Studio 360 talks with Donald Byrd about his unapologetic address of racial dynamics through his dance choreography. Take a listen!
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For many people of color in the United States, civility isn't so much social lubricant as it is a vehicle for containing them, preventing social mobility and preserving the status quo.
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“ … Notwithstanding that the question in and of itself displays an ignorance of how the presidency, history and the federal government works …”
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Nat King Cole was born on March 17, 1919, so in honor of his centennial, Studio 360 looks back at the great crooner’s legacy.
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In 1960, nine black teenagers sat down and demanded service at a lunch counter in Chapel Hill. The young men are known as "The Chapel Hill Nine" and the town is dedicating a historic marker Thursday.
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An article in trade publication Deadline argued that white actors were now at a disadvantage compared to ethnic minority peers. That’s complete nonsense! Hollywood remains light years behind the ethnographic makeup of the US and industry leaders have, for years, used a variety of different excuses to hide their money-hungry, “safe” and downright racist decisions in casting actors of color for film and television roles.
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Three decades ago, the highest honor at the Academy Awards was given to a movie about a white passenger learning to love her black chauffeur. In 2019, the same award was given to a film about a white chauffeur learning to love his black passenger. We look at Hollywood’s obsession with fantasies of racial reconciliation.
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Psychologist Deborah Plummer, author of Some of My Friends Are..., talks to NPR's Michel Martin about the moment a GOP Congressman brought in a black woman to rebut charges the president is a racist.
Filmmaker Yoruba Richen's documentary, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom, tells the story of the manual that helped African-Americans find safe places to stay, eat, shop and do business on the road.
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African-American workers have reported threats, humiliation and barriers to promotion at the plant. The automaker says there is no pattern of bias.
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An exhibition on view at The Studio Museum in Harlem hopes to retire the persistent myth equating cowboys with whiteness.
December 1944, Adolf Hitler surprised the Allies with a secret counterattack known today as the Battle of the Bulge. In the carnage that followed, there was one incident that top military commanders hoped would be concealed.
... It’s the story of an American war crime nearly forgotten to history ...
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This podcast traces the ACTUAL policy history of the US and causes you to ask the question of whether America is as color blind and impartial as it purports to be ...
NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks to author Robin DiAngelo about her latest book, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism.
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Mandela responds to questioner’s criticism of his political allegiance with Fidel Castro, Muammar Gaddafi, and Yasser Arafat.
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Most African-Americans polled immediately after the 2008 election called Obama's victory "a dream come true," … Not all Americans saw it that way. Racists viewed a black man in power as a signal of the browning of America. It was the sight they feared the most. They were terrified and infuriated.
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Here are all the routine activities for which police were called on African-Americans this year.
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Democracy NOW speaks with Intercept columnist Mehdi Hasan. His latest piece is titled “The Ignored Legacy of George H.W. Bush: War Crimes, Racism, and Obstruction of Justice.”
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The Civil War ended more than 150 years ago, but the Confederacy didn’t completely die with it. Monuments, shrines and museums are found throughout the South. We teamed up with The Investigative Fund to visit dozens of them and found that for devoted followers they inspire a disturbing – and distorted – view of history.
Plus, the story of New Mexico’s great monument controversy. In 1998, the state was set to celebrate its “cuartocentenario:” the 400th anniversary of the state’s colonization by the Spanish. But a dramatic act of vandalism would turn the making of a monument in Albuquerque into a fight over history the city didn’t expect.
Afro-Latin celebrities discuss their experiences in the entertainment industry.
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