Season II
Episode 6: Pan-Africanism
Resistance & Liberation - History of Africa
The History of Africa series on YouTube may be the best produced video series on the history of Africa. In this episode, the resistance movements that sprung up in the mid 20th century are discussed.
Malcolm X on Pan-Africanism
Bob Marley interview with Gil Noble
The icon Bob Marley sat down with the legend Gil Noble for this interview where they discuss Bob’s fame & Pan-Africanism.
Fela Kuti 1988 Interview
In this interview, Nigerian artist Fela Kuti discusses Pan-Africanism and how Africa has been fooled by the West into using systems that are unnatural.
Dr. Umar Johnson Explains Pan-Africanism
Umar Johnson has become famous an an internet meme but the man is one of the most knowledgable PanAfricans in the United States. In this interview Umar explains PanAfricanism.
Episode 5: Black LGBTQ+
James Baldwin on Love & Sexuality
In this short video, James Baldwin talks about our typical view of love and how limiting it can be for some, and how that limitation ends up affecting all.
Essence Roundtable on Homophobia in the Black Community
In this Essence video series, Homophobia in the Black Community is dissected and analyzed. In this video in particular, the group discusses whether or not the Black Community has a specific issue with homophobia.
Why Some Black LGBTQ+ Folks are Done Coming Out
In this video, David Johns, the Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition explains why “inviting in” is a more meaningful alternative to “coming out”.
Kanye Addresses Homophobia in Hip Hop
In this interview from 2005, Kanye talks to Sway about Homophobia and its effect on Hip Hip (and by extension Black) culture.
The Grapevine: Conversation with Black LGBTQ Millennials
Perhaps the foundation for the Black LGBTQ+ episode is this conversation that was had on the Grapevine where multiple Black LGBTQ+ members share their experience navigating in a world that is against them on every level.
Episode 4: Farrakhan
Farrakhan CNN Interview
In March of 2007, Farrakhan went on CNN and spoke to anchor Don Lemon about his legacy, accusations of anti-semitism, how the U.S can make right its relationship with Black America, and how the Black community can better itself.
Farrakhan speaks to inmates at Stateville Correction Center
In 2004, Farrakhan paid a visit to Stateville Correction Center in Joliet, Illinois and spoke to the inmates about what they can do from that point forward to redeem themselves and help to uplift the greater Black community.
Louis Farrakhan 1972 Soul! Interview
Almost fifty years ago, Farrakhan made one of his first national television appearances when he went on the then popular tv show, Soul! In this episode Farrakhan speaks to the healing power of the Nation of Islam’s teachings.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper on Cannon’s Class
Last year Nick Cannon was labeled an anti-semite and a man who was spreading hate speech using his platform. To further clarify that was indeed a sincere man who loved Jewish people, Nick invited Rabbi Abraham Cooper onto Cannon’s Class. Throughout this episode, the two touch on Farrakhan and his legacy multiple times.
Farrakhan: Only God Can Make A Man
In my personal favorite Farrakhan sermon, Farrakhan speaks about self determination and the strength the Black people of American can find in the fact that we are the Earth’s original people.
Farrakhan BET Doc
In this documentary that was released in 2001 on BET, Farrakhan’s early years and his life leading up to the Million Man March are covered.
Farrakhan Second Donahue Show Appearance
On his second Donahue show appearance, Farrakhan not only takes questions from Donahue, but takes questions from the audience, who also have back and forths amongst themselves.
Farrakhan First Donahue Show Appearance
On his first visit to the Donahue show, Farrakhan speaks to Donahue one on one as the discuss the accusations of anti-semitism and racism that have been levied against the minister.
Farrakhan & Mike Wallace
In this short clip, Farrakhan schools Mike Wallace on why it is hypocritical for any American to condemn an African country as “corrupt”.
Episode 3: Meditation
J.Cole on Meditation
In an interview with Angie Martinez, J.Cole speaks to his experience with meditation and why he values the practice so much. He also gets into his specific way of meditating.
Vice News: We Went to a Support Group for Black People in America
In this Vice News Special, host Alzo Slade sits in with a support group for Black Americans where they have a safe space to speak on the trauma that goes with being Black in this country.
Russell Simmons on Meditation
The man who introduced me to meditation, Russell Simmons, speaks on CBS This Morning about the practice.
Russell Brand on the effect daily meditation has had on his life
Russell Brand speaks on his personal YouTube page about how meditation has changed his life.
The Science of Meditation
This ABC Science video breaks down the tangible difference meditation can make on ones life. The actual changes that can be made to the structure of the brain.
Kobe Bryant on Meditation
The late great Kobe Bryant speaks, in this Thrive Global video, about the effect meditation has on his daily life.
Episode 2: Reparations
H.R. 40: A National Plan for Reparations | NowThis
In this NowThis video, the history and future of H.R 40 are broken down and at the end, we hear from H.R 40’s initial author, John Conyers Jr.
Claud Anderson on Reparations
Claud Anderson spoke to Congress in 2000 about thee necessity of paying reparations to the descendants of American slaves.
Can The US Afford Reparations?
In this video, CNBC breaks down the potential financial impact of paying out reparations to the descendents of US slaves.
NBC Freedmen’s Bureau
In this video, NBC News Learn breaks down the history of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
Episode 1: Assata
Like It Is with Gil Noble: The Assata Shakur Episode
In her first interview since arriving in Cuba, Assata speaks to the legendary Gil Noble about her life up to her escape from a maximum security prison and her then adjustment to life in Cuba.
