I SEE U

Members of a group of community-based organizations recently embarked upon a month-long bus caravan that stretched across several cities throughout the southern region of the country, including places like Atlanta; Birmingham; Little Rock, Arkansas; Houston and Jackson, Mississippi. The tour was designed specifically to support Black girls and young women by providing them with resources and netwo...

Based on his own real-life experiences, Elegance Bratton ’s THE INSPECTION , tells the story of a young Black man who was kicked out of the house by his Christian mother for being gay. After spending years at a homeless shelter and on the streets of New York City, he decides to enlist in the U.S. military to become a Marine . Ironically, this autobiographical film takes place during the era of ‘ D...

While medical teams question whether the omicron variant marks a  COVID-19 transition from a pandemic stage to an endemic phase , minorities along with a host of communities of color are seeing disproportionately higher rates of mental health problems. Moreover, disparities exist as it relates to accessibility in mental health care services. Join host  Eddie Robinson  for the second part of our se...

Renowned instrumentalist, Branford Marsalis , has spent four decades in the international spotlight touring the globe and perfecting his skillsets as the standard-bearer of modern jazz. The Louisiana native also comes from a musical family, with brothers— Wynton , Delfeayo and Jason —becoming acclaimed jazz musicians; and his father, the patriarch Ellis Marsalis, Jr. , a jazz pianist and educator...

In recent years, with each election cycle, voting results very often come down to the wire. Consequently, when it comes to politics and ideologies related to our government, America remains completely divided. And with the racial and political reckoning of 2020 after the death of George Floyd , the clash over the true meaning of democracy has burst right back into the spotlight. It’s exactly why a...

In 2021, after a wave of global unrest over racial injustice that followed the death of Houstonian George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, a coalition of Broadway theater owners, union leaders, creators and casting directors outlined a series of reforms and commitments for the industry to ensure there would be equity and inclusion implemented in all of its new contractual agreements, incl...

Civil rights attorney, Jeffery Robinson , released a film in 2021 entitled, “ WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA .” In the documentary, Robinson addresses an audience onstage as if he’s inside a courtroom, arguing a case on how grappling with racism is “our shared history.” He challenges them to question why so many aspects of American history related to slavery, state-sanctioned violenc...

Actress Karyn Parsons is best known for her role as the spoiled ‘Hilary Banks,’ Will Smith’s cousin in the hit ‘90s sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – which aired for six seasons on NBC. Parsons is now an acclaimed writer and has already produced a series of award-winning animated children’s films about unsung Black historical figures. She’s also published three books for children: a middle-gra...

Gerald Albright is one of the most sought-after musicians in the world of contemporary jazz. The iconic saxophonist has been recording music for nearly four decades with eight Grammy Award nominations to show for it. And with his signature blend of funk, soul and R&B, much of his productions create the perfect mood for love and romance. But despite the success of smooth jazz back in the early...

Known as one of the Original Kings of Comedy with Steve Harvey , D.L. Hughley , and Cedric the Entertainer —the legendary comedian, Bernie Mac , is now featured in a book of inspirational quotes and daily motivations called, “ I Don’t Care If You Like Me, I Like Me .” A native of Chicago, Bernie Mac developed a comedic style of storytelling that was aggressive, honest, and straight-up, in-your-fac...

In the PBS series, MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE , famed documentarian, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , sits down with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders and old friends to explore what it means to be a Black American in a country where racial discrimination and white supremacy still exist. Join us as Host Eddie Robinson facilitates a recent panel discussion about the film th...

Members of a group of community-based organizations recently embarked upon a month-long bus caravan that stretched across several cities throughout the southern region of the country, including places like Atlanta; Birmingham; Little Rock, Arkansas; Houston and Jackson, Mississippi. The tour was designed specifically to support Black girls and young women by providing them with resources and netwo...

Betty Ann Kilby   and her family were terrorized when they defied their local school board and the governor of Virginia to desegregate the only high school in their county in 1959. And yet, nearly 50 years later, in 2007, she was willing to talk to a descendant of a family who had once enslaved her ancestors. It was a defining move reminiscent of a well-known quote in Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s...

