“I Wonder When I Die Will He Give Me Receipts?”: A Review of Marcus J. Moore’s 'The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America'by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
“I Wonder When I Die Will He Give Me Receipts?”: A Review of Marcus J. Moore’s The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America by Tyler Bunzey | @T_Bunzey | NewBlackMan (in Exile) When it was announced that MF DOOM, the mysterious masked hip-hop wordsmith, passed earlier this year, the hip-hop community had to mourn a figure who many never knew at all. The December 31 s
Are People Still Turning to Anti-Racist Books?by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
'From Dr. Ibram X Kendi ’s How to Be an Antiracist to Robin DiAngelo ’s White Fragility to Ijeoma Oluo ’s So You Want to Talk About Race? , books about racism and antiracism flew off the shelves at libraries and bookstores across the U.S.—as many white people started grappling with the country’s history of systemic racism, some for the first time. Now, more than six months later, have people actu
Historian Tyler Stovall Discusses His New Book: 'White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea'by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
'NPR's Noel King talks to Tyler Stovall about his book: White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea. It traces the complex relationship between freedom and race starting in the eighteenth century.'
Black Art In America: A Conversation with Soledad O’Brienby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
' Black Art In America's Monda Raquel Webb interviews award-winning journalist, speaker, author, philanthropist, and art lover, Soledad O’Brien , who anchors and produces the Hearst Television political magazine program Matter of Fact with Soledad . She is founder and CEO of Soledad O’Brien Productions, reports for HBO Real Sports and the PBS NewsHour, and has authored two books. O’Brien has anch
Combating Implicit Bias in Law Enforcementby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
'Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol building, vandalized it and fought with law enforcement. At least one Capitol Hill police officer died and dozens more were hurt. Many watching the news coverage noted the stark difference in preparedness and response against those rioters and the Black Lives Matter protests last year. Dr. Rashawn Ray is a sociologist and a Brookings Institute David Rub
Annual Rothschild Lecture: Ebony G. Patterson with Richard J. Powellby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
'For the 2020 Annual Rothschild Lecture artist Ebony G. Patterson talks with noted Art Historian Richard J. Powell . Patterson’s first major museum survey …while the dew is still on the roses… opened at the Pérez Art Museum Miami in 2018, toured to the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, and then to the NasherMuseum in 2020. Richard J. Powell is the John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of A
Daphne Brooks on 'Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound' with Farah Jasmine Griffin and Gayle Waldby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
' Daphne A. Brooks in conversation with Farah Jasmine Griffin and Gayle Wald about her new book Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound (Harvard University Press). Liner Notes for the Revolution explores more than a century of music archives in an effort to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have shaped and determined ideas about and perceptio
Between the Lines: Salamishah Tillet - In Search of The Color Purpleby Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
'Published in 1982, the ground breaking novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker went on to win the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. The story's portrayal of African American women living in rural Georgia in the early twentieth century sparked celebratory and contentious conversations around race and gender, that still continue today. In the latest work by sc
Ryan Michelle Bathé on the Craft of Acting and Her Foray Into Productionby Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
'“Curiosity, I do think, is the fertile ground in which chemistry grows. So I get really curious about my costars." Watch Sylvie's Love actor, Ryan Michelle Bathé talk about building chemistry on screen and her transition into production, all while juggling... life. '-- The Root
Left of Black S11 · E11 | Black Girl Magic in Young Adult Speculative Fiction with Ebony Elizabeth Thomasby Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
Who were your favorite fictional characters growing up and how were the boundaries of your imagination set as a child? Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas joined Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal to delve into the booming field of young adult speculative fiction and how Black characters have been written into contemporary literature through her new book, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination fro
Pharoahe Monch's TH1RT3EN: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert24by Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
'TH1RT3EN, an irreverent and inflammatory new trio conceived by hip-hop star and lyrical savage Pharoahe Monch , has been in the works for five years. Co-conspirators include Daru Jones , a monster on the drums best known for his work with Jack White , and guitar mercenary Marcus Machado . Both the moniker and supergroup were born out of a frustration with the veneer of American society that unde
The Tight Rope: Rev. Dr. William Barber – “America May Very Well Go to Hell"by Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
On this episode of The Tight Rope , hosts Cornel West and Tricia Rose discuss the state of America with guest Rev. Dr. William Barber .
Simon & Schuster's Books Like Us: Tracy Deonnby Mark Anthony Neal / 4d
'Author Tracy Deonn 's first encounter with a book that looked like her came in college, with Paul Beatty's The White Boy Shuffle . The LEGENDBORN author describes how the book's ability to float between prose and verse helped her envision herself as a writer in a way that she wasn't able to before.'
Many Lumens with Maori Karmael Holmes: Jason Reynoldsby Mark Anthony Neal / 4d
' Many Lumens host Maori Karmael Holmes is joined by writer and poet Jason Reynolds , who posits literature as a form of radical world-making. They talk about kindred experiences in the late 1990s D.C. spoken word scene, hippie parents, his love of Queen Latifah and more.'
Wendell Pierce On Parenting, The Pandemic And Reckoning With The Pastby Mark Anthony Neal / 4d
' Wendell Pierce stars in a new production of Some Old Black Man. In the the play by James Anthony Tyler , Pierce plays a college professor who moves his elderly father into his New York City apartment. His father, played by Charlie Robinson of Night Court fame, was a taxi driver in Mississippi. It's "the classic confrontation of father and son," says Pierce. Aspects of the story hit close to hom
Black Frame: New Voices of Documentary with Garrett Bradley, Darius Clark Monroe, RaMell Rossby Mark Anthony Neal / 4d
Filmmakers Garrett Bradley (TIME), Darius Clark Monroe (EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL) and Academy Award nominee RaMell Ross (HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING), join Duke Professor Mark Anthony Neal in conversation about how they are moving the documentary form forward using new approaches, cinematic languages, and theory in their recent work. The Conversation is part of the series Black Frame: N
Dr. Kelli Morgan on Alain Locke’s Seminal Text 'The New Negro'by Mark Anthony Neal / 4d
'Dr. Kelli Morgan discusses Alain Locke’s seminal text The New Negro and it’s connections to African American Art History.' -- Black Art In America
Jazmine Sullivan On 'Heaux Tales,' Dirty Laundry And The Value Of Taking Breaksby Mark Anthony Neal / 5d
' Jazmine Sullivan artist speaks with All Things Considered 's Michel Martin about her acclaimed, ambitious new album and why she wanted to bring the conversations women have amongst themselves to light.'
Nadia Owusu Examines Her Ghanaian-Armenian Identity In 'Aftershocks'by Mark Anthony Neal / 5d
'NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Nadia Owusu about her memoir, Aftershocks. Aftershocks is a memoir of a tough, interesting, multinational, multiracial upbringing and adulthood that ranges around the world, from Rome to Kampala to New York and dozens of stops in between. It's the first book from Owusu, a writer and urban planner, who joins Weekend Edition Saturday from Brooklyn.'
Director Yoruba Richen on 'How It Feels To Be Free'by Mark Anthony Neal / 7d
'Director Yoruba Richen joins us to discuss her new documentary for PBS American Masters titled, " How It Feels To Be Free ." Based on the book How It Feels To Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement by Ruth Feldstein , the documentary follows the career trajectories of six iconic Black female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln , Nina Simone , Diahann Carroll , Cicel
