Videos

Vanderbilt University Professor Michael Eric Dyson offered his thoughts on race in America. This virtual program was hosted by Town Hall Seattle.

Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste, and Michael Eric Dyson, author of Long Time Coming, discussed race and caste in America. This video was provided by the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Reverend Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders led a march on issues including voting rights, criminal justice, health care and pay equity. Following the march, a rally was held near th…

Professor Michael Eric Dyson and Khalil Gibran Muhammad participated in a discussion on writing about race. “A Conversation with Michael Eric Dyson and Khalil Gibran Muhammad” was part of…

The Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys held its first hearing, titled “The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men.” Much of the hearing focused on the achiev…

Analysts from the fields of education, race relations, politics and law enforcement talked about institutional bias and racism, and recommendations for addressing it within the educational a…

A panel discussion was held on the life and work of African-American history scholar, Manning Marable, who died on April 1, 2011, days before the publication of his biography of Malcolm X. T…

African-American leaders talked about issues facing their community and various means to advance their agenda to improve conditions in black neighborhoods. Among the issues they addressed we…

Participants spoke about the state of the black union at an event titled “We Count! The Black Agenda Is the American Agenda.” They focused on challenges facing the African-American community…

Michael Eric Dyson talked about the controversy over whether President Obama was being criticized for his race or for his policies. During the week, former President Carter said that race wa…

Panelists discussed the recent meeting between President Obama, Henry Louis Gates, and Cambridge police office James Crowley. They also talked about current race relations in America. Follow…

Civil rights activists, lawmakers, scholars, and policy analysts gathered to discuss their thoughts and insights on the challenges facing African-Americans. Raymond Brown moderated a questio…

Author and cultural critic Michael Eric Dyson talked about his life, his career, and his body of writing. Topics included the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the presidential cand…

Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the role of the African-American vote in the 2008 presidential election. Tom Joyner led a question-and-answer s…

Professor Dyson talked about his book, Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop. He chronicled hip hop culture through the years. Topics included nomenclature, forbidden words, the issues v…

The panelists talked about the cultural and political impacts of hip-hop music, the expressions of strong language and depictions of violence in the music, and the use of the art form as pol…

Mr. Dyson talked about his book Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur, published by Basic Books, which examined the cultural and intellectual impact of rap and hip-hop music, and…

Participants spoke to reporters about their summit on using hip-hop music as a means of political empowerment in the black community. Among the issues they addressed were new initiatives on …

The African American Authors Book Discussion Group met in the Whittaker Road Community Meeting Room to discuss Michael Eric Dyson’s book Is Bill Cosby Right: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lo…

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus conducted a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress. As part of the ceremony caucus leaders and incomi…