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Saeed Jones Reads at the 2014 Dodge Poetry Festival

By Saeed Jones — 2016

Saeed Jones reads "The Blue Dress in Mother's Closet" and "Boy in a Whalebone Corset" at the 2014 Dodge Poetry Festival.

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Why Some Black LGBTQIA+ Folks Are Done ‘Coming Out’

“For those of us who are black and LGBTQIA+, the idea of coming out is sometimes simply not an option.” Executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition David Johns explains why ‘inviting in’ is a more meaningful alternative to ‘coming out.’

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2020
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James Cone and Taylor Branch on MLK’s Fight for Economic Equality

Theologian James Cone and Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Taylor Branch join Bill to discuss Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision of economic justice in addition to racial equality, and why so little has changed for America’s most oppressed.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
2013
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James Cone: The Cross and the Lynching Tree

Watch leading theologian James Cone give a talk called “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” at Vanderbilt Divinity School April 3, 2013.

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James H. Cone
2013
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James H. Cone

James H. Cone, the Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary, came to YDS as the culmination of this semester’s All School Read program.

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James H. Cone
2017
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Howard Thurman Lost Lectures - Love or Perish

Howard Thurman Lost Lectures - Love or Perish

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Howard Thurman
2019
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Toni Morrison interview on “The Bluest Eye” and “Paradise” (1998)

Toni Morrison gives insight into her works “Paradise” and “The Bluest Eye,” criticizes sloppy criticism, and explains the challenge of writing about race for African-American writers.

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Toni Morrison
2019
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: “Becoming Kareem” on and off the Court | The Daily Show

NBA Hall of Famer and “Becoming Kareem” author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar compares Colin Kaepernick’s protest to his own travails as a socially engaged athlete.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2018
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Esperanza Spalding, Academy Class of 2014

Esperanza Spalding talks about her process in making music.

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Esperanza Spalding
2016
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Collective Trauma and the Stress of Racism

The stress of ongoing, systemic racism is mentally and physically traumatizing Black individuals and their communities.

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2020
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Amanda Gorman Reads Inauguration Poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’

Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet, read an original work at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

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Amanda Gorman
2021
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