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Intersection: Tamir Rice Has Been Dead For a Year

Intersection host Jamil Smith looks back at the police killing of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy in his hometown, Cleveland.  

Angela Bassett on Becoming a Video Game Star and Spike Lee's Chiraq

'Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett talks to the Wall Street Journal's Lee Hawkins about appearing in the new Rainbow Six Siege video game, her upcoming role Chiraq and other projects.'
 

Toni Morrison Talks with Hilton Als About Her Father

'Author Toni Morrison talks with The New Yorker's Hilton Als about the influence her father had on her while she was growing up.'

"The NY Times does not look like America"--Executive Editor Dean Baquet on Need for More Diversity

'Executive editor of The New York Times, Dean Baquet, makes a compelling argument for greater diversity in the newsroom.' -- +Charlie Rose  

"I Like It Like This": Drake Curates Art + Music Exhibition at Sotheby's S|2

'S|2, the gallery arm of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department, collaborates with Grammy award-winning artist Drake to amplify the relationship between art and music with its latest selling exhibition, I Like It Like This. The exhibition pushes sensory boundaries by combining 70 years of influential Contemporary Black American Art with Drake’s curated song selections, playing through Beats by Dr. Dre Pro.'-- SothebysTV

The Fire This Time: Jesse Williams on America and “Post-Racism”

'The actor and activist Jesse Williams talks about absolution and forgiveness in the context of black and white America.' -- +The New Yorker 

#SongsWeLove--J-Live: "Ya Momma So Black"

'With the first track released off his new album, How Much Is Water, the indie hip-hop veteran, J-Live (born: Jean-Jacques Cadet) tackles the topic of self-hate and the "ya momma so black" snap, turning the concept on its head.' -- +NPR Music 

Black is Global Presents talkin' BLACK(ness) | avery r. young | Episode Two

talkin' BLACK(ness): a new series of shorts films about the global black experience. Episode Two features artist avery r. young .

Evoking the Mulatto: Beautiful Black Family [Episode Three]

'Created by Lindsay C. Harris, Evoking the Mulatto is a transmedia project exploring black mixed identity in the 21st century, through the lens of the history of racial classification in the United States.' -- +NBPC  

Lorna Simpson Keynote Address: The Intellectual Legacies of John Hope Franklin

Noted artist Lorna Simpson offers a keynote address to Global Slaveries | Impossible Freedoms: The Intellectual Legacies of John Hope Franklin at Duke University. Simpson is introduced by artist Beverly McIver.