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Episode 7 | Joshua M. Myers on the Howard University Protest of 1989
Student protests have become a part of campus life to gain equity and visibility from university administrators. The 1989 Howard University protests were no different in raising issues of the time for a more Afrocentric curriculum among other concerns. Joshua M. Myers, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard […]
Episode 6 | Black Women Rock n’ Roll Legends with Maureen Mahon
When we think of rock n’ roll, we may not initially think of the pioneering Black women who blazed the first trails that established what we know of today as the iconic music of the 1950’s on through the 1970’s. Yet, there is no question that such rock legends like Big Mama Thornton and Etta […]
Episode 5 | Lisa B. Thompson on Creating Black Theater
Dr. Lisa B. Thompson, prolific author, award-winning playwright, Black scholar, and professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, sat down with Left of Black host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal to talk about her body of work and the joy of creating for the stage. Thompson’s plays, which have […]
Episode 4 | Lavelle Porter on The Blackademic Life
Scholars are all too familiar with academic writing in the university. But what about academic fiction? Moreover, what academic fiction was penned by notable Black writers, such as W.E.B. DuBois, and how is this genre explored in more popular forms of media such as the 1990’s show, A Different World, or the film and subsequent […]
Episode 3 | Alisha Lola Jones on Gender Performances of Black Male Gospel Singers
What should a man sound like when singing Gospel music in the Black church? What octave is just “too high” for a man to incorporate into his performance? The cultural expectations that come with Black worship sometimes fail to validate the liberty of expression of many male vocalists due to what congregants think is acceptable […]
Episode 2: Derrick E. White and the Legacy of Black College Football
During the time of Jim Crow segregation, HBCU’s have nurtured some of the brightest talent to be seen on the football field. From producing intensely competitive student athletes to employing some of the greatest coaches in the game, like the legendary Jake Gaither of Florida A&M University (FAMU), Black colleges have a tradition of putting […]
Episode 1: Keith Knight on Hulu’s New Series: WOKE
Does being a Black artist necessitate being ‘woke’ and thus influencing the work that they produce? Cartoonist Keith Knight has attained newfound success with the new Hulu original series, “Woke,” starring rising star Lamorne Morris as Keef, an artist whose confrontation with the police causes him to question the comic strips he’s been creating. Somewhat […]
Episode 19 | Candice M. Jenkins on the Black Middle Class
Candice M. Jenkins, Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the author of the recently released and critically-acclaimed Black Bourgeois: Class and Sex in the Flesh (University of Minnesota Press, 2019), joined Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal to consider the precocious existence of Black bodies in our society, […]
Episode 18 | Caryl Phillips on Writing Oneself Into Visibility
Celebrated novelist and playwright Caryl Phillips conversed about the intersection of creative writing and humanistic inquiry He discussed his work as professor of English at Yale University with former Duke Ph.D. candidate Sasha Panaram. Sasha graduated from Duke in the spring of 2020.
Episode 17 | Jazz Saxophonist Joshua Redman
The Pinhook, for a stirring discussion about the state of jazz, his own musical journey, and the legacy of his father great jazz saxophonist Walter Dewey Redman. Jazz legend Joshua Redman joined Duke Professor and Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal at one of Durham’s iconic pubs. Duke Performances brought Redman to Durham to […]
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