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Terri Lyne Carrington Showcases Women Performers with 'The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul'

The drummer, composer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington's latest album, The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul , is part of her ongoing effort to showcase women in jazz. Collaborators include Lizz Wright, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Nancy Wilson, Lalah Hathaway, Jaguar Wright, Valerie Simpson and others.

Janet Mock on the Origins of #BlackLivesMatter + Its Trans Inclusive Politics

Author and activist Janet Mock discusses role o Black Women in the founding the  #BlackLivesMatter movement--and how it strives to be more inclusive of people who identify as queer and trans. -- +Fusion 

Janet Mock on the Origins of #BlackLivesMatter Its Trans Inclusive Politics

Author and activist Janet Mock discusses role o Black Women in the founding the  #BlackLivesMatter movement--and how it strives to be more inclusive of people who identify as queer and trans. -- +Fusion 

5 Ways America Is Already Socialist

'Socialism, turns out the dirtiest word in U.S. politics is as American as apple pie. From the U.S. labor movement to the New Deal to corporate subsidies, America relies on a healthy dose of socialism."--with @Franifio of AJ+ 

Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice, Mapping a Detroit Story (dir. dream hampton) [Trailer]

Treasure is a documentary that tells the story of Shelley "Treasure" Hilliard, a 19-year-old transgender woman of color from Detroit whose brutal murder was not tried as a hate crime. The documentary, directed by dream hampton, is more than just a film created in honor of Shelley Hilliard's life and her mother Lyniece Nelson's commitment to justice for the trans community."  

Treasure; From Tragedy to Trans Justice, Mapping a Detroit Story (TRAILER) from dream hampton on Vimeo.

"No Sympathy from the Devil"--Visuals + Sonics from Public Enemy (from 'Man Plans God Laughs')

Visuals + Sonics for Public Enemy's "No Sympathy from the Devil" from Man Plans God Laughs .

When Three Young Black Men from Brownsville Share their Fears and Hopes

In this short film for +NPR's Code Switch, three young Black men--two teens and a young adult--share their experiences growing up in Brownsville.

#Culture360: #BlackTwitter + Ta-Nehisi Coates + the New Protest Anthem

In this debut episode of the new series #Culture360 , contributors Natalie Bullock Brown and Mark Anthony Neal talk with Frank Stasio, host of  WUNC's The State of Things about #BlackTwitter, the work of essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates, the new NWA biopic, and the rise of Kendrick Lamar and his new protest anthem, "Alright."

Large Professor: 'We're Living In The World of Hip-Hop'

Iconic Producer Large Professor talks with NPR's Frannie Kelley + Ali Shaheed Muhammad about the New York Scene in the early 1990s and flipping tracks like Lou Donaldson's "Pot Belly" and Donald Byrd's "Think Twice."

"College 101: Reading, Writing, Rape" by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

'Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie is a writer, educator, and performer. She has been a featured speaker at universities, festivals and events throughout Europe and North America. She is the Poetry Editor of the literary magazine African Voices. Her work deals with silence, sexism and racism.'