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Left of Black S10:E9: LaKisha Simmons and Black Girls Studies

by Mark Anthony Neal / 4d

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) is joined in the studio by Dr. LaKisha Simmons (@ProfLSimmons), an associate professor of history and women’s studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Crescent City Girls: The Lives of Young Black Women in Segregated New Orleans (University of North Carolina Press 2015), which won the SAWH Julia Cherry Spruill Prize for best b

What Is The Relationship Between Black Comedy & Activism?: Extra Credit with Dr. Mark Anthony Neal

by Mark Anthony Neal / 4d

In this #ExtraCredit, Mark Anthony Neal , the James B. Duke Professor of African & African American Studies, discusses the legacy of comedian Dick Gregory and the role that standup comedy played in impacting race relations in the United States. Professor Neal teachers the course "Dick Gregory and the History of Black Humor" at Duke University, which is supported by a generous gift from the Estate

"Baldwin's Nigger": A Conversation with James Baldwin and Dick Gregory (1968)

by Mark Anthony Neal / 5d

'A 1969 conversation with writer James Baldwin and humorist Dick Gregory in London about the Black experience in America and how it relates to the Caribbean and Great Britain. Directed by Horace Ové .'

Art & Design in Chicago: The Wall of Respect

55by Mark Anthony Neal / 5d

'It had a short and contentious existence, but the Wall of Respect has an outsize influence and importance. In 1967, a group of African American artists formed the Organization for Black American Culture – OBAC , which sounds like the Yoruba word for chieftain. Inspired by ongoing civil rights struggles and the emergent Black Power movement, the Visual Arts Workshop of OBAC decided to collectivel

FEB 02

Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business

27by Mark Anthony Neal / 6d

'At 93, there’s no stopping when it comes to the legendary artist Betye Saar . A self-proclaimed “recycler,” Ms. Saar has been creating assemblage art for decades. The objects in her work reflect her very personal visions of nature, spirituality and ideas addressing equality and a new kind of African-American representation. By taking a derogatory caricature like Aunt Jemima and outfitting her wi

Black Music Honors: Avery Wilson, Tony Terry and Tevin Campbell Tribute to Freddie Jackson

by Mark Anthony Neal / 6d

' Avery Wilson , Tony Terry and Tevin Campbell join forces to deliver a medley of throwback hits in honor of Black Music Honors Honoree, Freddie Jackson . '

JAN 31

Is D'Angelo's 'Voodoo' The Perfect Album? A Conversation with Questlove and Rick Rubin

by Mark Anthony Neal / 7d

' On the Broken Record Podcast with Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell , Questlove talks about how he got involved with D’Angelo ’s Voodoo record, the process of it, and Rick Rubin shares that it's one of the greatest albums of all 

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