'In Southern Brazil, the all women's carnival block Cores de Aide is marching for political resistance and in defense of women, who have been particularly under attack during the far-right presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.' -- The Real News Network
'American Jazz pianist Jason Moran , who composed music for the films Selma and 13th , performs "Carolina Shout" LIVE at the Kennedy Center as part of Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration.
'Historians Authors Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross join All Of It with Alison Stewart to discuss their new book , A Black Women's History of the United States .'
'Before Pam Grier , there were no movie stars like Pam Grier. She arrived in Hollywood in the late nineteen-sixties, just before a new genre of film called blaxploitation hit theatres. Outrageous and raunchy, these movies pushed boundaries and drew big audiences—and Pam Grier was one of blaxploitation’s biggest stars. In her titular roles as Coffy and Foxy Brown , Grier invented a character type
'Olympic athletes have, by definition, overcome overwhelming odds. But even among such a class of people, the US fencer Keeth Smart ’s story stands out as extraordinary. He was the worst member of his high-school fencing club – which he joined only thanks to his talented sister (and future Olympian) Erinn – yet he ended up with a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, just four months after h
' Antwaun Sargent , author of The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion , is joined by leading contemporary photographers Deana Lawson and Paul Mpagi Sepuya to explore contemporary approaches to portraying the Black figure in photography.' -- Art Basel
'Over the past decade suicide attempts among Black children rose 92%. The increase includes elementary aged children, some as young as 5 — and experts aren’t entirely sure why. We sat down with two mothers to hear their stories and how their sons’ suicides impacted their lives.' -- AJ+
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) is joined in the studio by Dr. Monika Gosin , an associate professor of sociology at William & Mary. She is the author of The Politics of Racial Division:Interethnic Struggles for
