Mark Anthony Neal's Blog, page 326

Behind the Runway with Kianga Milele and Farai Simoyi

'Designers Kianga Milele and Farai Simoyi discuss the importance of being visible as a female and minority in the fashion industry. Both with their own fashion lines, they share their experience on Netflix's Next in Fashion, how designing for major celebrities in urban wear helped push their careers and the responsibility of sharing what you know with those to follow. Featuring guest host, Abi Ishola.'  -- cunytv75
 

The Dish: African American History Captured in Toni Tipton's cookbook, 'Jubilee'

'A special edition of The Dish looks back at a culinary event held at New York's Gramercy Tavern -- Chef Toni Tipton offered guests a taste of African American culinary history with a Jubilee, featuring recipes from her cookbook, Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook, that includes foods that have been centuries in the making. Tipton speaks to Michelle Miller about African American history through the lens of flavorful, unique cuisine.' -- CBS This Morning
 

A Little Girl Didn't Like Her 'Bedtime Bonnet,' So Mom Wrote A Book To Help

'When Nancy Redd's daughter was three years old, she started wearing a bonnet to bed. It's a "ubiquitous black experience that I grew up with, my mom grew up with, all my friends grew up with," Redd says — and yet it's one that she felt ashamed of as a kid. "If the doorbell rang, I would immediately take it off — I didn't want anybody to know it existed," she recalls. "I didn't want my daughter growing up with that same shame." But Redd couldn't find a book that celebrated black nighttime hair routines, so she wrote it herself. In Bedtime Bonnet, a little girl enlists her whole family to help her find her lost bonnet before she goes to sleep.' -- Weekend Edition Sunday

Ronnie Dyson: A Transitional Soul Figure Lost To Time

'For One-Hit Wonders/Second-Best Songs, Mark Anthony Neal recommends Ronnie Dyson's "Ain't Nothing Wrong." He's known mostly for 1970's "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?"'

Unladylike2020: Meta Warrick Fuller: Trailblazing African American Artist

'Meta Warrick Fuller's artwork celebrated African American heritage and cultural identity, and resisted stereotypical representations in her depictions of the Black body.' -- American Masters PBS
 

Brittany Packnett Cunningham on Activism in Crisis

'Rebecca Carroll talks to activist and organizer Brittany Packnett Cunningham on the small and big ways we can live in community during the coronavirus pandemic -- even though we’re forced to be apart. From how we shop at the grocery store to how our elected leaders can ensure a fair vote in the fall, Brittany lays out just what it’s going to take to get through this: “If we have the power to share things that can harm us, then we have the power to share things that can heal us too.”-- Come Through with Rebecca Carroll

Behind The Beats: DJ Premier's Sonic Inspiration In Three Samples

'DJ Premier is a purist at heart. He picks samples based on feeling, and the beats he creates from them are all about honoring that vibe. That lineage has played out from his parents record collection growing up in Houston to his own expansive discography over the last 30 years.' 

'We Were Curiosities': One Of 'The Last Negroes At Harvard' Shares His Story

'In 1959, Kent Garrett was one of 18 Black students accepted into a freshman class of more than 1,000. It was an early form of affirmative action, and he chronicles his time on campus in a new book, The Last Negroes At Harvard.' -- All Things Considered

Puerto Rico, Island Of Racial Harmony?

'Many Puerto Ricans grow up being taught that they're a mixture of three races: Black, White and Indigenous. But on the U.S. census, a majority of Puerto Ricans choose "White" as their only race. On this episode, of Code Switch the host look into why that is, and the group of people trying to change it.'

Modern Malian Singer Fatoumata Diawara Respects Her Roots

'Malian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Fatoumata Diawara is a multiple Grammy Award nominee, currently living in Paris. "Fatou" Diawara has become an enthusiastic collaborator - with musicians from other African countries - Cheikh Lô, AfroCubism, and Orchestra Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - as well as rock stars like Damon Albarn and Flea and traditional players from Cuba and Brittany. She has also worked as a social activist, campaigning against the trafficking and sale of black migrants in Libyan slave markets.' -- New Sounds