Race & the Digital Humanities on the Season Premiere of Left of Black On many college campus, professors and administrators are grappling with trying to re-brand the Humanities for a generation of undergraduate students who are plugged into the digital world in ways that are vastly different than the analog world that many of their […]
Left of Black S2:E33 | May 21, 2012 Race, Writing and the Attack on Black Studies with Adam Mansbach and La TaSha Levy on Season Finale of Left of Black Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by writer Adam Mansbach, the author of several books including Angry Black White […]
Left of Black S2:E32 | May 14, 2012 American Bandstand & the Civil Rights Movement, and Black Visual Literacy Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Professor Matthew Delmont (Scripps College), author of the just published The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock N’ Roll and the Struggle […]
Left of Black S2:E31 | May 7, 2012 Words, Images and Literacy with dream hampton and Professor Elaine Richardson Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by writer and filmmaker dream hampton. Neal and hampton discuss her passions for writing and visual art, the cultural importance of the city of […]
Left of Black S2:E30 | April 30, 2012 Remembering the LA Rebellion: A Digital Mix April 29th marks the 20th Anniversary of the week-long civil unrest popularly known as the LA Riots. Violence erupted throughout the city of Los Angeles in the aftermath of the acquittal of four LAPD officers who were accused of beating […]
Left of Black S2:E29 | April 23, 2012 Creating S.T.E.M. Researchers in the “Hood” and Combating Obesity in Black Communities Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Professor Christopher Emdin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology at Teachers College—Columbia University, where he also serves as […]
Left of Black S2:E27 | April 9, 2012 ‘Black Radio,’ Philly Soul and Hip-Hop with Robert Glasper Bassist Derrick Hodge Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined in person by Philadelphia’s own Derrick Hodge, bassist for the Robert Glasper Experiment and longtime musical director for R&B artist Maxwell at the John Hope […]
Left of Black S2:E26 | April 2, 2012 A Daughter and Father Address Violence Against Women and the Legacy of Jazz Poetry Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined in studio by AfroLez®femcentric Cultural Worker Aishah Shahidah Simmons and her father, International Human Rights Activist Michael Simmons. The director of the groundbreaking […]
A Daughter and Father Address Violence Against Women and the Legacy of Jazz Poetry on the April 2nd Left of Black Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined in studio by AfroLez®femcentric Cultural Worker Aishah Shahidah Simmons and her father, Human Rights Activist Michael Simmons. The director of the groundbreaking film No! […]