Contains footage of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic performing fifteen songs, including "Bop Gun," "Atomic Dog," and "Whole Lotta Shakin'," at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 2004. Includes six bonus tracks.
Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart from the Hollywood establishment, cultivating visual and narrative styles that were uniquely their own.
A conversation between television journalist, Bill Moyers, and playwright, August Wilson, in which they discuss Wilson's plays and the Black experience in America.
Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
This documentary series consists of 7 volumes. Vols. 1-3 tell the story of America's civil rights years from 1954 to 1965; vols. 4-7 examine the new America from 1966 to 1985, from community power to the human alienation of urban poverty.
Home is a new house with a loving husband in 1970s California that is suddenly transformed into the frightening world of the antebellum South. Dana, a young black writer, can't explain how she is transported across time and space to a plantation in Maryland. But she does quickly understand why: to deal with the troubles of Rufus, a conflicted white slaveholder - and her progenitor. Her survival, her very existence, depends on it. This searing graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's science fiction classic is a powerfully moving, unflinching look at the violent, disturbing effects of slavery on the people it chained together, both black and white - and made kindred in the deepest sense of the word
Technicolor explores the relationship between race and technology, especially the technologies of everyday life. Through case studies of Indian H-1B visa workers, Detroit techno music, the Chicano interneta and more Technicolor seeks to catalogue and understand the ways people of color actually use technology and to rupture entrenched stereotypes.
Joy Unspeakable focuses on the aspects of the black church that point beyond particular congregational gatherings toward a mystical and communal spirituality not within the exclusive domain of any denomination. This mystical aspect of the black church is deeply implicated in the well-being of African American people but is not the focus of their intentional reflection. The research in this book-through oral histories, church records, and written accounts--details not only ways in which contemplative experience is built into African American collective worship but also the legacy of African monasticism, a history of spiritual exemplars, and unique meditative worship practices.
This volume provides analysis of the history, culture, customs, and challenges of historically Black Greek life organizations. At once cultural study, historical collection, and legal analysis, Black Greek 101 attempts to understand Black Greek life in the past, in the present, and in the future.
This account of the first African American military pilots draws on more than 800 interviews to capture the challenges and triumphs of the Tuskegee Airmen in their own words.
Power to the People tells the story of the at times controversial and always revolutionary Black Panther party. The co-founder of the movement Bobby Seale details with both words and photographs the history and path of the party.
In Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music Philosophy, William C. Banfield engages the reader in a conversation about the aesthetics and meanings that inform this critical component of our social consciousness." "By providing a focused examination of the historical development of Black music artistry, Banfield formulates a useable philosophy tied to how such music is made, shaped, and functions. In so doing, he explores Black music culture from three angles: history, education, and the creative work of the musicians who have moved the art forward.
This volume contains many of the writings of Bayard Rustin a foundational civil rights leader and openly-gay African American activist. At times an mentor, a colleague, and controversial ally of civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rustin's five decade long career in activism is chronicled in this collection, spanning topics such as Ghandi's philosophy of protest, the anti-war movement, the influence of white supremacy in government, AIDS, and the assassination of Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders, Time on Two Crosses is an overview of a remarkable man.
Unbought and Unbossed is Shirley Chisholm's account of her remarkable rise from young girl in Brooklyn to America's first African-American Congresswoman. She shares how she took on an entrenched system, gave a public voice to millions, and sets the stage for her trailblazing bid to be the first woman and first African-American President of the United States. By daring to be herself, Shirley Chisholm shows us how she forever changed the status quo.
The first novel in the African Immortals series, My Soul to Keep follows Jessica as her life is turned inside out by the realization that her husband is part of an Ethiopian immortality cult and over 400 years old. Jessica finds herself trapped between the cult, which seeks to kill her and her family, and her husband's own goal to secure eternal life for his family at a horrible cost.
A memoir by the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement explains the movement's position of love, humanity, and justice, challenging perspectives that have negatively labeled the movement's activists while calling for essential political changes.
A defining work in feminist history and theory, Ain't I a woman examines the history and impact of sexism on black women, the continuing impact of slavery on black womanhood, racism within traditional feminist movements, and redefines the role of black women in social justice.
A magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels.
