Griot Talks | aja monet + Staceyann Chin (Audience Q&A)
A special Women’s History Month edition of MoCADA “Griot Talks,” featuring legendary poets Staceyann Chin and aja monet, as they explore sisterhood, expanding our idea of home, reclamation of the land and more through the lens of their respective projects: Monet’s audio project “VOICES” and Chin’s Kindred on the Rock community and art preservation project.
Griot Talks | aja monet + Staceyann Chin
A special Women’s History Month edition of MoCADA “Griot Talks,” featuring legendary poets Staceyann Chin and aja monet, as they explore sisterhood, expanding our idea of home, reclamation of the land and more through the lens of their respective projects: Monet’s audio project “VOICES” and Chin’s Kindred on the Rock community and art preservation project.
An Introduction to The United Order of the Tents
Explore the lasting legacy of Black women as organizers through the history and lens of The United Order of the Tents, a 154-year-old benefit society centered on abolition and dedicated to wellness in Black communities across America.
Rosedale: The Way It Is (1970s)
In this one hour film, entitled “Rosedale: The Way It Is”, Bill Moyers Journal examines the fear, hatred and courage generated as racial tensions soared when the Spencers, a middle-class black family moved into Rosedale, a Queens white working-class neighborhood in the mid 1970s.
Megan Ming Francis on Racial Injustice | TEDxRainier
In this inspiring and powerful talk, Megan Francis traces the root causes of our current racial climate to their core causes, debunking common misconceptions and calling out “fix-all” cures to a complex social problem. Megan Ming Francis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington where she specializes in the study of American politics, race, and the development of constitutional law.
Lorraine Hansberry, American Masters (1959)
An American Masters interview with Lorraine Hansberry held on May 12, 1959, leading up to the opening of her award winning play, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’, on Broadway. Here Lorraine shares her views on race, her relationships with other noted Black writers (James Baldwin, Richard Wright), and the coming of the progressive movement in the US, particularly through the eyes of the Younger family in ‘A Raisin in the Sun’.
Tribute video to Malcolm X (1964)
A tribute video to Malcolm X made after his death (source unknown), which features clips from a press conference held in Paris in 1964, following Malcolm’s second trip to Africa, this time to attend a conference led by the Organization of African Unity in Cairo. Here El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, formerly known as Malcolm X, takes on an internationalist view of Black solidarity and what a strong Africa could mean to the African diaspora.
James Baldwin & Nikki Giovanni, A Conversation (1971)
American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni, and beloved American novelist and social critic James Baldwin appear on “SOUL!”, a pioneering variety television program dedicated to African American art in the late 1960s and early 1970s produced by New York City PBS affiliate, WNET. Taped in London in November 1971, in this episode the pair discuss the plight of Black America, and the nuances of gender and generational perspectives.
Martin Luther King Jr. Revolution Sermon (1968)
More than 50 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final Sunday sermon on March 31, 1968 at The Washington National Cathedral. Preaching from the Canterbury Pulpit, King likens the sleeping masses to Rip Van Wrinkle to issue America a wake up call against racial injustice, while dismantling the bootstrap ideologies often thrusted upon African-Americans. King also discusses three revolutions that now impact humanity: technology, weaponry, and human rights.