Mark Anthony Neal's Blog, page 687

Author Dan Berger Talks 'Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era'

'Dan Berger discusses his book Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Right Era (UNC Press), where  he explains the role that prisoners and prison organizing played in the black liberation movement of the Black Power era. Berger also discusses the impact of mass incarceration on urban communities and the state of the new racial justice movement.' -- +Schomburg Center 

Ta-Nehisi Coates with Khalil Gibran Muhammad: Theft, Atheism, & History

'Recent Macarthur Genius Grant winner Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for “The Atlantic” whose latest book, Between the World and Me, is a nominee for the 2015 National Book Award. Coates sits down with Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of NYPL’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, for a conversation on race, writing, and more.'

Marc Bamuthi Joseph: 'Black Joy in the Hour of Chaos'

Poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph performs his piece 'Black Joy in the Hour of Chaos'-- +TimesTalks 
 

'Ayanda'--A South African Coming-of-Age Story [Trailer]

'After tragedy strikes, a young woman begins a journey of self-discovery as she struggles to save her father’s car repair shop along with her memory of him. AYANDA is a coming-of-age story from writer/director Sara Blecher that takes us into a vibrant Johannesburg community alive with love and humor, risk and reward, tragedy and triumph. This film held its world premiere screening at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival winning the Special Jury Prize in the World Fiction Competition. In U.S. theaters starting November 13, 2015 via ARRAY. '

Sociologist Carla Shedd on Race and the Carceral Continuum

'Columbia University Sociologist  Carla Shedd discusses her work on race and the carceral continuum. This interview is part of the Neil A. Weiner Research Speaker Series which invites prominent researchers to speak about their work on justice issues.' +VeraInstitute 

"Living + Laboring off the Grid": Black Women Prisoners & the Making of the “Modern” South

'Part of the New Directions in Black Feminist Studies lecture, Professor Talitha LeFlouria (Florida Atlantic University), presented the talk  "Living and Laboring off the Grid: Black Women Prisoners and the Making of the “Modern” South, 1865-1920," on February 12, 2015.  In this talk, LeFlouria provided an in-depth examination of the lived and laboring experiences of imprisoned African-American women in the post-Civil War South, and describe how black female convict labor was used to help construct “New South” modernity. LeFlouria is the author of Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South .'-- +UCLA CSW 

#ThinkOutLoud: Panel on the Emerging Black Digital Intelligentsia

'In the New Republic's fall issue, contributing editor and Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson explored how the emerging black intelligentsia is embracing social media and technology to shape American thought. 
On Thursday, October 15, the New Republic brought this conversation to life with a discussion with a bevy of black thinkers, including Dr. Dyson, Ebony senior editor Jamilah Lemieux , Duke professor Mark Anthony Neal , Director of the Schomburg Center Khalil Gibran Muhammad , Assistant Rutgers Professor Brittney Cooper , and Lehigh professor James Braxton Peterson. New Republic Senior Editor and Intersection host Jamil Smith moderated.'

Intersection with Jamil Smith: Janet Mock Contains Multitudes

'On this episode of Intersection, host Jamil Smith and guest Janet Mock discuss everything from black cultural appropriation, to intersectional feminism, to Janet's upcoming wedding.'

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (?); Blues People at 60 with Mark Anthony Neal + Amy Ongiri

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (?) Blues People at 60 with Mark Anthony Neal, cultural critic, professor at Duke University + Amy Abugo Ongiri, Jill Beck Director of Film Studies and Associate Professor of Film Studies at Lawrence University + Session Moderator--Renee Alexander-Craft, Associate. Professor, UNC at Chapel Hill. 
from Amiri Baraka: Meetings and Remarkable Journeys @ the Sonja Haynes Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (September 17-18, 2015).   Amiri Baraka Symposium: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (?) Blues People at 60, w/Mark Anthony Neal, Amy Ongiri from Sonja Haynes Stone Center on Vimeo.
 

Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks with PBS NewsHours's Gwen Ifill about Mass Incarceration

'Ta-Nehisi Coates, newly named MacArthur fellow who has been shortlisted for the National Book Award, speaks to +PBS NewsHour 's Gwen Ifill about his writings on the “gray waste” of mass incarceration and racial inequality, and why he makes the case for reparations for Black Americans.'