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Interview with Ramses Ja and Quinton Ward: 'White Lives Matter' Trademark

'In acquiring the "White Lives Matter" trademark out from underneath Ye (the controversial rapper formerly known as Kanye West), @civiccipher podcast hosts Ramses Ja and Quinton Ward adopted an organizing strategy that aims to beat right-wing conservatives at their own game. @RamsesJa and @iamqward explain in this conversation with The Emancipator’s co-editor in chief, Deborah D. Douglas, they explain.'

Young, Gifted, and Black: Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton on the Life and Short Stories of Diane Oliver

'On this episode Nine of Ursa Short Fiction, Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton kick off a two-part book club discussion on the life and work of Diane Oliver, who published six short stories before her life was tragically cut short in May 1966 at the age of 22. Oliver was just a month away from graduating from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop when she was killed in a motorcycle accident in Iowa City, Iowa. Philyaw and Walton first discovered Oliver’s stories from writer Michael A. Gonzales, who wrote an essay about Oliver for The Bitter Southerner.'

'Chokepoint Capitalism': How to Take Back the Arts from Big Tech | Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow

'TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez joins Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow for the launch of their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back. This event was hosted by The Peale Museum in Baltimore.'

Race in America: Wendell Pierce on How Race Reinterprets 'Death of a Salesman'

“That’s what the interpretation does. It heightens the very conflicts that Arthur Miller was pointing out. The humiliation of Willy Loman in that scene is heightened to an nth degree because here is this Black man in 1949, subscribed to a position of subservience to his boss, who he remembered as a child…who now has complete authority over him and controls his entire existence…A play that was written 70 years ago, that's speaking to us today as if it was written just last week, it should give us a sense of shame as an American culture. That we cannot evolve away from the original American sin." -- Wendell Pierce on Washington Post Live

Tressie McMillan Cottom: Why Black People Are the Most Future People She Knows

'In this episode of Twitterverse, Gabe Hudson sits down with Gen X icon and University of North Carolina professor and MacArthur Genius Award winner, Tressie McMillan Cottom. Tressie is a renowned sociologist and the author of several award-winning books, including Thick and Other Essays. This interview feels personal for Tressie and Gabe: because they both grew up in North Carolina at the same time and were shaped by many of the same cultural forces. We learn how the strong and creative and playful Black women in Tressie’s family helped shape her. Tressie talks about how her mother was a member of the Black Panthers in college. And how Tressie’s mother’s comrades from the Black Panthers and their stories are present and very alive in Tressie’s life today.'

Questlove Supreme Podcast: Organized Noize Explain Why The Dungeon Family Should Have Done What Wu-Tang Clan Did

Organized Noize Explain Why The Dungeon Family Should Have Done What Wu-Tang Clan Did.

Tyler Perry & Chinonye Chukwu | Directors on Directors

'While Chinonye Chukwu was filming Till — which tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice following the lynching of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till — she spotted someone she didn’t recognize visiting with the film’s producer and star Whoopi Goldberg on the Atlanta set. “I see this tall man. I was like, ‘Who is this?’” Chukwu recalls. The mysterious visitor was Tyler Perry.'

no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria

'no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria was organized to coincide with the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria—a high-end Category 4 storm that hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. The exhibition explores how artists have responded to the transformative years since that event by bringing together more than fifty artworks made over the last five years by an intergenerational group of more than fifteen artists from Puerto Rico and the diaspora.'

Billy Porter’s Path and Marian Anderson’s Legacy | Notes from America with Kai Wright

'Notes from American host Kai Wright talks with the Tony and Grammy award-winning performer Billy Porter about his journey finding meaningful spaces as a Black queer person. Kai also talks to Terrance McKnight, host for WQXR, about the life of Black classical music star Marian Anderson.'

Left of Black S13 · E11 | The Dean of Duke University Chapel Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery on Becoming Human

What does it mean to "become human"? Or to humanize one another instead of racializing one another, which has become so entwined with how we perceive and engage with other people in this American society? In this episode of Left of Black, host and Duke University Professor Dr. Mark Anthony Neal is joined by the Duke University Chapel's first Black dean, the preeminent Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery as he discusses his latest book, Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race (Westminster John Knox Press).