Podcasts Podcasts Season 12 Episode 17 | The Black Arts Movement of the South with James Smethurst How did artistic expression originating from the South, particularly during the Civil Rights Era, influence and impact the broader Black arts movement across the country? Left of Black host and… Read More Season 12 Episode 16 | Boyz n the Void: a mixtape to my brother with G’Ra Asim What does it mean to be Black and punk? How does this intersection impact how African American youth express themselves while confronted with the expectations of society and community? G’Ra… Read More Season 12 Episode 15 | The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound with Daphne A. Brooks What is the deep cultural and intellectual work taking place in the sounds of Black feminist musical icons from Bessie Smith to Zora Neale Hurston to Beyoncé? For his episode… Read More Season 12 Episode 14 | Black Utopias and the Mystical with Jayna J. Brown Can the utopian model that is a common theme in science and speculative fiction also be a new way for Black people to rethink how to exist in a world… Read More Season 12 Episode 13 | Black Women of the Southhampton Slave Revolt with Vanessa M. Holden Nat Turner, a preacher and slave in Southhampton County, VA, organized a small group of loyal followers and mounted a terrific and terrorizing rebellion against the plantation system, killing around… Read More Season 12 Episode 12 | Coloniality in the Financial Systems of the U.S. Virgin Islands with Tami Navarro When you look at the U.S. Virgin Islands, you may think of it as a getaway destination. However, this largely impoverished Black island U.S. territory has fallen prey to financial… Read More Season 12 Episode 11 | How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Changed Black Age with Dr. Habiba Ibrahim How are African Americans socialized in this society that redefines age, and by extension childhood, for those of enslaved descent? Black children are brutalized by a criminal justice system that… Read More Season 12 Episode 10 | Confronting Misogynoir in Digital Spaces with Dr. Moya Bailey Dr. Moya Bailey, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, was the first to pen the term “misogynoir” in 2010 as a means of giving a… Read More Season 12 Episode 9 | Erica R. Edwards on Black Women and U.S. Empire We may think of the Civil Rights Era as having a certain end date somewhere in the early to mid-1970’s. However Black women have never left the battlefield in the… Read More Season 12 Episode 8 | The Legacy of Carter G. Woodson and Black Pedagogy with Jarvis R. Givens Heralded as the father of Black History Month, Carter G. Woodson also fostered a continuously subversive practice of teaching and networking as a way to build educational capacity for Black… Read More Season 12 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… Read More Season 12 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… Read More « Previous 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 53 Next »
