Videos

Comedian and actor D.L. Hughley shared his thoughts on race in America. He’s interviewed by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

Jason Kessler, organizer of the “Unite the Right 2 ” rally, spoke to attendees of an event to mark the anniversary of the group’s first rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Several of his supporters…

DC United Against Hate held a counter-protest prior to a “Unite the Right” white nationalists rally marking the anniversary of their first rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. There were two…

Baruch College Professor Angie Beeman spoke via Skype about the state of relations in New York City four years since the chokehold death of Eric Garner by New York City Police Department…

University of Minnesota Profess Keith Mayes spoke via Skype about race relations in his state two years after the police shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

University of Missouri, Kansas Professor Devin Fergus spoke via Skype about race relations in his state four years after the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

Sandy Hauser, the bureau chief for Virginia Public Radio/WVTF in Charlottesville, was interviewed via Skype about the state of race relations in her city. She spoke on the one-year anniversary of a white…

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on a question related to the one-year anniversary of a white nationalist protest against the removal of a Charlottesville, Virginia, Confederate monument:…

Rutgers University history professor Rachel Devlin looked at the desegregation of American public schools through the actions of young women throughout the country.

Historians Peniel Joseph and Professor Kathleen Cleaver talked about civil rights and race relations as part of C-SPAN’s series “1968: America in Turmoil.” Professor Cleaver is a former Black…

Dinesh D’Souza talked about his new book and documentary with the same name: Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the making of the Democratic Party.

University of Chicago history professor Kathleen Belew talked about military veterans who have joined the white power movement in America since the mid-1960s.

Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson recounted the meeting between Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and author and activist James Baldwin on May 24, 1963, held in the hopes…

Washington, D.C., community members participated in a forum about politics and race relations. Political science and sociology professors as well as representatives from advocacy…

Author and Georgetown University Sociology Professor Michael Eric Dyson discussed race relations in the United States and his book “What Truth Sounds Like.”

A panel of historians discussed the history of Confederate monuments and their place in society. They took comments from an audience of historians on whether the monuments should remain, be…

Lauren Sklaroff talked about her book Black Culture and the New Deal: The Quest for Civil Rights in the Roosevelt Era (University of North Carolina Press, 2009). In her book she examines New Deal…

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the question “What is your view on the state of race relations?”

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors took viewer phone calls about race in America at the 23rd annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Lee Hancock shared the history of segregation in Tyler, Texas', Robert E. Lee High School, and desegregation. She provided insight into the role the city played in shaping the statewide and national fight…