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Global Girl Media--Linda Johnson Rice: 50 Years of Beauty

Global Girl Media
Linda Johnson Rice, of the Johnson Publishing Company, discusses the impact of their contribution in transforming the "face" of the fashion and beauty industries. Passionate about empowering the next generation she highlights the value of education, honing your craft and determination.

Left of Black S4:E24: Beyonce, Philly Soul and the Legacy of Amiri Baraka

Left of Black S4:E24:  Beyonce, Philly Soul and the Legacy of Amiri Baraka

In the Left of Black studios at the John Hope Franklin Center, Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined by noted scholar and musician Guthrie Ramsey, Jr. in a discussion about the music of Beyonce, Philly Soul and the legacy of Amiri Baraka. 

Ramsey  is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of several books including the recent The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, JazzHistory, and the Challenge of Bebop .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.
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"Incarcerated Justice": Angela Davis and Nas – Moderated by Dr. James Peterson

Lehigh IMRC
"Incarcerated Justice": Angela Davis and Nas -- Moderated by Dr. James Peterson 3-10-2014 from Lehigh IMRC on Vimeo.

Parenting In The Age Of Apps: Is That iPad Help Or Harm?

The Hip-Hop Fellow Outtakes—9th Wonder on "They Reminisce Over You"

The Hip-Hop Fellow
The Hip-Hop Fellow is a feature length documentary, directed by Kenneth Price, following Grammy Award winning producer 9th Wonder's tenure at Harvard University.

Interviewees include Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Kendrick Lamar, Young Guru, Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Phonte, Dr. Marcyliena Morgan, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Ab-Soul, Rapper Big Pooh & DJ Premier.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.thehiphopfellow.comFOLLOW US www.twitter.com/thehiphopfellow

Before The NBA Was Integrated...

Claude Johnson/Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society

Gallery Opening: You May Sit Beside Me: Visual Narratives of Black Women and Queer Identities [Photography by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn]

Gentrification: Progress Or Destruction? And for Whom?

Gabriel Specter (2010) | photo credits Lauren Besser

Taking Paul Ryan to Task for Description of the 'Inner City" Poor

All In with Chris Hayes
Paul Ryan’s prescription for the poorChris Hayes talks with Imani Perry of Princeton, Sam Seder of “The Majority Report,” and Robert George of the New York Post about what’s behind Paul Ryan’s poverty plan.

'Paycheck to Paycheck': Juggling Work & Single Motherhood On A Shoestring Budget