Videos

Sports writers William Rhoden and Peter Golenbock and historian Joseph Dorinson discussed Jackie Robinson’s integration of major league baseball in April 1947 utilizing items in the Center f…

TIME Magazine former managing editor James Gaines profiled social and political activists of the 1950s, who he argued upends the notion that the decade was synonymous with conformity. This w…

Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin explored how former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s 2016 on-field political protests created a conversation on race and policing as well as the re…

Author Ben Raines talked about his discovery of the remains of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States. This virtual program was hosted by …

Biographer Kate Clifford Larson recounted the life of the late civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hammer. This was a virtual event hosted by the Center for Brooklyn History in New York.

Cultural critic Rebecca Carroll talked about her challenges with racial identity and racism. This virtual program was hosted by the Center for Brooklyn History in New York City.