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Jordan’s death comes just months after the deaths of Lewis and the Rev. C.T. Vivian. Porter joined WABE’s “All Things Considered” host Jim Burress live to talk about making the film about Jordan and the memories she shared with him. In the documentary, Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the Hutchins Center for African American Research at Harvard, said that Jordan was the first person to realize that “a devastatingly effective form of Black power would be top-down integration, at the ...

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‘I’ve had to fight’: Kehinde Andrews on life as the first UK professor of Black studies ‘I’ve probably done permanent damage to my mental and physical health establishing this course’ ... Kehinde Andrews. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian ‘I’ve probably done permanent damage to my mental and physical health establishing this course’ ... Kehinde Andrews. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian From a childhood identity crisis to navigating academia,...

‘I’ve had to fight’: Kehinde Andrews on life as the first UK professor of Black studies Nesrine Malik © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian When Kehinde Andrews was at school, his friends would never have imagined him growing up to become the UK’s first Black studies professor – nor that he would help found the first Black studies programme in Europe, at Birmingham City University. True, he grew up in the city, the son of two committed Bla...

(HBO, 9 p.m., second-season finale): HBO’s glossy adaptation of Philip Pullman’s celebrated series closes the book on its second season with “Æsahættr.” That’s the name of the Subtle Knife from which the second book in the trilogy takes its name—and it’s a safe bet that it’ll be hugely important to this finale, in which all roads lead to the Cittàgazze. The series be back for season three eventually. But for now, content yourselves with Myles McNutt’s recap (or, you know,...

Courtesy of LBJ Library photo by Ralph Barrera Explore the life of one of the most influential African American thought leaders. Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain spotlights the life of one of the most groundbreaking and influential African American thought leaders in the United States. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dawn Porter ( John Lewis: Good Trouble; The Way I See It), the one-hour film  airs Monday, December 28, 2020 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV. The documentary explores the remarkable journey o...

>> why what do you mean? >> for slave descendants. >> but what does that mean? >> money. >> i think right now our job is to address the crises facing the american people and our communities. and i think there are better ways do that than just writing out a a check. >> we have a history of racism in america. >> so you are for some type of reparation? >> yes, i am. >> five years, an article in the atlantic the case for reparations and nearly 20 years after the publication of randall robinsons land...

Resort. he spent his morning hate-tweeting against his enemies and the media, and "saturday night live," because thats presidential. as republican lawmakers and trump advisers carried water for their boss, logistically -- >> the president has authority. yes, it is a crisis and emergency along our border. >> this is a serious situation. this is a crisis. >> hes going to protect his national emergency declaration, guaranteed. >> joining me now, two radio hosts who cater to different audiences. on ...

Up and calling these supremacists out for who they were and tell these supremacists we dont condone hatred and bigotry in virginia and to go back where you came from and dont ever come back to virginia. >> that was then-candidate ralph northam in 2017 talking about the white supremacist rally in charlottesville. joining me to talk about it, mark thompson, host of "make it plain" on sirius xm radio and maya wylie is back with us. maya, what is your take. i have papers and statements from politici...

Republicans dont win and thats because of potentially illegal votes. when people get in line that they have absolutely no right to vote, and then they go around in circles. sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote again. a reporter tried to question the president about his claims at the white house yesterday and this is what happened. >> mr. president, you just said that people used disguises to cast illegal votes. do you have any evidenc...