Colonial Lies. Miseducation. Haile Gerima on Black Lions, Roman Wolves #TheBlackTable
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Colonial Lies. Miseducation. Haile Gerima on Black Lions, Roman Wolves #TheBlackTable

Legendary filmmaker Haile Gerima discusses his 30-year journey creating 'Black Lions, Roman Wolves,' a documentary that reclaims Ethiopian history from colonial narratives, and his commitment to independent Black cinema through the Sankofa Film Institute.

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Colonial Lies. Miseducation. Haile Gerima on Black Lions, Roman Wolves #TheBlackTable
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Colonial Lies. Miseducation. Haile Gerima on Black Lions, Roman Wolves #TheBlackTable

Legendary filmmaker Haile Gerima discusses his lifelong commitment to independent cinema, decolonizing historical narratives, and building institutions that empower African and African-descended people to tell their own stories.

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Copy of Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"
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Copy of Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"

Uncover the intentional erasure of Paul Robeson from American history and the strategic manipulation that pitted him against Jackie Robinson during the Cold War, revealing a complex narrative of race, politics, and power.

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Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"
Paul RobesonJackie RobinsonBaseball Integration

Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"

Howard Bryant's book "Kings and Pawns" uncovers the intentional erasure of Paul Robeson from American history and re-examines Branch Rickey's complex, self-serving motives behind Jackie Robinson's integration of baseball.

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Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"
American HistoryCivil RightsBlack History

Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"

Howard Bryant's book "Kings and Pawns" recontextualizes the intertwined legacies of Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson, revealing how white power structures intentionally erased Robeson and manipulated Robinson during the Cold War to control the narrative of Black American progress.

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Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"
Paul RobesonJackie RobinsonBaseball Integration

Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"

This episode uncovers the intentional historical erasure of Paul Robeson and the complex, often contradictory, motivations behind Jackie Robinson's integration of baseball, revealing a deeper narrative of American power dynamics during the Cold War.

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Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"
Paul RobesonJackie RobinsonCivil Rights Movement

Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"

Howard Bryant's book "Kings and Pawns" unearths the intentional erasure of Paul Robeson from American history and reveals the complex, often manipulated, role of Jackie Robinson in the fight for civil rights amidst Cold War politics.

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Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"
Paul RobesonJackie RobinsonBaseball Integration

Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"

This episode uncovers the deliberate erasure of Paul Robeson from American history and the calculated use of Jackie Robinson to counter his influence, revealing a complex narrative of race, politics, and power during the Cold War.

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Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World | #TheBlackTable
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Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World | #TheBlackTable

Professor Howard French reinterprets the birth of the modern world, arguing that Africa and African labor were not peripheral obstacles but the central, indispensable foundation of Europe's economic rise and global dominance.

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