'Left of Black' Marks the 45th Anniversary of the Founding of The Black Panther Party with Author and Professor Alondra Nelson

Left of Black Marks the 45thAnniversary of the Founding of The Black Panther Party with Author andProfessor Alondra Nelson
AlondraNelson,Associate Professor of Sociology at ColumbiaUniversity and author of Body andSoul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discriminationjoins host Mark Anthony Neal on theOctober 24th episode of Leftof Black. On the episode, Nelson reveals the historical relationshipbetween the Black Panther Party and medicine.  Nelson reminds audiences ofthe real danger Civil Rights activists faced while marching and sitting-in, andhow issues of healthcare were of practical concern given the threats ofviolence.  Nelson highlights the how the work of the Black Panther Partycontinues to inform community medicine movements.Neal is also joined by Jonathan Gayles,professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University and writer,director, and producer of the film WhiteScripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in American Comic Books.Gayles discusses reaction to his movie, which won best documentary feature atthe 2010 Urban Media Makers Film Festival and remembers the impact of the lateDwayne McDuffie founder of Milestone Media. Neal and Gayles also discuss BlackEntertainment Television's ill-fated attempt to bring the animated series Black Panther to television.
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Leftof Black airs at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Mondays on Duke's Ustream channel: ustream.tv/dukeuniversity.Viewers are invited to participate in a Twitter conversation with Neal andfeatured guests while the show airs using hash tags #LeftofBlack or#dukelive. 
Left of Black is recorded and produced at the John Hope Franklin Center of International and InterdisciplinaryStudies at Duke University.
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FollowLeft of Black on Twitter: @LeftofBlackFollowMark Anthony Neal on Twitter: @NewBlackManFollowAlondra Nelson: @AlondraFollowJonathan Gayles: @JonathanGayles
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