Tribute: Julian Bond
Many people consider themselves disciples of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but only a small group had the privilege of studying with him. Julian Bond was one of 8 students in a class co-taught by Dr....
View Article33 – WHER: 1000 Beautiful Watts—The First All Girl Radio Station in the...
An all-girl radio station in Memphis—set against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, the women's movement, Vietnam, and the death of Martin Luther King—the story of WHER continues following the...
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Gospel and R&B Icon Mavis Staples on her Music, Civil Rights Activism
Gospel and R&B music legend Mavis Staples has been performing for over 50 years beginning with her family band The Staples Singers. The new documentary, “Mavis!” celebrates her life and work, as...
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[Unedited] Nikki Giovanni with Krista Tippett
Nikki Giovanni is a Distinguished Professor in the English department at Virginia Tech. She has written and edited numerous books of poetry and works for children, including "Quilting the Black-Eyed...
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Nikki Giovanni — Soul Food, Sex, and Space
In the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni was a revolutionary poet of the Black Arts Movement that nourished civil rights. She had a famous dialogue with James Baldwin in Paris in 1971. Now a professor at Virginia...
View Article44 – Black Chef, White House: African American Cooks in the President’s Kitchen
Cooking for the founding fathers — the story of Hercules and Hemings — the enslaved chefs of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. And an interview with Zephyr Wright, President Lydon Johnson's cook...
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Column: This little known site is the birthplace of the student civil rights...
Justin Reid, Moton Museum’s director of education and public programs, describes the events that led to the 1951 student walkout and strike. Photo courtesy by Jeff FeinsteinEditor’s Note: The location...
View ArticleNegroes and the Gun
Harriet Tubman will soon be gracing our twenty dollar bill. Most of us know only one image of her. It's an iconic image taken later in her life in which her hair's covered in a dark cloth and she has a...
View ArticleThe Underground Fight for Medical Care in Syria, Calvin Trillin on 50 Years...
The New Yorker's Ben Taub profiles London surgeon David Nott, who administers medical instructions via text message to those working in Syria’s secret underground hospitals. Winifred Gallagher reveals...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin Reports on 50 Years of Civil Rights
Longtime New Yorker staff writer and author Calvin Trillin got his start with the magazine in 1963 with an article about desegregation at the University of Georgia. He continued to cover the Civil...
View ArticleThe Fist and the '68 Olympics
The '68 Olympic games changed everything for John Carlos. Standing on the podium after winning the bronze in the 200 meters, he and fellow runner Tommie Smith raised their fists in the black power...
View ArticleWhy 1,300 Inmates Rioted at Attica Prison in 1971
Historian Heather Ann Thompson discusses her new book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, a detailed account of the prison uprising when nearly 1,300 prisoners took...
View ArticleHarry Belafonte Talks to Jelani Cobb About Entertainment and Activism
We take for granted that popular entertainers can and should advocate for causes they believe in. But until Harry Belafonte pioneered that kind of activism in the middle of the last century, stars...
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For black Americans, era since civil rights movement brought success and...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now to a preview of the second half of the PBS miniseries “Black America Since MLK,” and to Jeffrey Brown.JEFFREY BROWN: The series subtitle is “And...
View ArticleKenneth Clark Answers Questions on Plans for the Civil Rights Movement
It is 1967, and Clark has just returned from a "secret meeting" of Martin Luther King, Whitney Young, and other black leaders that was held in Suffern, New York. Reporters are anxious to learn what was...
View ArticleIn Praise of Incrementalism
Season 6, Episode 20 On this week's episode of Freakonomics Radio: what do the Italian Renaissance, Olympic cycling, and civil rights movements have in common?In each case, huge breakthroughs came from...
View ArticleSouth Bronx Murder Rates, Paul Auster, Celebrating Bruce Lee
New York Times Reporter Ben Mueller joins us to discuss his ongoing “Murder in the 4-0” series, which looks at the life and death of each person murdered in the 40th Precinct in the South Bronx in...
View Article30 Years After PBS' Landmark Documentary, "Eyes on the Prize," Where Are We...
Director, producer and Professor and North Gate Chair in Journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Jon Else joins us to discuss his new book, True South: Henry Hampton and "Eyes on...
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Using Conversation to Tackle Civil Rights and Native Issues in Alaska
The Takeaway heads to Anchorage, Alaska for the latest installment of our series "Uncomfortable Truths: Exploring Racism in America." The state's most populous city contains large Alaska Native and...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; Disputing the Details for the NYPD Body Cams; Trump...
Coming up on today's show:Robert Costa, national political reporter at The Washington Post and moderator of Washington Week on PBS, talks about the latest in national political news and his new gig as...
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