. This…
St. Louis Responds to a Rise in Anti-Semitism – Daniel A. Gross / The New Yorker
On Monday, more than a hundred and fifty gravestones were found damaged or toppled at a historic Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. As soon as…
