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Episode of the cosby show. >> and forget why these insurgence sis were actually happening. its definitely the end of a very specific kind of era. ♪ hold it now ♪ >> the 90s roll around. hip-hop culture is changing the way that many people are looking at black culture and fresh prince of bel air is there to do it. ♪ ♪ this is a story about how my life ♪ will was urban, the philly community. uncle phil! >> he was placed into the bel air mansion with a very successful aunt and uncle and...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- On this episode of Here and Now, reaction to new evidence that suggests NYPD and FBI involvement in the assassination of Civil Rights Leader Malcolm X. Also ahead, we have conversation with actress turned activist Gloria Reuben on environmental justice and the fight for clean water. And, living Black history: the African-American family in Oyster Bay Long Island that traces it history back five generations. Well introduce you to the descendants of David Carll. Lastly, we dis...

Stacy Graham-Hunt: Call me Black, not BIPOC Stacy Graham-Hunt FacebookTwitterEmail Hundreds of people protest police brutality in Danbury last summer after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media With every generation comes a new name for Black people. Most recently, white people, many of whom, who work for non-profits and in other organizations claim to improve conditions for Black people have adopted a term for this generation. The term is “BIPO...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Oliver Stone Tells Spike Lee About His Own Original Pitch for Da 5 Bloods, and Why He Couldnt Solve It Meredith Woerner, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” captured a critical point of view lost from film. After decades of producing blockbuster war stories and award-winning battle scene epics, the story of the Black Vietnam veteran has been largely neglected by Hollywood. Lee’s Netflix film changed that by putting the story...

Movie critic Bruce Miller says, "One Night in Miami" hits at the very heart of the Black movement in 1964. Its utterly believable because the film delves into each characters

Compared to white lives are not as valued. we see that play out generation after generation. this is not just about the nazis marching in the streets. thats one thing when malcom x said the difference between a south and north is the difference between the fox and the wolf. i understand the wolf because the wolf is out there in open. what i dont understand is the fox. and the fox has created a structural system in this country that is bigger than trump being the president. we should confront mr....

Right time now? >> well you have only to look around. you know, to see the stories from michael brown in baltimore -- this is a good time for america to reengage in that conversation about how we got to where we are now. what are literally -- what are the roots of these really engrained social institutional examples of discrimination and prejudice. >> i mentioned youre launching a new project skybrary to books available to everyone. what inspired you was "reading rainbow" also linked to "roots."...

Councilman zach reed and legal analyst veteran prosecutor paul henderson. thank you both for being here tonight. >> thanks for having us, reverend. >> councilman, what do you make of what were learning about this officer today? >> well, a lot of things were dropped. clearly we did not do our homework on this officer. clearly if we had done our homework on this officer, we would not have hired this officer. goes back to what malcom x said. you have good cops, bad cops and cops that dont deserve t...

They lost their focus. fast forward to here in 2013 and i still say they lost their focus. if you look at rand paul, a tea party favorite, ted cruz, current tea party favorite, some of the things that michele bachmann and sarah palin said in past and they too are tea party favorites, they are all different messages. until there is a funfide message, there will be problems for the republican party. a quote from malcom x, the chicken is have come home to roost. they knew they were crazy people, bu...