Picking up where The Slap left off, Black Film archivist and historian CHARLES WOODS (a.k.a. The Professor) explores the Real Reason behind Blaxploitation's rise as a film genre and its sociop...
178 viewsPamela Grier is an American actress. Grier became known in the early 1970s for starring in a string of women in prison and blaxploitation films such as The Big Bird Cage (1972), Coffy (1973), Foxy Bro...
506 viewsOn June 19, Governance Studies at Brookings hosted an event to discuss the breadth, frequency, and historical significance of Black Lives Matter protests. https://www.brookings.edu/events/black-liv...
490 viewsA perfect storm of deportations and pop culture created a violent U.S. inspired gang culture, and Belize is reeling from a spate of recent killings. Read more about this here: https://bit.ly/3elWVa...
552 viewsAdam Clayton Powell, Jr. (November 29, 1908 -- April 4, 1972) was an American politician and pastor who represented Harlem, New York City, in the United States House of Representatives (1945--71). Abo...
1,035 viewsMyrlie Evers, Medgar's widow and chair of the Medgar; Myrlie Evers Institute, heads a panel that also includes Julian Bond, former chairman of the NAACP, and Jerry Mitchell, an investigative reporter ...
1,082 viewsHAPI Talks with Shahrazad Ali about feminism and the plot to destroy the Black Family. Please visit www.hapifilm.com to get a copy of the Groundbreaking documentary film HAPI and all the latest HAP...
1,296 viewsLeaders from McGuireWoods, Duke Energy, Ford Motor Company and the Pro Bono Institute came together for an online panel discussion on racial justice and how law firms and companies can work together t...
797 viewsIn this special edition of American Black Journal, we take an in-depth look at the turbulent summer of ’67. We discuss what sparked the Detroit rebellion, police and community relations, what arose ...
826 viewsOn the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, witness a conversation with longtime congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis about his latest journey using graphic novels to move young people to...
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