Assata Shakur: Eyes of The Rainbow
Eyes of The Rainbow is a documentary about Assata Shakur and her exile in Cuba made in the 1980’s.
Lennox Hinds and Angela Davis speak to Democracy Now
In 2013, Assata was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Her lawyer Lennox Hinds, and her friend Angela Davis, spoke to Democracy Now about Assata’s addition to the list and her case in general.
Assata Shakur - Dorsey Nunn Interview (1996)
In what may be the most recent interview with Assata, Dorsey Nunn speaks to Assata about what young people can do to further the movement for the liberation of oppressed people all over the world.
Episode 5: The Other Malcolm
Malcolm X: The Ballot Or The Bullet
The central piece to the Season One Finale, Malcolm X’s The Ballot or The Bullet speech is an essential listen for all Black Nationalist thinkers.
Episode 4: My Brother’s Keeper
President Obama & Steph Curry talk My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
In this town hall, Former President Barack Obama and NBA All-Star Steph Curry talk the value of mentorship and how more mentors in the Black community can lead to tangible results.
Kobe Bryant on Jay Shetty
Kobe Bryant went on the podcast “On Purpose with Jay Shetty” where he talked about the next phase of his career and the need for and value of mentors.
Chuck D - Dutch TV Interview
Chuck D sat down with a Dutch TV station in 1990 and discussed the need for reparations, justice, and why the Black community lacks proper mentors.
Episode 3: The Other Martin
The Three Evils of Society
The focus of today’s episode and in my opinion Martin Luther King Jr.’s greatest speech, The Three Evils of Society speech labels racism, militarism, and economic exploitation as the three things most responsible for our society not reaching its fullest potential.
MLK Talks 'New Phase' Of Civil Rights Struggle
In this interview with NBC, MLK talks to Sander Vancour about the challenges, beyond integration, that the civil rights movement faced. These roadblocks, even sixty years later, have yet to be conquered.
The Other America
In The Other America, Martin details the stark differences between the realities of the rich and the poor. He speaks about “The Other America” that is a world that black americas have been, for too long, denied full access.
I Have Been to the Mountaintop
In his last speech “I Have Been to the Mountaintop” Martin speaks optimistically about the future for Black America but knows that he may not see the bright future that he sees for his people.
Episode 2: Is There Another Way?
Watters' Words: The “truth” about socialism
The fear of socialism and the belief that we in America should fear it and everything that comes with it can attributed to propaganda spread by the U.S in the early to mid 20th century. Even today, news channels like FOX News air segments like this where Jesse Watters uses the most basic of anti-socialism arguments: “Where has it worked?”
Martin Luther King The Three Evils of Society
In his Three Evils of Society speech, MLK Jr breaks down the three evils he thought were most responsible for America’s troubles. In the clip used in this episode, he begins his argument for the second evil: economic exploitation.
Tupac Talks Donald Trump & Greed in America in 1992 Interview | MTV News
In 1992, a young Tupac Shakur would sit down for an interview with MTV that was scheduled to be about an upcoming Christmas album Tupac was apart of, but would instead be centered on America’s greed and materialism.
Whatever happened to Occupy Wall Street?
In this four minute video, Fox News does a surprisingly good job giving a brief overview of Occupy Wall St and the movements purpose.
AOC Touts Democratic Socialism at SXSW
At SXSW in 2019, AOC did a sit-down interview where she delved into the ideo of Democratic Socialism as something that should be feared when in reality, she goes on to explain, the focus is on workers’ rights.
Shelter in Place with Shane Smith & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Extended Episode)
Recently AOC did a virtual interview with the Head of Vice, Shane Smith. In the interview AOC breaks down the government’s failed response to the coronavirus and how race and class plays a vital role in the governments willingness to help those in need.
A Second Bill of Rights
Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed a second Bill of Rights in 1944. He planned to push forward with this bill after the end of the Second World War. FDR wouldn’t live to see the end of the war and his 2nd Bill of Rights didn’t have much of a chance without him. In this video, FDR addresses the nation and tells the people of his plan for the new Bill of Rights.
Episode 1: His-Story
James Baldwin at The Oxford Union
In 1965, James Baldwin went to the Oxford Union to debate William F. Buckley on the question “Has the American Dream been achieved at the expense of The American Negro?” Baldwin was of course arguing that it has, and the excerpt that begins the episode, and the one towards the end, don’t begin to show the true picture of how beautiful his speech was.
The Reason Europeans Erased Africans from History
Historian Robin Walker explains why and how Europeans erased the people they subjugated’s history. He also explains the value of knowing one’s history and its affect on self esteem and an overall racial esteem.
Michelle Morales on teaching an authentic and diverse history
Michelle Morales speaks on the effect the exclusion of her history had and continues to have on her, years later.
Akala | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union
British Hip-Hop artist, poet, and journalist Akala visited the Oxford Union in 2015 for a solo address where he tackles misconceptions and lies told about African history.
History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi
With the BBC, journalist Zeinab Badawi developed a multi-part documentary series that is available in its entirety on YouTube. The clip heard in this episode is from Episode 3 “The Gift of The Nile”.
Gil Scott Heron - His Story
The legendary poet and musician Gil Scott Heron released this poem about the current picture of History and how extremely bias and full of outright lies, it is.