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It’s Bigger Than Kanye: Hats, Hugs and Colonial Relations
Whew! The hat, that line from Kanye West about enslavement being “a choice” and his subsequent attempts to clarify himself are just,…
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Remembering The Politics of Dr. King
For the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this discussion was held on Loud and Clear Sputnik…
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Academics In Cars #6: Mr. Thomas Porter talks Political Struggle and Pop Histories
Mr. Thomas Porter joined us for this edition of Academics In Cars to discuss his own historical record and the politics of…
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Black Media: Past, Present, Future
This was an interesting discussion of the state of Black media historically and today. Black Media Past, Present and FutureWatch this video…
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Hip-Hop in the HBCU Academy
Why is teaching hip-hop important at Historically Black Colleges and Universities? Who owns hip-hop? How does popular culture foster or build intergenerational…
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Academics In Cars #5 Dedrick Muhammad Talks The Racial Wealth Divide and Mixed Martial Arts
Episode #5 of Academics In Cars featured Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Senior Fellow, Racial Wealth Divide at Prosperity Now. Dedrick was kind enough to…
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BOOK REVIEWS: ‘Lady Presidents’ and Black Radical Dreams Between Garvey And The Civil Rights Movement
Set The World On Fire: Black Nationalist Women And The Global Struggle For Freedom. Keisha N. Blain. University of Pennsylvania Press,…
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Real African Black Panther Fighting Societies with Ahati Kilindi Iyi
Esi Ramu hosted this discussion of actual African Black Panther fighting societies and African fighting sciences with Ahati Kilindi Iyi. Kilindi Iyi…
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Academics In Cars #3: Dr. Natasha Pratt-Harris Talks Baltimore, Police Training and Ivory Towers
Dr. Natasha Pratt-Harris, the only Black woman from Baltimore, working in Baltimore as a Criminologist, was our guest academic in the car…
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Blackness Largely Absent From Kerner Commission Report on Black Uprisings
Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards joined us to discuss her work related to the Kerner Commission report. 50 years ago today (March 1, 1968)…
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Race, Rebellion, Reporting and Research: Baltimore and The Kerner Commission at 50
“Can you hear me? … I’m Screaming from way down here below!” – Hugh Masekela I. INTRODUCTION “Chief Blame for Riots Put…
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The Black Panther and African Sovereignty
The following discussion was hosted by the good folks at APPEAL Incorporated and was described by them as follows: The Black Panther: From…
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Academics In Cars #2 – Dr. Lawrence Brown and “Category 5” Baltimore
Dr. Lawrence Brown joined us for this edition of Academics In Cars for a discussion of “Category 5” segregated Baltimore and more!…
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Academics In Cars #1 – Marvel’s Black Panther
We just saw the film and had to discuss some of what we loved and much of what we, ahem, did not.*…
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Whose Black Panther? The Politics and History of the Comic and Film
https://youtu.be/XLFJzKy4rb8 Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs of the iMWiL! crew joined the iMWiL! crew in our collaboration with Netfa Freeman of WPFW‘s Voices…
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Beggars On Horseback: Creating a Pan-African Power Paradigm for the 21st Century
Last month Reuters reported that : More central banks in Europe revealed plans on Tuesday to hold yuan as part of their…
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Real Talk About Afro-Pessimism with Danae Martinez
Danae Martinez joined us to discuss an essay she shared recently titled, Why I Am (Not) an Afropessimist, at least in part to…