Author Jill Nagle is not intimidated by facilitating open and honest conversations about white supremacy. She’s even designed workshops and programs to help counsel and coach white people to help them better understand how racism works and how they can use their white privilege to make a difference. But are these programs and teachings really working? Find out as I SEE U takes a provocative look a...

Veteran jazz keyboardist Brian Culbertson has a 25-album discography that offers up his signature sounds of funky instrumentals, sexy soul jams and straight-up, smooth R&B grooves. With a career of delivering some 40 Billboard No. 1 singles, he’s performed and recorded with the industry’s finest – from Stevie Wonder and Bootsy Collins to the late Prince and Maurice White , the founder of the i...

Brian Greene is President of Houston Food Bank , the largest food distribution bank in the nation. Greene, who once headed the New Orleans food bank, arrived in Houston on the tailwinds of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina when his own Crescent City home flooded with water – only to be pummeled by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, where the first floor of his Houston home took on three feet of storm water. Join I...

A native of Houston’s Third Ward, Derryl Bohanna Sr. , knows the importance of being industrious, enterprising and disciplined. A product of the U.S. Army and a father of seven, Bohanna quickly realized he needed to figure out a way to financially support his children. But he also learned some very interesting lessons about the concept of saving money and creating generational wealth—early. Join u...

P-VALLEY is a provocative drama series on the cable television network, STARZ . The series follows the lives of employees and exotic dancers who work at a strip club in a fictional town in northern Mississippi. The show’s creator and executive producer, Katori Hall , presents a captivating look at the nuances of southern Black culture. P-VALLEY explores the complexities of our humanity – using ext...

Acclaimed jazz vocalist and Baltimore native, Maysa Leak , admits to I SEE U that she’s always felt hidden. Starting out as a member of the legendary Stevie Wonder ’s background singer entourage, Maysa has been performing in the music business for over three decades. She landed her first lead vocal gig with a British soul collective ironically called, Incognito . But music reps told her she could...

Arguably, the state of Texas’ most famous death row exoneree,  Anthony Charles Graves  spent nearly 20 years in prison for a  brutal crime  that he did not commit, including 12 years on death row — all while receiving two execution dates. Since his release more than a decade ago, Graves has been working extensively with the justice system that mistakenly put him behind bars in the first place! Joi...

In 1981, militant  Klansmen  in  East Texas  waged a terror campaign against recently immigrated Vietnamese  fishermen  who were trying to make a living near  Galveston Bay . As tensions heated up, some began to label the conflict a “ race war .” But a  legal argument  brought justice to the vulnerable community of Vietnamese refugees. Join us we take you on a journey through the warm waters of th...

A young computer scientist who grew up in Mississippi is focusing her efforts on fairness and identifying biases in technology. Though she’s working in  Atlanta  as an artificial intelligence researcher for  Amazon , she’s reinvesting much of her earnings towards the development of a multi-million dollar innovation center that’s set to transform her native downtown Jackson. Dr. Nashlie Sephus is a...

Earlier this year in an interview with  Oprah Winfrey , singer  Stevie Wonder  described his  plans  to move permanently to  Ghana ,  West Africa . Weeks later, comedian  Dave Chappelle  said he was inspired by Wonder to do the same. There’s a sudden trend of Americans who are leaving the United States and relocating to a foreign country — Americans like the  Jones  family. 50-year-old Tony Jones,...

The legendary  Prince  created an iconic band known as,  The Revolution . Not only did the early ’80s group incorporate an energy and sound that threw off music radio programmers worldwide, but The Revolution also consisted of overwhelming talent that embraced notions of diversity and inclusion with members from different backgrounds, ethnicities, races and sexual orientations. Two band members — ...

Many view Juneteenth as a celebration for slaves in Texas who finally received word on June 19, 1865, that they were free. But it took more than two years for that news to reach the ears of those enslaved after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. While it took several more months for slavery to be abolished in 1865, a system known as convict leasing had emerged in Southern states...