Co-Sponsor of Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' Law Discusses Trayvon Martin...
In Florida, there have been growing calls this week for lawmakers to revisit the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law — a piece of legislation that figures prominently in the story of the story of...
View ArticleRev. Cynthia L. Hale on Race Relations Since Obama
When he ran for President, then-Senator Barack Obama campaigned on the promise of hope. For many, that hope meant a post-racial era, one when an African-American man could lead a country with a sordid...
View ArticleDiverse Neighborhood, Uniform Friends
Tanner Colby is what you might call your typical, liberal, city-dwelling, 30-something white guy. He has a good education. He votes for Democrats. He loves Obama. He thinks of himself as tolerant and...
View ArticleRalph Bunche Announces Landmark 1949 Arab-Israeli General Armistice Agreement
In the early hours of February 24, 1949, on the Greek island of Rhodes, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche emerged from the Egyptian-Israeli talks to announce the signing of a General Armistice Agreement.Bunche, the...
View ArticleJames L. Farmer Jr. Advocates Revolutionary Freedoms for African-Americans
"America is being forced to face itself," James Farmer proclaims in this 1963 Overseas Press Club appearance, before discussing the upcoming march on Washington and the historical roots of the civil...
View ArticleMarking Martin Luther King Jr Day
On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, WNYC visits Morningside Heights to see how the neighborhood is marking the celebration - from bookstore displays to playground conversations.
View ArticleHenry Louis Gates Jr. on 500 Years of African American History
The newest documentary by Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., “The African Americans,” examines five centuries of African American history—from the first black conquistador to arrive in what's now America to...
View Article[Unedited] E. Ethelbert Miller with Krista Tippett
A poet and self-described literary activist, E. Ethelbert Miller attended Howard University in 1968 — the age in which Black Power was finding its voice. He has remained there ever since, observing and...
View ArticleE. Ethelbert Miller — Black & Universal [remix]
A poet and self-described literary activist, E. Ethelbert Miller attended Howard University in 1968 — the age in which Black Power was finding its voice. He has remained there ever since, observing and...
View Article[Unedited] Joe Carter with Krista Tippett
Born in slavery, the Negro spiritual conveys a generous understanding of the nature of God and of human life. A celebration in word and song — through its hidden meanings, as well as its beauty,...
View ArticleJoe Carter — The Legacy of the African-American Spiritual [remix]
Born in slavery, the Negro spiritual conveys a generous understanding of the nature of God and of human life. A celebration in word and song — through its hidden meanings, as well as its beauty,...
View Article[Unedited] Tiya Miles with Krista Tippett
For Black History Month: a MacArthur "genius" who's unearthing an especially painful chapter of the American experience — the intersecting history of African-Americans and Native Americans, and the...
View ArticleTiya Miles — Toward Living Memory [remix]
For Black History Month: a MacArthur "genius" who's unearthing an especially painful chapter of the American experience — the intersecting history of African-Americans and Native Americans, and the...
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Making Comedy Out of Slavery and Prison Life
Slavery. Prison life. Stop and frisk.These are some of the heavy topics that two young African-American playwrights turn into comedy with their new works.Marcus Gardley wrote The Box: A Black Comedy,...
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Tupac On Broadway, Ya Hear Me?
Tupac Shakur's music doesn't, on the face of it, seem like Broadway material. The rapper who died 18 years ago at age 25 became one of hip-hop’s most iconic figures for his lyrics about African...
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