Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
Spike Lee teams up with singer-songwriter Stew on a Trump-protest-ballad music video – Sarah Polus / Wash Post
Watch – 6 years old and Desegregating a School – Bayete Ross Smith, Logan Jaffee and Samantha Quick / NYT
Rising Star : The Making of Barack Obama
Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama’s formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States—from…
Watch – ‘Marshall’ Brings Thurgood Marshall’s Early Civil Rights Crusade To The Big Screen – Matthew Jacobs / Huff Post
A white cop dies and a young black man spends years in jail for a crime he didn’t do – Colbert King / Wash Post
John Boyega Is in Jeopardy in the Gripping New Trailer for Detroit – Marissa Martinelli / Slate
Melanin Madness! Black Panther Trailer Drops and Folks Lose Their Minds – Angela Helm / The Root
Watch How White Nationalists Are Made And Radicalized – Peter Simi / Huff Post
National Urban League State Of Black America Town Hall Recap – Roland Martin / You Tube
Essay – The Work You Do, The Person You Are – Toni Morrison / The New Yorker
Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur Documentaries Headed to A&E – Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
Watch Wayne Shorter Share Miles Davis’ Wisdom With Jon Batiste – Jon Bilstein / Rolling Stone
Watch the More Realistic More Depressing Alternative Ending of Get Out – Aisha Harris / Slate
African American Government Scientist Crowned Miss USA – Rebecca Shapiro / Huff Post
‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Sequel Gets Vibrant First Trailer – Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
See Big Sean Tackle ‘Hate, Police Brutality’ in Stirring ‘Light’ Video – Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
Book Excerpt : The Battle for the Soul of America Is Being Fought in the States – Rev. Dr. William J. Barber / Bill Moyers
“Strange Victory” :The film acts as a kind of collective psychoanalysis of a segregated and prejudiced nation
Anthony Joshua beats Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley – in pictures – Daffydd Bynon / The Guardian
Watch Obama’s First Post-Presidency Public Appearance – Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone
Watch – The First Trailer for “Dear White People” – Aisha Harris / Slate
DAMN : Kendrick Lamar’s scorcher of a new album is an urgent sermon for a troubling time – Carl Wilson / Slate
Watch – Hip-hop is politics – Carlos Waters / Vox
Watch – A Story of Redemption in Flint, Michigan – Dana Romanoff and Nadine Ajaka / The Atlantic
Watch Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys Honor Tupac With Riveting Medley at Rock Hall – Elias Leight / Rolling Stone
Watch “Rev Dr William J Barber II – When Silence is Not an Option – Riverside Church / You tube
Video Breaks Down Why Machismo Isn’t Synonymous With Latino Men – Carolina Moreno / Huff Post
Watch – New Netflix Film Shows A ‘Real Representation’ Of America’s Housing Projects – Brennan Williams / Huff Post
Watch – John Lewis’s speech against the ‘Trumpcare’ is an instant classic – Clinton Yates / The Undefeated
“The Lost Negroes of North America ” – WVON interviews Ralph L. Crowder III / You Tube
Perri Small from Chicago’s powerhouse WVON interviews Ralph L. Crowder III about his new documentary film, “The Lost Negroes of North America.” The upcoming documentary…
Watch – What Does a Reformed Racist Look Like? – Nadine Ajaka / The Atlantic Video
Scott Shepherd is a former grand dragon of the Klu Klux Klan in Tennessee, but now refers to himself as a reformed racist. Shepherd’s troubled…