Black History (Video)

Civil Rights leader Julian Bond looks at the social ramifications of school desegregation in the last 50 years since nine African-American students made history by enrolling in the then all-white Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Series: "Reconsidering Little Rock: 50 Years After the Start of School Integration " [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13428]

Terrence Roberts, one of the original nine African-American students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, looks back on the lessons learned about race and education in the last 50 years. Series: "Reconsidering Little Rock: 50 Years After the Start of School Integration " [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13430]

Robert Maxwell, one of the renowned African American pilots who fought in World War II, recalls the heroes of the “Tuskegee Experience” whose valor on the battlefield was finally acknowledged with the Congressional Gold Medal in March, 2007. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13000]

From radical rebel to university professor, Angela Davis has dedicated her life to social activism. In this talk, Angela Davis reflects on her successes and shares her insights on the strategies for change that have made -- and will make -- history. Sponsored by the Women's Resources and Research Center at UC Davis [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12069]

The Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley presents a panel of scholars and artists exploring the impact of the African diaspora on various forms of historical and contemporary music and dance. Series: "Student Resources: Moments in History " [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 11708]

The Afro Inventions featured in this program were inspired by the jazz baroque of the Modern Jazz Quartet, the contrapuntal stylings of jazz pianist Billy Taylor and, of course, the inventions of Johann Sebastian Bach. This concert features works, both music and written, by Earl Stewart, Professor in the Department of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Soundscape" [Humanities] [Arts and M...

With the publication of 1992’s In My Father’s House, Kwame Anthony Appiah claimed his place at the forefront of African-American literary and cultural studies. A professor of philosophy at Princeton, he discusses how Western intellectuals and leaders have exaggerated the power of difference while neglecting the power of commonality. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center...

Angela Davis, Professor in the History of Human Consciousness department at UC Santa Cruz and holder of a UC Presidential Chair in African-American and Feminist Studies explores the issues concerning criminal justice and race in the 21st century, in light of the history of the Black Panther movement. This presentation is part of UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center series "Blow Back: Respond...

Racial justice has been a major theme in the life of John Perkins–two of his books are Let Justice Roll Down and With Justice for All. Perkins discusses justice as it relates to his own pilgrimage in Mississippi, as well as his national efforts to speak about racial justice to our nation in this interview with Douglas Daniels of UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Let There Be Light" [Public Affairs] [Huma...

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that declared racially segregated schools unconstitutional, The Haunting of Jim Crow examines the events surrounding that momentous decision by weaving together the personal stories and reflections of two key protagonists, civil rights attorney (later Supreme Court Justice) Thurgood Marshall and segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond....

Cedric Robinson reflects on his early years at UC Santa Barbara and then deals with current research he is conducting on images of Blacks and other minorities in early Hollywood films. Series: "Voices" [Humanities] [Show ID: 9301]

Former New York Times columnist and Pulitzer-Prize winner Anthony Lewis recounts the Supreme Court's historical role in allowing discrimination up through the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that outlawed segregation in public schools. Series: "City Club Presents" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8746]

Elaine Jones, the vivacious president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund calls on the nation to recommit itself to ensuring equal education opportunities for all students, regardless of race, creed or gender in keynote address to the Center for Social Justice at UC Berkeley. Series: "The Goldman School - Berkeley Public Policy" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8464]

In this presentation from the Legacy of Slavery series, UC Berkeley Professor and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Leon Litwack, deals with "Trouble in Mind: African Americans From Emancipation to the 1990's." Litwack talks about the racist treatment of African Americans using examples from the Roaring 20's with lynching occurring weekly to World War II where German soldiers caught by allied troops w...

Author and political scientist Peter Irons marks the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education case with "Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision," a riveting talk detailing how efforts to desegregate schools have failed. Sponsored by Thurgood Marshall College at UCSD. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8388]

In this presentation from the Legacy of Slavery series, Professor Charles Long reflects upon the historical introduction of Africans onto the North American landscape and its impact not only on African Americans but Europeans as well. He discusses the creation of wealth in North American, the historical inequalities involved with that wealth, the implications of slavery, and the controversy over r...

The Legacy of Slavery: Unequal Exchange Conference resulted from the passage of Senate Bills 2199 and 1737 in 2000 and was meant to address a number of issues related to the economic and political legacy of slavery, the roles of governments and businesses in this enterprise, and the question of reparations for the descendants of slaves. This panel discusses the issue of Racism and Discrimination A...

Legacy of Slavery...Unequal Exchange Conference: Panel 4: Life and Labor Among Enslaved Women Series: "Legacy of Slavery" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8102]

Charismatic poet Cornelius Eady uses deft paradoxes to meet the world's absurdities head-on. In a powerful reading of his own work, Eady recites like a jazz singer croons, emphasizing his poetry's hard-hitting content. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 7952]

A major address charting the evolution of Black Feminist Studies as an academic discipline by one of its foremost founders, Dr. Akasha Gloria Hull. Professor Hull reads from her new novel. Professor Hull is Professor Emerita of Women's Studies and Literature at UC Santa Cruz and Visiting Professor of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Voices" [Humanities] [Show ID: 7914]

A panel of faculty and students discusses the movie Barbershop and the controversial themes depicted in this film. Among the issues discussed are: the responsibility of Black filmmakers to their communities; the issue of Black stereotypes as shown in the movie; and the issue of reparations. Series: "Voices" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 7460]

Author and syndicated columnist Julianne Malveaux gives an inspiring talk on the contributions of W.E.B. DuBois and other African-American scholars in this event marking UCSD's celebration of Black History Month. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7166]

In the United States, anyone with even a trace of African American ancestry has been considered Black. Even as the twenty-first century opens, a racial hierarchy still prevents people of color, including individuals of mixed race, from enjoying the same privileges as Euro-Americans. In his book, G. Reginald Daniel argues that we are at a cross-roads, with members of a new multiracial movement poin...

Biographer Douglas Daniels discusses his groundbreaking biography of Lester Young, the legendary tenor saxaphonist whose career spanned swing and bebop eras. Series: "Humanitas" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 6893]

Yusef Komunyakaa is known as a "jazz poet," a Southern writer and a "soldier poet." Author of nine books and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Komunyakaa sets a provocative stage by rejecting the "write what you know" model in favor of the defying "write what you are willing to discover" premise. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 5640]