| @law_writes | NewBlackMan (in Exile) Melina Matsoukas is an artful director who showed with her first feature what we already knew from her shorter collaborations with Issa Rae, Beyoncé and others: that she has an eye for how Black people should be lit and framed to maximize their beauty on the silver screen. The soundtrack is bangin’, reminiscent of the ’90s when movies like Waiting to Exhale

'Author Darryl Pinckney joins Kate and Medaya to discuss his new collection, Busted in New York and Other Essays , which includes twenty-five pieces from the past two and a half decades, which reflect and report on politics, culture, and African-American lived experience. The conversation begins with Pinckney's thoughts on Barack Obama's election and presidency, and it's unexpected tragic denouem

' Courtney R. Baker , Ph.D. ‘08, an associate professor in the department of English at the University of California, Riverside, delivered a talk, “Black Humanity, Visible Violence and Liberation Aesthetics", on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in the Moyle Room of the Karsh Alumni and Visitor Center. The talk was part of the Duke Department of African & African American Studies 50th anniversary 2019/2020

'The godfather of 21st century Soul, Raphael Saadiq , electrified NPR's Tiny Desk Fest audience, with a little help from rising R&B star Lucky Daye.'-- NPR Music

'Scientists in Oklahoma are one step closer to finding possible evidence of mass graves linked to one of the worst incidents of racial violence in history. Researchers in Tulsa used ground-penetrating radar to survey three sites. Omar Villafrana reports.' -- CBS This Morning

'Mostly known for her role as "Aunt Vi" in Oprah Winfrey and Ava Duvernay 's produced show, Queen Sugar , actress Tina Lifford joins Abi Ishola to discuss her newly released book, The Little Book of Big Lies: A Journey Into Inner Fitness .' -- cunytv75

'#AfroTech went behind the scenes to follow Ade Adesanya , Co-Founder & President of Moving Analytics Inc., a digital cardio rehab provider empowering people who've suffered heart disease to recover at home. We documented his journey from his homebase in LA to attending AfroTech 2019 in Oakland, CA.' -- Blavity

'Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie recounts his evolution as a writer who has grown more aware of the reader and less aware of the critic. Literary reviews, famously the Times Literary Supplement , were once anonymous—and brutal. Once the Times started publishing bylines with reviews, critics suddenly got much nicer. Anonymity, especially online, is a double-edged sword. In authoritarian

'The 42nd annual Kennedy Center Honors celebrated music legends Earth, Wind & Fire for their nearly 50 years of music. Michelle Miller caught up with the group's surviving members - Ralph Johnson , Philip Bailey and Verdine White - on tour.' -- CBS This Morning

'Former Golden State Warrior Andre Iguodala talks to WSJ 's Lee Hawkins about being an active tech investor, his commitment to opening doors for other athletes and people of color, and the benefits of having a "strict" mother.' -- Wall Street Journal

'Historian Franny Nudelman explores the radical work of anti-war Vietnam veterans using sleep -- as a setting to understand the traumatic effects of violence on the human psyche, and as a weapon of direct action against the government that pushed them into the waking nightmare of warfare. Nudelman is the author of Fighting Sleep: The War for the Mind and the US Military from Verso.' -- This is He

'Forth Worth, Texas, has become the most recent city to pass an ordinance that will limit the number of dollar stores that can be developed. Birmingham, Tulsa, New Orleans, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and Mesquite, Texas have all crafted policies that limit the number of dollar stores that can be developed. Kelly Allen Gray , a Councilmember for District 8 in Fort Worth, Texas who spearheaded the

'Author Darryl Pinckney joins us to discuss his new book of essays, Busted in New York and Other Essays. This segment is guest-hosted by Jenna Flanagan.' -- All Of It

' The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater , the dance company dedicated to African American culture premieres a new work Ode . Jamar Roberts , its first resident choreographer, says he was inspired by the deaths of Trayvon Martin and others.' -- Morning Edition

'In 2018, a photo of Parker Curry looking at a portrait of Michelle Obama went viral. Within a week, she got to meet the first lady. The experience has inspired a picture book — Parker Looks Up — written by Parker and her mom, Jessica Curry Morton , and illustrated by Brittany Jackson .' -- Weekend Edition Sunday

The extended director’s cut of Solange ’s interdisciplinary performance art film When I Get Home . Directed Solange Knowles with contributing directors include Alan Ferguson , Terence Nance , Jacolby Satterwhite , and Ray Tintori.

' Sophia Chang is a badass of the music industry. As the daughter of Korean immigrants in predominantly white suburban Vancouver, she grew up shunning the "model minority" myth. Armed with a fierce sense of independence, she