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Episode 7 | Shanna Greene Benjamin on the Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay
Nellie Y. McKay, a champion for Black women’s voices in modern literature, was also a scholar with an extraordinary path to academia in the late 60’s, early 70’s. Many personal details of her life were not known until after her passing away in 2006, even to some of her closest colleagues. McKay rewrote the narrative […]
Episode 6 | Jessica Marie Johnson on Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World
Black women have always found ways to resist in the midst of a savage system of slavery and oppression that used intimacy as a means of undermining freedom. Surrounded by this hostile social order, what were some of the ways Black women carved out for themselves moments of freedom & empowerment? Left of Black host […]
Episode 5 | Afro-Nostalgia and Black Joy with Dr. Badia Ahad-Legardy
Must the Black past always be a revision of racial trauma? Or is there more to the story of the African-Americans experience and the culture that has been built from it? Left of Black host and Duke University Prof. Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Prof. Badia Ahad-Legardy, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at Loyola […]
Episode 4 | The Golden Age of Jazz and Islam in America with Dr. Richard Brent Turner
What is the interesting, yet too little explored, intersection between the golden age of jazz and Islam in the African American community? How did one inform and influence the other? Dr. Richard Brent Turner joined Prof. Mark Anthony Neal to discuss his latest book, Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism, […]
Episode 3 | Tina M. Campt on The Black Gaze in Art
What is a Black gaze? Does it merely imply a world view held conjointly by those of African descent? Or is it a way of seeing that forces us to confront Blackness and anti-Blackness and our relationship with both? Who are the Black artists that are pushing boundaries to embrace a broader understanding of the […]
Episode 2 | ‘The Dirty South’ with Valerie Cassel Oliver
We all know the importance of Black artists at pointing to what’s wrong with our world through poignant critique or presenting a celebration of Black joy in their work. But what about the role of the Black curator in amplifying the voice of our artists to give them a space to display their most provocative […]
Episode 1 | Michael Eric Dyson on Performing Blackness in America
Left of Black embarks on its twelfth season, amid the pandemic, to bring you conversations with the foremost minds in Black Studies from across academia and beyond. On this episode, host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined by one of the foremost public scholars of our time: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, who discusses […]
Episode 30 | Artist Carrie Mae Weems on RESIST COVID/Take 6! and the Role of the Artist
How should an artist respond when bombarded by daily reminders of the gross in justices that tear at our fragile social fabric? Renowned and celebrated artist Carrie Mae Weems joins host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal for the season 11 finale of Left of Black as they discuss her latest work,”RESIST COVID / […]
Episode 29 | Black Fatherhood & HBCU Basketball with North Carolina Central University Head Coach LeVelle Moton
In this very special episode of Left of Black. Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal discusses Black fatherhood, HBCU basketball in the midst of COVID-19, and R&B legends New Edition with four-time MEAC Championships winner, NCCU Head Basketball Coach Levelle Moton, who also talks about his memoir, The Worst Times Are the Best […]
Episode 28 | The Sound of Afro South Asian Collaborations in Black Music with Elliott Powell
When you think of hip-hop or R&B, how often do you hear the strings of a sitar being strummed in the background? In this episode of Left of Black, host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal discusses the influence of South Asian collaborations in contemporary Black music with Elliott Powell, the Beverly and Richard […]
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