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Civil rights pioneers Fred Gray and Representative John Lewis (D-GA) talked about Rosa Parks and her long history of civil rights activism. They highlighted her influence in igniting boycotts and…

Democratic strategist Michael Starr Hopkins and Trump 2020 Advisory Board member Paris Dennard talked about the black vote and campaign 2020.

New York Review of Books contributor Darryl Pinckney talked about his book, Busted in New York and Other Essays, in which he reflected on the black experience in America.

Theodore Johnson of the Brennan Center talked about African-American voters and Campaign 2020.

New York Times Magazine contributor Thomas Chatterton Williams talked about his book, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race, in which he looked at race and identity. He was…

Former and current FBI agents discussed James Wormley Jones, who is thought to be the first African American special agent hired in 1919 by the forerunner of the FBI. The Newseum and FBI…

Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley talked about immigration, liberal politics, and the black power movement in America. He is the author of Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders,…

Jeffrey Haas talked about his book The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther (Lawrence Hill Books; November 1, 2009). On December 4, 1969, Fred Hampton,…

The National Museum of African American History and Culture recently released a book called We Return Fighting: World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity. In conjunction, the museum also has…

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor talked about her book, Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, in which she offers her thoughts on the undermining of…

Kendra Allen, author of When You Learn the Alphabet, and and Jennine Cap Crucet, author of My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education, talked about their books on race…

Clyde Ford talked about his book, Think Black: A Memoir of Sacrifice, Success, and Self-Loathing in Corporate America, in which he recalled the challenges his father John Stanley Ford faced…

Carlotta Walls was fourteen years old and Terrence Roberts fifteen years old when they entered Little Rock Central High School on September 23, 1957. The two members of the “Little Rock Nine” recalled their…

Political insiders Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, and Minyon Moore talked about the book they co-authored, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics, in which they reflected on their…

Book TV attended the Black Books Matter book party featuring White House correspondent April Ryan, author of Under Fire; Angel Rich, author of The History of the Black Dollar; and publisher…

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the oversight of policing practices. Witnesses included Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who died after a New York police officer placed…

Bioethicist Harriet Washington talked about her book, A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind, in which she detailed how environmental hazards…

In his book, Reclaiming the Black Past, author Pero Dagbovie explains how black history is misused in popular culture and what can be done to change it. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a…

Derrick Johnson, NAACP president, talked about some of the issues most important to the NAACP in the 2020 election, including voting discrimination.

Dorothy Butler Gilliam, who in 1961 became the first African American reporter at the Washington Post, talked about the hurdles she overcame during her career.