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
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
'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
'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
' 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 . '
' 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
