Mark Anthony Neal. The self-described queer Black troublemaker and Black feminist love evangelist, Alexis Pauline Gumbs joined #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book 'Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity' (@dukepress.bsky.social) #BlackWomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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Bianca Williams joined #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book 'The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism (@dukepress.bsky.social, 2018)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gEG... #BlackWomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
The self-described queer Black troublemaker and Black feminist love evangelist, Alexis Pauline Gumbs joined #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book 'Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity' (@dukepress.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmM... #BlackWomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
Historian Vanessa M. Holden visited #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book, 'Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner's Community'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGeQ...
#WomensHistoryMonth
#BlackWomensHistory
@illinoispress.bsky.social
Before there was Elvis's "Hound Dog", there was "Big Mama" Thornton's "Hound Dog"
DJ Lynnée Denise on the Legacy of Rock 'n Roll Pioneer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
www.youtube.com/watch?v=syKZ...
#LeftOfBlack
#WomensHistoryMonth
#BlackWomensHistory
Erica Edwards joined #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book 'The Other Side of Terror: Black Women and the Culture of US Empire' (@nyupress.bsky.social)
#WomensHistoryMonth
#BlackWomensHistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obus...
Who knew that when #LeftOfBlack gathered a group of thinkers to discuss the musical, spiritual, political and cinematic themes of #Sinners back in May of 2025, that it would become the most nominated film in the history of the #AcademyAwards
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kBy...
#WorldAIDSDay
Daniel Royles joined #LeftOfBlack
to discuss his book 'To Make the Wounded Whole: The African American Struggle Against HIV/AIDS' (@uncpress.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdko...
In this S13 episode of #LeftOfBlack, Casarae Lavada Abdul-Ghani joined host Mark Anthony Neal to discuss her book 'Start a Riot! Civil Unrest in Black Arts Movement Drama, Fiction, and Poetry'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_NL...
Sheryll Cashin, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice at Georgetown and former clerk for Thurgood Marshall joins #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book 'White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding & Segregation in the Age of Inequality'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDsJ...
What do you do when the justice system you rely on for redress fails you and you have to take matters into your own hands?
Kali Gross discusses her book 'Vengeance Feminism: The Power of Black Women’s Fury in Lawless Times' (Seal Press) via #LeftOfBlack #Season15
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gyZ...
The Hiphop Archive and Research Institute the house that the late Dr. Marcyliena Morgan built. I was honored to bring #LeftOfBlack to her house 12 years ago to discuss her vision for the study of HipHop Culture.
In this episode from #Season11 of #LeftOfBlack Historian Derrick E. White discusses his book 'Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football', which was just released in paperback from UNC Press
www.youtube.com/watch?v=babS...
The cover of Dr. Tenorio's book about Black Anarchism and Antiblack Carcerality, Jump, which shows an individual in the air after they've jumped from a building, or a wall, or...
Dr. Sam C. Tenorio examines a Black Politics of Refusal on #LeftOfBlack. youtu.be/_9a-DzZEE9k?... via @markanthonyneal.bsky.social
Marronage as a Guide to Police Abolition
On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, critical geographer Dr. Celeste Winston joined me to discuss her book,'How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing' (Duke University Press)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0A...
What is the political and social weight of natural Black hair? On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, Dr. Chelsea Mary Elise Johnson joins host Mark Anthony Neal to discuss her book, 'Natural: Black Beauty and the Politics of Hair' (New York University Press)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAte...
Richard Brent Turner joined #LeftOfBlack to discuss his book, 'Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism' (NYU Press). Dr. Turner is the Professor of African American Religious History at University of Iowa
#BlackMusicMonth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9DA...
Professor Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús joined me on #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book, 'Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease'
"all of the people who have "Excited Delirium" are considered to be fault or to blame for their own deaths."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO-8...
Prithi Kanakamedala, joined me on the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book 'Brooklynites: the Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough' (New York University Press)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXKl...
@stacyblanco.bsky.social —I thought you might enjoy this YouTube about Brooklyn. The host of #LeftofBlack always has great shows and fascinating people whom he interviews. Enjoy.
youtu.be/IXKlc6C8zVE?...
What does it look like to not only survive, but to thrive, in a society that surrounds you and your community with hostility and detriment?
Author Aaron Robertson on The Black Utopians | #LeftOFBlack
leftofblack.org/podcast/s15-...
#LeftOfBlack15
#LeftOfBlack host Mark Anthony Neal was joined in the studio by musical artist Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh
#Season10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3r9...
On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, author Aaron Robertson joined me to talk about his book 'The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America (@fsgbooks.bsky.social, 2024).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9O...
Author Lamont Jones joins me on the latest #LeftOfBlack to talk about his book 'The Gist of Bid Whist: The Culturally Rich Card Game from Black America'
#BlackHistoryMonth
#MoreThanAMonth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_bM...
"A revealing look at the covert and institutionalized racism lurking in the congressional workplace"
#LeftOfBlack | Congress as the Last Plantation with Dr. James R. Jones
www.youtube.com/watch?v=84i3...
A full circle moment, as Tricia Rose joined me on #LeftOfBlack for a wide-ranging conversation about her recent book 'Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives―and How We Break Free' (Basic Books) and the contemporary state of Black Expressive Culture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gflD...
The Long 1970s & The Institute of the Black World | #LeftOfBlack
Historian Derrick E. White discusses his book 'The Challenge of Blackness: The Institute of the Black World and Political Activism in the 1970s'
#BlackHistoryMonth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9mR...
The Story Behind ‘We Shall Overcome’ and Other Anthems of Black Resistance | #LeftOfBlack
Shana Redmond discusses her book 'Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora'
#BlackHistoryMonth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3DG...
Dr. Johnnetta Cole discusses her life of service in the academy and beyond. Dr. Cole, an anthropologist by training, is the former President of Spelman and Bennett Colleges. She was the Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art from 2009-2017.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#LeftOfBlack
