'If you’ve been to New York, you’ve probably visited Central Park. But there’s a part of its story you won't see. It’s a story that goes back to the 1820s, when that part of New York was largely open countryside. Soon it became home to about 1,600 people. Among them was a predominantly Black community that bought up affordable plots to build homes, churches and a school. It became known as Seneca
'NPR's Scott Simon speaks to ESPN senior writer — and regular Weekend Edition contributor — Howard Bryant about his new book, Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field.'
' Chris Campbell , host of WDET's The Progressive Underground , walks NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro through the history and sound of deep house music.' -- Weekend Edition Sunday
'Because he played alto in the style of Charlie Parker , whose nickname was Bird, and because he's small in stature, Jimmy Heath (1926-2020) became known as "Little Bird". When he left Dizzy's band, he switched to tenor saxophone. "I wanted to get away from being called Little Bird," Heath says in this 2014 interview, "I liked the idea at first, but I wanted to be Jimmy Heath. So, I say, 'Well, I
' Otobong Nkanga reflects on the politics of land and body through tapestry, drawing, photography, installation, video and performance. Her work engages with the difficult histories of land acquisition and ownership, as well as the processes and consequences of the extraction of natural resources. This ongoing exploration into the transformation of minerals into desirable commodities - including
'Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas taught in public schools for several years after graduating from Florida A&M, a historically Black university in Tallahassee, Florida. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2010, she returned to her master's degree institution, Wayne State University, as an assistant professor of Reading, Language, and Literature in t
On this episode of #BackChannel, State of Things host Frank Stasio is joined by regular contributors Natalie Bullock Brown and Mark Anthony Neal to discuss the impact of Lizzo, the late Nipsey Hussle’s reading list, as well as HBO’s The Watchman , EPIX’s The Godfather of Harlem and the new film Atlantics , directed by Mati Diop.
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) is joined in the studio by Dr. Peter Cole ( @ ProfPeterCole ), an assistant professor in the Department of History at Western Illinois University. His latest book Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area (University of Illinois Press 2018), won the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award in 2019 awarded by the L
