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'Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story' Official Trailer | Paramount Network

'Helmed by executive producer Shawn Carter, Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story examines the life and legacy of Trayvon Martin. The six-part, unscripted documentary series looks at one of the most talked-about and controversial events of the last decade, including the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement that grew after Trayvon's death.'

Imani Perry on The South’s Changing Political Landscape

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama 1956, by Gordon Parks © The Gordon Parks Foundation  'Imani Perry discusses her recent piece in Harper’s Magazine, “Letter from Alabama: As Goes the South, so Goes the Nation.” Perry, a professor of African-American Studies at Princeton, finds that for every Roy Moore there is a Doug Jones or a Randall Woodfin, the progressive mayor of Birmingham. While much can be said about the South’s shortcomings, Perry also argues that "the South is disaster and it is also miracle." This segment is guest hosted by DW Gibson.' -- Midday on WNYC
         
        

W. Kamau Bell Talks 'Private School Negro'

'Emmy Award-winning socio-political comedian  W. Kamau Bell  discusses his debut Netflix special, W. Kamau Bell: Private School Negro, available for streaming globally on June 26, 2018. Bell offers keen commentary on the current presidential administration, racism in America, parenting, and what it would be like if Michelle Obama still had a role in the White House. This segment is guest hosted by DW Gibson.' -- Midday on WNYC
         
        

Economist Rob Larson on Capitalism, Freedom and the Large Gap Between Those Two Things

'Economist Rob Larson explores the tensions between capital, power and freedom in a globalized economy, and explains why conservatism's most influential libertarian economists mostly looked the other way as concentrated wealth and consolidated power arose from their own deeply flawed ideas. Lawson is author of Capitalism vs. Freedom: The Toll Road to Serfdom from Zero Books' -- This is Hell! 

Afrofuturism: 3 Women you Need to Know

'From Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time to Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu, Afrofuturism is gaining popularity. Filmmaker and author Ytasha Womack more defines Afrofuturism as "the intersection between black culture, technology, liberation and the imagination, with some mysticism thrown in, too," On this episode of Making Contact, authors Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, and Jewelle Gomez discuss the role of history and politics in their work. They also talk about the monsters that haunt their stories and the importance of imaging the future.' -- Making Contact 

Charles White: A Retrospective

'This exhibition—the first major retrospective of Charles White’s work in more than 35 years—showcases an accomplished artist whose work continues to resonate amid today’s national dialogues about race, work, equality and history. Charles White: A Retrospective unites a selection of White’s finest paintings, drawings, and prints, presenting the full breadth of his work and demonstrating his artistic development. The themes he explored—African American history and the fight for freedom, the nobility of black people, and the dignity of labor and human nature—reveal his talent and passion, and encourage viewers to consider current questions of history, politics, and identity in relation to the recent past.' -- The Art Institute of Chicago 

Black America: A Conversation with NYS NAACP President Dr. Hazel N. Dukes

'The NAACP was founded in February 12, 1909 and is the nation’s oldest, largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization. Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, President of the NAACP New York State Conference and a member of the NAACP National Board of Directors discusses many of the issues we are facing in the black community, the role women play in politics and the Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum in Montgomery.' -- cunytv75

A Cup of Technology: Mark Anthony Neal on the Cultural Expectations of Black Men & the importance of Mentoring

Rochelle Newton, host of A Cup of Technology, talks with Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal about the cultural expectations of Black men, the influential mentors in his life and why he launched the video podcast Left of Black .

From The Atlantic Archive -- Why the Black Ghetto Is Angry with Stokely Carmichael & Charles Hamilton

'In 1967, Stokely Carmichael and Charles Hamilton wrote an article in The Atlantic that traced the root of the frustration present in African-American ghettos to decades of systemic injustice. Today, over 65 percent of black people live in urban America, and that discontent has far from subsided. “In order to understand the black ghetto—both its great problems and its capacity to become a key political force in urban America—we should take a brief look at the history of black migration to the North,” wrote Carmichael and Hamilton. An excerpt of their article has been animated in the video above.' -- The Atlantic

Justin Simien on Polarization of Modern Culture: "We're Capable of Seeing Gray"

'Justin Simien (Dear White People) joins Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter for this season's Comedy Showrunners Roundtable. He talks about his job as a storyteller to talk about the human condition and how it's changed in recent years. "We're being really conditioned to think of things in very black and white terms," Simien said of the current political climate.' -- The Hollywood Reporter