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Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter. In Black-Owned...

The author and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Publishing Project gives voice to long silent African Americans from the past, allowing them to tell their own stories that shed new light on critical moments in the Black Freedom Struggle, challenging what we think we know about...

Michael Leach—the first-ever Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of the White House, former League Office official at NFL headquarters, and former Assistant to Head Coach for the Chicago Bears—unpacks the defining choice of our time: to shrink in fear or rise in faith. Listen as Michael...

Your favorite bar friends Bolly and Boowee tackle culture, politics, societal dynamics, music, art, culture and beer with every episode. Bringing you some of what you know and all of what you don't! This podcast is the most varied, you'll ever hear. Even their perspective has a perspective.

Recognising Black British experience within the Black Lives Matter movement, 19 prominent Black figures explain why Black lives should be celebrated when too often they are undervalued. Drawing from personal experience, they stress how Black British people have unique perspectives and experiences that enrich British society and the world; how Black lives are far more interesting and important than the forces that try to limit it.

For Black Americans, the food system is broken. When it comes to nutrition, Black consumers experience an unjust and inequitable distribution of resources. Black Food Matters examines these issues through in-depth essays that analyze how Blackness is contested through food, differing ideas of what makes our sustenance "healthy", and Black individuals' own beliefs about what their cuisine should be.

An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators, edited by Book Riot columnist and librarian Jessica Pryde. Romantic love has been one of the most essential elements of...

In Chicago, aka "Chiraq", the first 10 days of 2016 yielded 120 people shot. Baltimore's 2015 ended as its bloodiest and deadliest year - on a per capita basis. In 2014 Detroit's police chief called upon law-abiding citizens to take arms against its burgeoning violent, criminal subculture. Unfortunately these cities aren't anomalies. Year after year a seemingly unshakable reality of violence plagues Black communities nationwide.

Learn what makes the African American market unique, why marketers should care, and how you can effectively connect with black Americans. Drawing on her wealth of experience and ongoing research and consulting on the African American market, Pepper shares with listeners her thoughtful insights on this influential segment.

Black College Matters is a podcast dedicated to celebrating, discussing, and advocating for Historically Black Colleges and the global experiences of Black students. Hosted by LeMoyne-Owen College English & Communications Assistant Professor Dr. Seth E. Davis, the show blends cultural analysis with nostalgia as each episode revisits classic ’90s Black sitcoms that highlighted HBCU life. Through thoughtful reflection and lively commentary, Black College Matters explores why these stories still resonate and why HBCUs continue to matter today.

An essay on restriction, resistance, and reclaiming space, Black Public Joy is essential reading for all politically engaged Canadians wanting to learn more about anti-Black racism in Canada. During a crucial moment in Black life in North America, Jay Pitter has been engaging directly and...

Welcome to "Black Care Matters." The show where we honor the unique experiences of Black nurses working in the Pacific Northwest.

A podcast where we discuss fitness, or the lack there of, in the Black community. Our mission is to Strengthen Our Community One Rep At A Time. There are a views we speak from. First is from the fitness trainer point of view. We discuss the BUSINESS of fitness during these episodes. Second is from the average person who has made fitness a part of their LIFESTYLE and has made great improvement. Lastly we dialog with the wellness and nutrition professionals and see from their point of view, why fitness is important.

Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response...

Hello and welcomes to the Black Creatives Matter podcast! Here, we’ll talk to Black creatives in various aspects of life and have a conversation about their start, journey, lessons learned and more.

Hosted by Josiah and Nia Kirton. Our podcast focuses on challenges and opportunities facing the black family today including leaving a legacy of strong family values, generational wealth and our overall physical and mental wellness. #BlackFamilyMatters

Black Superheroes Matter is a series created by Steven Christian in response to the #BlackLivesMatter and #OscarsSoWhite movements back in 2015. He was upset with the fact that there were very few avenues of inspiration for people of color, and even less opportunities. With the advent of Corona virus and stay at home orders, opportunities for Black creators to connect and support each other have been put on halt. This podcast aims to highlight those in the community doing great things to move the culture forward in comics, animation, cosplay, etc. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/...

Activists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today's digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. As Charlton D. McIlwain shows in this book, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is much longer and varied than most people know. Beginning with the simultaneous rise of civil rights and computer revolutions in the 1960s, McIlwain, for the first time, chronicles the long relationship between African Americans, computing technology, and the Internet.

Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge seeks a killer who has eluded Scotland Yard for years in this next installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series. An astonishing tip from a grateful ex-convict seems implausible—but Inspector Ian Rutledge is intrigued and brings it to his...

The first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present day Gender and sexual expression have always been part of the Black freedom struggle In this latest book in Beacon’s award-winning ReVisioning History...