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October 28, 2019

Tarana Burke on The Two-Year Anniversary Of #MeToo

'Following the second anniversary of #MeToo, Tarana Burke gets real about the movement and its future.' -- ESSENCE 
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Published on October 28, 2019 19:04

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting on The Other Americans

'Drawn from Bricktop’s Paris and its exploration of Black women expats in Paris, this talk explores the centrality of black women in our cultural imagination, despite their erasure, and Dr. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting’s own attempts to recover them, beginning with the volume, Black Venus. Dr. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University where she directs the Callie House Research Center for the Study of Global Black Cultures and Politics and chairs the Department of African American Studies.' -- Duke Franklin Humanities Institute

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Published on October 28, 2019 18:56

Why Are We Still Struggling with Diversity Today? Pamela Newkirk Discusses Her Book 'Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business'

'Author and Journalist, Pamela Newkirk joins Black America with Carol Jenkins  to discuss her latest book, Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business and takes a look at this issue in corporate America, academia and Hollywood.'
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Published on October 28, 2019 18:50

Pages from Prince's Life

'Begun just months before his death in 2016, a memoir by the legendary singer-songwriter Prince is now being published as The Beautiful Ones. Jamie Yuccas reports on how the manuscript by Prince Rogers Nelson came to light, and talks with editor Dan Piepenbring, who helped Prince tell his story, including how the people in Prince's life made him the artist he was. Yuccas also talks with representatives of Prince's estate about the vault of previously-unreleased music that is now being made public.' -- CBS Sunday Morning 
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Published on October 28, 2019 18:33

Jazz Bassist Esperanza Spalding Talks About Her Album, '12 Little Spells'

'Esperanza Spalding has always resolutely, intuitively, deftly expanded upon both her art and herself as a world-renowned genre-bending composer, bassist and vocalist. Her latest album, 12 Little Spells, explores the healing power of art and how music and the body interact, with each song-spell inspired by a different part of the body. Spalding took the BUILD Series stage to tell us about the LP and play a few songs.'
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Published on October 28, 2019 18:16

"Step Aboard" Performed by Harriet Star Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo, star of the film Harriet, performs "Step Aboard"

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Published on October 28, 2019 17:48

Discrimination in Housing Laws & What Needs to Change

'How does your identity and community impact your ability to find housing? What needs to change to make housing more accessible and limit discrimination in the housing market? Andre Perry, from the Metropolitan Policy Program at The Brookings Institution; Melvina Ford, Executive Director of The Equal Rights Center; Lisa Rice, CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance; and Sarah Mickelson, Senior Director of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, joined Susan Saulny to discuss.'-- AtlanticLIVE
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Published on October 28, 2019 17:35

What's in My Bag: KAYTRANADA

'Hip-hop DJ & Producer KAYTRANADA goes shopping at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles. His latest single 'DYSFUNCTIONAL' is available from XL Recordings.' 
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Published on October 28, 2019 17:18

After Windrush – Paulette Wilson's Visit to Jamaica, 50 years On

"A letter from the British government classifying Paulette Wilson as an illegal immigrant shook her sense of identity and belonging. ‘Hostile environment’ policies years in the making meant that Wilson and other victims of the Windrush scandal had their right to residency in the UK called into question. She had been detained for a week pending imminent deportation though she had done nothing wrong. It was devastating, but luckily she was released before she was deported. Here we follow Wilson as she returns to Jamaica for the first time in 50 years, trying to make sense of her place in the world and rebuild a sense of security and belonging." --  The Guardian 
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Published on October 28, 2019 17:08

October 26, 2019

Dick Gregory and the History of Black Comedy: A Conversation with Bassey Ikpi author 'I’m Telling the Truth but I’m Lying'

Bassey Ikpi, the author of the New York Times bestseller, I’m Telling the Truth but I’m Lying joins Duke Professor Mark Anthony Neal at the North Star Church of The Arts in Durham, NC  as part of the course Dick Gregory and the History of Black Comedy. The course is offered with the support of Dr. Christian C. Gregory, executor of the Estate of Dick Gregory and the Estate of Jenny Lillian Semans Koortbojian.
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Published on October 26, 2019 21:18

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