Darkly powerful celebration of the singer and activist Miriam Makeba There’s a blazing intensity to Alesandra Seutin’s tribute to the singer and activist Miriam Makeba that leaves you winded by the ...

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) was a true activist. Joining the struggle for civil rights in his teens, he went on to become a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an Honorary ...

With the passing of Assata Shakur and the current administration openly targeting opponents, we decided to take a look at how FBI’s COINTELPRO program targeted, spied on, and sabotaged Black activists ...

I’m rarely receptive to a man I’ve never met introducing himself with a hug, but Dr. Cornel West is a warm man. In 2024, West ran as a third-party Presidential candidate (more like third parties ...

HYANNIS – “Paul G. Ryan’s 1960s” runs at the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum through the end of October. That venue might lead to the reasonable expectation that the show is Kennedy related. It is, but ...

Just beyond the tall metal fence encircling the White House, visitors from Europe paused outside a makeshift shelter on the red brick of Pennsylvania Avenue to offer thanks to a graying man in a ...

When James Baldwin landed in Los Angeles in mid-February of 1968 to continue work on a Malcolm X screenplay for Columbia Pictures, his arrival caused something of a media sensation. It also attracted ...

President Donald Trump's administration released the government's files on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. this week, shedding new light on the demise of one of America's most famous ...

Explore the 1968 DC unrest through powerful first-hand accounts and the voice of Stokely Carmichael. Don’t expect correct change when paying with cash, some businesses warn Hundreds of thousands of ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, Boogie Down Productions delivered one of their most powerful and profound LPs; Edutainment. Released at the height of KRS-One’s creative prowess, the 21-track album was ...

After years in traditional media, Joy Reid is embarking on a new chapter on her own terms—one that combines the honesty her audience expects with the freedom to speak without filters. The veteran ...