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In this episode, we spoke with the richest black person in American History, Robert Smith. During this conversation, Robert spoke about his amazing life journey, from being an engineer to working on Wall Street to running one of the largest private equity firms in the world.
Barack Obama reacts to Michelle Obama's past comments saying she ‘couldn’t stand’ him for 10 years of their marriage. The former president, who has been married to Michelle for 30 years, admits to the role he claims he played in her frustrations at the time.
Cornell William Brooks, former president and CEO of the NAACP, and Coleman Hughes, columnist and host of the podcast "Conversations with Coleman," discuss whether Black Americans are owed reparations for hundreds of years of slavery, Jim Crow segregation and other forms of institutional racism on Meet the Press Reports.
Corporations and well-meaning people have been shelling out millions to help end racism. Meanwhile, people within the movement are debating about where all the money is going and who should be in charge of it.
Political Activist and strategist Tamika Mallory sits down with Angie to discuss how the death of her son’s father aligned her with her purpose.
FOCUSED ON THE FIGHT: Photography captures it all – the good, the bad, and the ugly. But what happens when your work brings the issues of society into full focus?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar opened Tuesday's edition of #TheArena with an unforgettable and powerful message on continuing the fight for social justice in America, and what role athletes can play in leading the change.
Tamika Mallory Calls Out Panini's Lack Of Black Leadership, Talks Corporate Diversity + More
In this animated interview, the sociologist Bruce Western explains the current inevitability of prison for certain demographics of young black men and how it's become a normal life event. "We've chosen the response of the deprivation of liberty for a historically aggrieved group, whose liberty in the United States was never firmly established to begin with," Western says.
"Racism and Social Justice" Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr. (Powerful)
Black women and southern trees suffer from a similar affliction. They are marked to be the tellers and bearers of truth in a world socially constructed to destroy them. Social justice educator, Monica Johnson explores the parallels of her identity development and the life and legacy of the great Billie Holiday. This talk uncovers the day that Monica comes to understand what being a Black woman born and raised in the American south truly affords her. Monica asks the audience to stop and listen to an uncomfortable truth about the burden that Black women are forced to carry. Monica uses the legacy of Billie Holiday’s world renowned performance of “Strange Fruit” to explain what great cost Black women pay to expose the world to the truth. ---
In this emotional talk, high-school senior Julianna Davis talks about the shortcomings of the US Justice System — and how it failed to protect the rights of African-American people. Faced with discrimination herself, Julianna introduces multiple anecdotes to prove how the system has failed her fellow black citizens.
