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House Classics Vol. 4 (1988-1992) by DJ KamauMau

"More house classics from my college days (1988 - 1992). Great memories from this time in my life. My brother, DJ Reese, use to come back to school with new house records from NYC as well as all of these mix tapes - Bobby Konders, DJ Disciple, Berlin Bob, Tony Humphries, John Robinson, David Morales, etc. I hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane." -- DJ KamauMauHouse Classics Vol. 4 by Kamaumau on Mixcloud

Historian Barbara Ransby on Ella Baker & Shirley Chisholm

Dr. Barbara Ransby, Professor of African American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago talks comparisons between Ella Baker and Shirley Chisholm.

'Selma's' Wendell Pierce On Ferguson's Connection To Civil Rights Movement

Huffpost Live Host Marc Lamont Hill talks with actor Wendell Pierce about #Ferguson's connection to the Civil Rights Movement.

KEXP Presents: THEESatisfaction Live In-Studio

THEESatisfaction performs tracks from their new recording EarthEE live in-studio at Seattle's KEXP.

Malcolm X and Black Star Crescent Moon

Sohail Daulatzai, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine talks about Malcolm X's legacy in the Muslim World. Daulatzai is the author of Black Star Crescent Moon: The Muslim International and Black Freedom beyond America .

Left of Black S5:E23: Race, Inequality and Suburban Schooling

Left of Black S5:E23: Race and Suburban Schooling
Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) is joined in-studio by Sociologist R.L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy (@DumiLM), author of Inequality in the Promised Land: Race, Resources, and Suburban Schooling (Stanford University Press, 2014). Neal and Lewis-McCoy have a wide ranging discussion about race and suburban schooling, the racial achievement gap, White social networks and the hoarding of educational resources, and the myth of color-blind instruction.  Lewis-McCoy is Associate Professor of Sociology and Black Studies at The City College of New York (CUNY).
Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University and in conjunction with the Center for Arts, Digital Culture & Entrepreneurship (CADCE).*** Episodes of Left of Black are also available for free download in @ iTunes U***
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Do #BlackLivesMatters for the Black Church? A Panel at The Duke Divinity School

Black Lives Matter - Discussing Race and Anti-Black ViolenceDuke University Divinity School
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 5:30pm
Alumni Memorial Common Room

The Duke Divinity School Office of the Dean and the Office of Black Church Studies will host four guest speakers to continue a discussion of race and anti-black violence.
Guest speakers at "Black Lives Matter - Discussing Race and Anti-Black Violence" will be: the Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, community pastor and activist; Leah Gunning Francis, associate dean for contextual education and assistant professor of Christian education at Eden Theological Seminary; Frank Roberts, a faculty member at New York University; and Brittney Cooper, assistant professor of women's and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University.
J. Kameron Carter, associate professor of theology and black church studies at Duke Divinity School, will respond to the speakers.
No registration is required, and the event is open to the public.

"What Does Revolution Sound Like?": Interview with André Leon Gray

The Nasher Museum presents the fourth in a series of video interviews with artists whose works are part of "Area 919: Artists in the Triangle." Artist André Leon Gray speaks about "What Does Revolution Sound Like?"

103-year-old Amelia Boynton Recalls Selma and Bloody Sunday

103-year-old Amelia Boynton recalls the events of Bloody Sunday. Boynton was portrayed by Lorraine Toussaint in the Academy Award Nominated film Selma.

Complex: You Are Over 50 Times More Likely To Be Killed By A U.S. Cop Than A Terrorist?

Complex report on recent story from The Guardian which highlights that local and state law enforcement agencies in the US underreported more than 500 police killings per year.