What is Left of Black?
Black Studies for a Mobile Digital Network
Left of Black is the Webby Awards-nominated web series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars and artists created and hosted by James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies Mark Anthony Neal.
The series is produced at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University.
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What's the Word on Left of Black?
Left of Black has promoted the careers of a generation of ‘Blackademics.’ Every time I have appeared on the show has been a blessing. Mark Anthony Neal is a brilliant interlocutor who can get down with the theory heads as well as the house heads and not miss a beat! Every episode is sheer joy and enlightenment.
Dean, School of Communication, Northwestern University
[Host] Mark Anthony Neal brought a high level of care and empathy to our conversation, making it easier for me to talk about such difficult topics as race, fatherhood, and masculinity. Our conversation, as well as questions and comments from the very tuned-in audience, reframed the way I think and talk about these topics now.
Founder & Music Executive, Sonic Boom Records | Host, Identified podcast
I’ve been a longtime viewer of Left of Black. I started watching the show from its very beginning in 2010. I was a new professor starting my first job at Muhlenberg College. As the only Black faculty, Left of Black was incredibly important to connect me with a wide range of Black Studies scholars who were engaged in a variety of different topics. It allowed me to then figure out where my research fit in a larger ecosystem of Black Studies.
Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University
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