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Seun Kuti Furthers His Father's Message On 'Black Times'

' Seun Kuti was just 14 when he became the lead singer of Egypt 80 — the Nigerian band that had carried the infectious groove of Afrobeat worldwide under the direction of Seun's father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The musician says keeping the band together after Fela's death in 1997 was a way of sustaining his message — which often included railing against government corruption and social injustice.' -- NPR

The Open Mind: Automating Inequality with Virginia Eubanks

Alexander Heffner, host of The Open Mind is joined by University of Albany political scientist Virginia Eubanks, who discusses her new book Automating Inequality: How High Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. -- CUNY-TV

The Brian Lehrer Show Live: The Making of a Black Feminist with Brittney Cooper

'Writer Brittney Cooper examines how anger has fueled her development as a feminist in her new book, Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. Cooper is professor of women's and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University, a columnist at Cosmopolitan magazine and co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective.'

Face the Racist Nation -- An Investigation into the Media's Coverage of White Supremacist Groups

'For the past year, Lois Beckett [@loisbeckett], senior reporter at The Guardian US, has been showing up at white nationalist rallies, taking their pictures, writing down what they say. And she finds herself thinking: How did we get here? How did her beat as a political reporter come to include interviewing Nazis? And what are the consequences of giving these groups this much coverage? In this week's program — the culmination of a months-long collaboration between On the Media and The Guardian US — a deep dive into what the news media often get wrong about white supremacists, and what those errors expose about the broader challenge of confronting racism in America.' 

Left of Black S8:E13: Remaking Black Power -- How Black Women Transform an Era with Ashley Farmer

Left of Black S8:E13:   Remaking Black Power -- How Black Women Transform an Era
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the Left of Black studio by  Ashley D. Farmer, Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies at Boston University. Professor Farmer is author of Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transform an Era (UNC Press).


Left of Black is hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced by Catherine Angst of the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University and in collaboration with the Center for Arts + Digital Culture + Entrepreneurship (CADCE) and the Duke Council on Race + Ethnicity (DCORE). 
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#BackChannel: The Rise Of The Black Superhero, The Obama Portraits, And Why HBCUs Still Matter

State of Things Host Frank Stasio talks with Mark Anthony Neal and Natalie Bullock Brown about Black Panther in this latest installment of #BackChannel. They also discuss the new CW series Black Lightning, which is based on the DC Comics character who first appeared in 1977. Plus, the presidential portraits of Michelle and Barack Obama could not be more different from the portraits that came before them. What is the significance of the artists whom the Obamas chose? And a new documentary on PBS looks at the history and lasting impact of historically black colleges and universities. Stanley Nelson’s Tell Them We Are Rising makes a case for why HBCUs still matter.
This conversation is part of the ongoing series #BackChannel, which connects culture and context with contributors Natalie Bullock Brown, professor of film and broadcast media at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, and Mark Anthony Neal, chair of the department of African and African American studies at Duke University in Durham.

Visuals + Sounds: Talib Kweli "Radio Silence" feat. Amber Coffman & Myka 9

Visuals and sounds from Talib Kweli's "Radio Silence"  featuring Amber Coffman & Myka 9 Produced by Mr. Carmack & Abjo. Written, filmed and edited by Trapsolutely.

Pharoahe Monch and Mark Anthony Neal Talk Hip-Hop, Black Men, and Mental Health

"In this wide-ranging talk, acclaimed Queens-based hip-hop artist Pharoahe Monch discusses his career, musical influences, and struggle with depression — a theme whose broader social and political implications he explored on his 2014 concept album, PTSD. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor and Chair of African and African American Studies at Duke University, moderated the discussion. The event was part of the Arts & Context: Conversations With Artists and Scholars speaker series co-sponsored by Duke Performances and the Forum for Scholars and Publics.' 

Left of Black S8:E12: When Black Professional Women Redefine Marriage, Motherhood, and Community

Left of Black S8:E12:  When Black Professional Women Redefine Marriage, Motherhood, and Community

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the Left of Black studio by Riché J. Daniel Barnes, Dean of Pierson College at Yale University and Professor of Anthropology. Dr. Barnes is the author of Raising the Race: Black Career Women Redefine Marriage, Motherhood, and Community (Rutgers University Press), Winner of the 2017 Race, Gender, and Class Section Book Award from the American Sociological Association.

Left of Black is hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced by Catherine Angst of the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University and in collaboration with the Center for Arts + Digital Culture + Entrepreneurship (CADCE) and the Duke Council on Race + Ethnicity (DCORE).
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Women and The Work of Building of Black Nationalism: A Conversation with Historian Keisha N. Blain

'Historian Keisha N. Blain examines the work of women in the Black nationalist movement of the early 20th century - as architects of a global, diasporic vision of Black identity, and organizers of a complex, sometimes contradictory, mass movement that shaped the course of modern Black liberation and feminist politics today. Blain is author of Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom from University of Pennsylvania Press.'