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William C. Rhoden & Christine Brennan Address Donald Sterling Case

David Ikard & Martell Teasley Discuss 'Nation of Cowards: Black Activism in Barack Obama's Post Racial America

C-Span
David Ikard and Martell Teasley discuss the election of the first African American President of the United States, the expectations and delusions of his African American Supporters.

Off the Wall: Sculptor Alice Aycock

Life + Times
Sculptor Alice Aycock has a storied history of public installations--her work is permanently on exhibit at public sites such as JFK and Dulles airports, as well as the MoMA and Whitney Museum--and this spring, her latest endeavor, Park Avenue Paper Chase, sits along a five-block stretch of Park Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. Comprised of painted aluminum and fiberglass, the massive assemblages are reminiscent of the beauty and chaos of waves and wind, a visual metaphor for New York City itself. 

Here, Life + Times presents an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look of the installation of Park Avenue Paper Chase and sits with Alice as she reveals the immediate and long-held inspirations behind the structures.
Directed and Edited by David Raboy for Scheme EngineProduced by Devin Chanda for Scheme EngineCinematography by David Raboy and Daniel DewesMusic by Lucas EllmanColor-Correction by Thomas StiglerMotion Graphics by Sean Ferguson

Debbie Allen On 'Fame,' Stage And Men In Tights

'Left of Black' Preview: Finding Creative Tools to Reach Black Girls

The Root

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal speaks to Ruth Nicole Brown about her new book,Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood. Brown is an assistant professor in the departments of gender and women’s studies and African studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Jim Crow Wisdom: A Conversation with Jonathan Scott Holloway and Mark Anthony Neal

Forum for Publics & Scholars
At Durham's Hayti Heritage Center, Jonathan Scott Holloway and Mark Anthony Neal held a discussion on Holloway's book, Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory & Identity in Black America since 1940. In an engaging and enlightening conversation, they discussed Holloway's book and also shared their own experiences and stories. 

In Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory & Identity in Black America since 1940, Yale University historian Jonathan Scott Holloway weaves intimate personal and family memories into his analysis of broad social, cultural, and political phenomena, bringing readers along with him to explore race memory from the beginning of the modern civil rights era to the present. 
The event was sponsored by Duke University's Forum for Scholars and Publics and the Durham County Library.

Nigerian Activist Chooses Exile Over Life In The Closet

Jim Crow in the Classroom: New Report Finds Segregation Lives on in U.S. Schools

Democracy NowAn explosive new report in ProPublica finds school integration never fully occurred, and in recent decades may have even been reversed. We are joined by Nikole Hannah-Jones, whose article "The Resegregation of America's Schools," is the latest in the ProPublica series, "Segregation Now: Investigating America's Racial Divide." 

HBO's Amazon Deal: How Bad for Netflix?

WSJDigitalNetwork
HBO will soon bring a back catalog of old shows to Amazon Prime. But one company who's not please is Netflix. Bob O'Donnell, founder of TECHnalysis, puts the deal into context on the News Hub. 

#EpicFail: NYPD Twitter Campaign Goes Horribly Wrong

RT America
The New York Police Department is the latest organization to learn not to mess with the internet. In an attempt to engage with the city's residents, the department asked Twitter users to share positive stories and pictures of their interactions with police officers using the hashtag #myNYPD. Twitter users had other intentions, however, and the social media service was quickly flooded with photos of police brutality accompanied by the hashtag. RT's Ameera David takes a look at some of the more popular tweets.