Lectures tagged "African American"


Sub Topics:
Wil Haygood: A Trilogy of Epic African American Lives
Wil Haygood
February 25, 2010
01:04:00
Journalist and biographer Wil Haygood discusses the fascinating lives of three African Americans--Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., and Sugar Ray Robinson--with radio host Callie Crossley.
Charles Ogletree on Barack Obama
Charles J. Ogletree Jr.
February 24, 2010
01:14:00
In a one-on-one interview with preeminent journalist Carole Simpson, Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree discusses his former student, President Barack Obama--his presidential campaign, his first year in office, and the effects his election has had on local and state elections nationwide.
Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
February 10, 2010
00:53:16
Science journalist Rebecca Skloot discusses her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa.
John Callahan and Adam Bradley on Ralph Ellison
John Callahan
February 8, 2010
00:49:33
Editors John Callahan and Adam Bradley discuss Ralph Ellison's posthumously-published second novel Three Days Before the Shooting. At his death in 1994, Ralph Ellison left behind roughly two thousand pages of his unfinished second novel, which he had spent nearly four decades writing.
Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates
William Grant
February 4, 2010
00:50:50
Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. executive producer William R. Grant and producer Stephen Ives discuss the series with Dr. David Altshuler, a clinical endocrinologist and human geneticist from the Broad Institute.
William Pope.L: Friendliest Black Artist in America
William Pope.L: Friendliest Black Artist in America
William Pope.L
January 28, 2010
00:28:19
William Pope.L, the self-proclaimed "friendliest black artist in America" gives a special performance and talk during the opening reception for the 2010 DeCordova Biennial.
Michael L. Rosen: What Else but Home
Michael L. Rosen
November 23, 2009
00:36:16
Writer Michael L. Rosen talks about his book, What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse. It's a story of one family's journey across the divide of race, class, and economic opportunity in America through love and baseball.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Colored People
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
November 12, 2009
01:21:42
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American research and the Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. University Professor at Harvard University, discusses his memoir Colored People. This lecture is co-presented by Cambridge READS.