Videos

NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson talked about the racially motivated shooting in Buffalo and the civil rights group’s priorities and role heading into the midterm elections.

The Manhattan Institute held a discussion on the topic of Black Patriotism with Glenn Loury and John Wood Jr. on Veterans Day.

Black Voters Matter co-founder Cliff Albright talked about his group’s priorities heading into the 2022 midterm elections.

Young adult author Kekla Magoon provided a history of the Black Panther Party and its impact on the civil rights movement. This was a virtual event hosted by Northshire Bookstore in…

What Happened to Gibson Grove was the grand prize winner in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Dermott Foley and Tyler Foley, seventh graders at Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring,…

Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley argued that the policies during the Trump administration improved the economic lives of Black people. He was interviewed by Trumpa administration…

National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial talked about the findings of the organization’s 2022 State of Black America report.

Mary Frances Early reflected on being the first African American student to graduate from the University of Georgia in 1962. This was a virtual program hosted by the Atlanta History Center.

President Biden spoke on the importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as he delivered remarks from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an…

University of Texas at Arlington Professor Stephanie Cole taught a class on the life and work of antebellum social reformer Lucretia Mott. She was a leading advocate in a number of mid-19th century causes,…

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…

Our Hands Are Tied was one of the second-prize middle school division winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Ada Watson, a seventh grader at RD and Euzelle Smith Middle School in…

Former Stockton, California, Mayor Michael Tubbs spoke about his life and political career. Book Passage Bookstore in San Francisco hosted this virtual program.

Three Congressional Black Caucus members, Democratic Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), Barbara Lee (CA), and Al Green (TX), spoke to reporters about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s…

The House considered the CROWN Act, a bill that would prohibit discrimination based on a person’s hair texture or hairstyle in employment, public accommodations, and housing.

A mother of a child kidnapped and murdered and a father whose daughter is still missing were among several people who testified at a House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights…

Vice President Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland made remarks on efforts to combat threats of violence against historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke after meeting with President Biden and administration officials on the administration’s State of the Union agenda and other policy proposals.

Yale University sociology professor Elijah Anderson discussed how Blacks are viewed in society and their experiences navigating mostly white spaces daily. The Hauenstein Center for…

Dawn Turner reflected on her life through her relationship with her sister and their childhood friend. This virtual program was part of the 2021 Miami Book Fair.