RTAmerica:Hip-hop artist Immortal Technique is a self-described social guerrilla. Felipe Coronel is the real name of the Peruvian-born, Harlem-raised political activist who raps about politics, relig...
1HoodMedia: At Rebuild Wisconsin, One Hood Media (Jasiri X and Paradise Gray) spoke with Van Jones about why Rebuild the Dream got involved in the Recall of Governor Scott Walker, and what we n...
illdoc1Explaining why Cory Booker, whos usually the smoothest Mayor around, took a major L on Meet The Press last week. For background info see here: http://www.salon.com/2012/05/2 0/cory_booker_surro...
Tendley Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA, January 16, 1984.
OdysseyNetworks:The showcasing of distinctive instruments in a jazz ensemble illustrates how each faith brings a valuable perspective to our common life, says the Rev. Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinit...
Media Portrayals of Black Youths Contribute to Racial Tensionby Joshunda Sanders | Maynard Media CenterMainstream media often portray African-American youths, especially black men and boys, as crimin...
Playing Dead: The Trayvoning Meme & the Mocking of Black Deathby Lisa Guerrero and David J. Leonard | NewBlackManThe more things change, the more they stay the same. While new media and soc...
Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier play two jazz musicians blowing cool on the Left Bank in Martin Ritts Paris Blues (1961)--with Joanne Woodward, Diahann Carroll, Louis Armstrong; Music by Duke Ellingto...
Make Yours A Happy Home -- Gladys Knight & the Pips (produced by Curtis Mayfield)
Lifes Essentials with Ruby DeeA Documentary project in New York, NY by MutaAli Muhammad THE STORYLife’s Essentials with Ruby Dee, a documentary style film about love, art and activism, tells the stor...
From Harvard University Press:In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, pianist Randy Weston and bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik celebrated with song the revolutions spreading across Africa. In Ghana and South Afri...
TEDtalksDirector In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about Americas just...
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative, has won national acclaim for his work challenging bias again...
Eddie Murphys performs stand-up for the first time and talks about the first black president on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1982.
Broadwaycom:As the excitement builds for the 2012 Tony Awards, Broadway.com is presenting a series of exclusive video features in which your favorite nominated stars spill secrets about themselves, t...
A Sunday Classic: Thanking Hal Jacksonby Mark Anthony NealBy the time I first encountered Hal Jacksonin the mid-1980s—regularly tuning into his Sunday Classics broadcast on New York’s 107.5 WBLS-FM—h...
Post-Whiteness by Darnell L. Moore | Huffpost BlackVoicesMany Americans are invested in the idea of a "post-racial" moment -- a moment marked by our purported movement beyond a historical cha...
BEMultiMedia Black Enterprise talks to David Alan Grier about Porgy & Bess on Broadway, on the Our World with Black Enterprise show, with host Marc Lamont Hill.
Patrick Willis Two Dads | Ruth Fremson, NYTimes The Savior Syndrome: Patrick Willis and the Mystique of #WhiteLoveby David J. Leonard | NewBlackManThere is an epidemic of white love in America. ...
About this project SYNOPSISThe Harvard Fellow follows one of hiphops most dynamic artists, 9th Wonder through a year of lecturing and research at Harvard University. While at Harvard, 9th will h...
illdoc1:This is what THEY dont want you to know. An exclusive analysis of the secret letter that was recently revealed here: http://www.hiphopisread.com/20 12/04/secret-meeting-that-chan ged-rap-music....
Taped on Dec 12, 1968
Media Coverage of Reproductive Rights Should Include Women of Colorby Nadra Kareem Nittle | Maynard Media CenterSocial wedge issues such as abortion, birth control and sex education in public schools...
Left of Black S2:E33 | May 21, 2012Race, Writing and the Attack on Black Studies w/ Adam Mansbach & La TaSha Levy on Season Finale of Left of Black Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony...
ANIMALNewYork.com: Jay Smooth helps America adjust to the news that for the first time in history, a majority of American babies born in the last year were minorities.
ESPN Must be High: Drugs & Jim Crow in Sports’ Reportingby David J. Leonard | NewBlackManMy concern and interest in sports often has little to do with sports. While I am clearly a fan, some...
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