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Image courtesy of Harvard Art Museums; © President and Fellows of Harvard College The place I remember most from freshman fall won’t show up on Google’s map of Harvard. I took a class whose questions permeate my studies to this day: “Racial Capitalism and the Black Radical Tradition ,” taught by history professors Vincent Brown and Walter Johnson. The initial seminar room was too small to fit all who showed up, eager to pick up the tools necessary for dismantling what we opposed, so th...

The first issue of the St. Louis Post and Dispatch was published on Dec. 12, 1878. That was a mere three days after an agent for Joseph Pulitzer bought the bankrupt St. Louis Dispatch in an auction on the steps of the Old Courthouse. The owner of the Post approached him only hours later to merge the two papers. That first edition was only four pages. The front page contained international news, Christmas ads, and a crime blog - staples that survive to this day.  Heres a look at the first ...

Wednesday, and thats what opening day crowds paid out to see "malcolm x." >> its hard to miss the phenomenon called spike lee. spike lee is a black man who has reached the top of white culture. hes done it his way. >> "malcolm xs" really impressive achievement in terms of not being one of these small, independent, emergent new voices connected to hip-hop, but instead a big-budget 3 hour 20 minute epic about a very important african-american figure. >> i asked if he was worried the movie would no...

Its definitely a much noted trend. the whole new wave of black films with black stars by black directors. right now in new york a new black film is being premiered just about every week. among those drawing impressive reviews is "boyz n the hood" directed by john singleton. >> i really wanted to make a film that voiced what i had seen growing up as a black man in los angeles. los angeles police department, i mean, they were kind of occupying force. it really became a war zone. >> i didnt do noth...

Weapon, did you? >> yes, i did see him to have a weapon. >> what kind of a weapon did mr. king have? >> it was his body. >> were ready. were well prepared to take care of any eventuality no matter what it might be. >> all right, the clerk will read the verdicts. >> we the jury find the defendant stacey koon not guilty of the crime of assault -- >> this is a stunning verdict. i dont think many people were expecting this, certainly not reports. >> it struck us all with great disgust because we tho...

Didnt have to worry about having a big budget to shoot on film and processed film. that allowed people to tell their own stories. i mentioned st eed spike lee. the late, great john singleton and julie dash, the first female black filmmaker to have a movie with a film called "daughters of the dust" and a new queer cinema, sheryl dunn a film i love called "the watermelon woman" showing an interracial lesbian relationship by a black filmmaker. the 90s allowed filmmakers to do this. >> do you have a...

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He would take note of the work still to be done but also of the progress made. >> american film is becoming more and more popular, because its become more american, you know, its become more multiethnic. and thats what i really love. >> reporter: he died after being taken off life support after suffering a major stroke. his family revealing he quietly struggled with hypertension, thanking his doctors. tonight, the next generation remembering singleton. jordan peele, who directed "get out" and "u...

Finally tonight here, remembering a director, a trail-blazer, who began a conversation at just 23. john singleton was a trail-blazer. the writer and director was just 23 when he prompted a national conversation about race with his debut film "boyz n the hood." >> rolling! >> reporter: cuba gooding jr. -- >> yall are brothers. you aint supposed to be fighting each other. >> reporter: regina king and ice cube. >> either they dont know, dont show or dont care about whats going on in the hood. >> ya...

>> yes, i did see him to have a weapon. >> what kind of a weapon did mr. king have? >> it was his body. >> were ready. were well prepared to take care of any eventuality no matter what it might be. >> all right, the clerk will read the verdicts. >> we the jury find the defendant stacy c. coon not guilty of the crime of assault -- >> this is a stunning verdict. i dont think many people were expecting this, certainly not reports. >> it struck us all with great disgust because we thought that by th...