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By that music festival. but now it is stepping out of the shadows and basking in its own light. the film is filled with stars such as mahalia jackson, gladys knight and stevie wonder. you cant separate the festival from what was happening in the nation during a very tumultuous era. cities were burning, tensions were high and black people were moving into a new phase in the fight for racial equality. it was no longer just about civil rights, but there was a move in consciousness, and people were ...

Eric dyson, professor vacuum or can start back build -- and author of entertaining race, performing blackness in america. professor dyson, thank you very much for coming tonight. youre piece in the times starts and charles south carolina, in 2015. the house of one -- a mother emmanuel who were shot to death by white supremacists, said i forgive you, and my family forgive. you talk about the power of that gesture? >> yes sir, thank you so much for having me. always great to be on -- your column i...

Bel air, baseball cap on backward. like he doesnt even know how to act in this environment. the black producers and directors and writers were always playing with this kind of subverting expectations of what is blackness. >> the incredible work of "the fresh prince" at its most triumphant is when it was showing the ways that being black is always going to be a problem no matter what. >> vehicle registration, please. >> just a second. but the thing, officer, this isnt my car. >> theres the episod...

In new york. the festival is a celebration of black performers, and the film has been getting a lot of love from critics. the harlem cultural festival was hidden from the public for a decade. it happened here in the summer of 1969. the same summer as woodstock. but it was overshadowed by that music festival. but now it is stepping out of the shadows and basking in its own light. the film is filled with stars such as mahalia jackson, gladys knight and stevie wonder. gladys knight and stevie wonde...

With stars such as mahalia jackson, gladys knight and stevie wonder. you cant separate the festival from what was happening in the nation during a very tumultuous era. cities were burning, tensions were high and black people were moving into a new phase in the fight for racial equality. it was no longer just about civil rights, but there was a move in consciousness, and people were embracing blackness itself. like gladys knight said in a film, "we want "progress, we want "our people lifting us u...

Remarkable person with such an extraordinary career. i mean, i think about the career youve had and this year, i mean, the spoken word album which ive listened to and gone back and listened to your other spoken word albums which is so impressive. and going into space. i was really fascinated when you got back and when you came down, a lot of people talk about, you know, oh, seeing the curvature of the earth and the smallness. you talked about kind of the blackness of space and is that what death...

You cant separate the festival from what was happening in the nation during a very tumultuous era. cities were burning, tensions were high and black people were moving into a new phase in the fight for racial equality. it was no longerjust about civil rights, but there was a move in consciousness, and people were embracing blackness itself. like gladys knight said in a film, "we want "progress, we want our people lifting us up." two gentleman approached me about this mythical, alleged black wood...

Of the civil rights movement. joining me is gil robertson. gil, thank you for coming to "the sunday show." i want to read you something that is in an op-ed in "the washington post" today by will hangood. he, meaning poitier, had to represent a whole race of people. no other black man was prominent on the big screen before he showed up. he had to tutor and he moved with astonishing grace and had malifluous diction. talk about how important he was to the countrys understanding of who we are. >> fo...

Fight for racial equality. it was no longer just about civil rights, but there was a move in consciousness, and people were embracing blackness itself. like gladys knight said in a film, "we want "progress, we want "our people lifting us up." two gentleman approached me about this mythical, alleged black woodstock festival it happened 50 years ago that i never knew about and none of my music expert friends knew about. they came in with a0 hours on a hard drive, and i was like, this really happen...

Out here. hey, lets talk about the subject. what are you doing? all right. im talking about the issue. im would but to answer your question, this show this sean show is colorblind. what gives baker the rightar to question clarence thomas blackness? this is nothing more than pandering and its insulting tol black americans because what theyre telling us is t ifa you are black, you have to be a democrat. tell that to t herschel walker. tell that to condoleezza rice. candice always larry elderit and...