“Maafa21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America,” is a documentary film produced by Life Dynamics Inc. that reveals how eugenics and population control has systematically been used to reduce Black births. Maafa is a Swahili word which means “a terrible tragedy,” referring to the time of the middle passage during the slave trade. The “21” […]
Dr. Cornel West joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss how Black History Month came to be and the work America still has to do after a year defined by demand for radical change. The Mehdi Hasan Show: Insightful reporting and probing interviews that examine the day’s events and provide a deeper level of context for the […]
Acclaimed actor Will Smith says he’s been called the n-word to his face at least five times in his life, but it’s never hurt his feelings because he doesn’t consider the name-callers to be intelligent people. While on a press tour for his six-part docuseries, Amend: The Fight for America, Smith went on the Pod Save America […]
Martin Luther King Jr. talks about leadership, his childhood, and the civil rights struggle in America. This amazing recording of King from 60 years ago is just as relevant today as it was then. This BBC interview was recorded about seven years before MLK’s death in 1961. Part of the proceeds from this video with […]
London’s only black football league manager says the game has lost a generation of talent by failing to encourage more players from black and minority ethnic backgrounds into coaching. Chris Powell’s comments come after an ITV News London investigation this week revealed the shocking level of racism that still exists in the so-called beautiful game. […]
Based on true events This movie has been circulating in our community for a while now. Still worth posting and watching…. if you haven’t already! IMDB: Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade. source Related Posts Top black actors | Worth Sharing Videos If […]
Raheem Sterling has called for more black representation in football – ‘there’s something like 500 players in the Premier League and a third of them are black’ said the Manchester City forward. ‘We have no representation of us in the hierarchy, no representation of us in the coaching staffs’. The 25-year-old referred to Steven Gerrard […]
In 1967, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King spoke with NBC News’ Sander Vanocur about the “new phase” of the struggle for “genuine equality.” » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News is a leading source of global news and information. Here you will […]
Based on a true story The “true story” of Besouro, a Capoeira master living in 1920s Brazil. Set in the jungles of Bahia in the 1920s, the tale is firmly grounded in its historical time and place, when rich white landowners exploited black workers like slaves, even after the nominal abolition of slavery. The action […]
For Black History Month in the UK (ok not quite I missed it by a day) I decided to share my favourite books by black authors: Jean Toomer, an anthology of feminist writers, and George Schuyler. Let me know your own recommendations in the comments! I don’t know if you can tell but I love […]