Videos

In this portion of The Atlantic Festival, activist and author DeRay McKesson talked about racism in America and his work with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Yunte Huang talked about the life and times of Hawaii detective Chang Apana (1871-1933) and cultural impact that the fictional character based on him produced. He spoke at D.G. Wills Books…

Black Youth Project 100 director Charlene Carruthers offered her thoughts on how to shift mainstream ideas on race, gender, and class.

Manhattan Institute fellow Heather Mac Donald talked about her latest book, The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture.

Afro-American Studies professor Traci Parker of the University of Massachusetts Amherst described the challenges African American department store workers and shoppers faced in the 1950s and…

This 1949 New York State Commission Against Discrimination film details the state’s anti-discrimination law and argues that talented and productive citizens are being held back by…

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…

Robin DiAngelo explored the challenges in discussing race with white Americans.

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

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…

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

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:…

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.