The Man Who Kept King’s Secrets
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In the aughts, Clarence Jones, the galvanizing lawyer who was Martin Luther King Jr.’s trusted lieutenant between 1960 and 1968, came out from the shadows of civil rights history. In a groundbreaking interview, he shared his untold tale: the secret missions, the FBI wiretaps, and the “real” Martin of those perilous, passionate years.
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A Historian Reviews Civil Rights Movements in TV & Film
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Author and activist Yohuru Williams fact-checks Selma, BlacKkKlansman, Do the Right Thing, and more.
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“If It Feels Right, I Might Sing It”: How Obama’s Most Famous Speech Almost Didn’t Happen
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The 2015 church massacre in Charleston would precipitate Obama giving a poignant eulogy. But behind the scenes, speechwriter Cody Keenan recalls in his book, Grace, Obama doubted whether he could bring himself to say anything at all.
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5 Radical Films to Watch After Is That Black Enough for You?!?
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Once you’ve dug into the Netflix doc on Black cinema, here are a few under-the-radar 1960s and 1970s films to put on your watch list.
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The question of reparations couldn’t be more urgent, as the health care crisis for Black Americans worsens. In Queen Mother Audley Moore, we have a newly relevant template for change.
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Over 100 Years of Black Defiance at the Movies
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A deep dive into a rich history of nonfiction filmmaking, featuring documentaries by Spike Lee, commentary by James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni, vérité views of the Black Panthers and the Attica prison riots—and what may have been the first Black screen kiss ever.
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