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Dr. Frank Leon Roberts

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English Professor at Amherst College. Co-Founder of, The National Black Justice Coalition. Host of the Apple Podcast "Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years."

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James Baldwin reminds us that even though “love has never been a popular movement”—it is still worth leaning into.

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Vintage Black Genius: 7 year old Sammy Davis Jr. I think it’s time for a biopic.
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Vintage Black Genius: 7 year old Sammy Davis Jr. I think it’s time for a biopic.

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475,785 views • 3 years ago

Vintage Black Excellence: Toni Morrison on the importance of leaning into the “discredited ways of knowing” that the ancestors left behind. Listen, and be transformed.
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Vintage Black Excellence: Toni Morrison on the importance of leaning into the “discredited ways of knowing” that the ancestors left behind. Listen, and be transformed.

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274,292 views • 3 years ago

Vintage Black Excellence: Few people remember Richard Pryor as jazz vocalist. When Pryor moved to New York in 1963 he began his career as a jazz singer opening for legends such as Nina Simone. Take a listen. What do you think, could Pryor have had a career as a jazz great?
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Vintage Black Excellence: Few people remember Richard Pryor as jazz vocalist. When Pryor moved to New York in 1963 he began his career as a jazz singer opening for legends such as Nina Simone. Take a listen. What do you think, could Pryor have had a career as a jazz great?

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96,560 views • 3 years ago

reason number 1 million why i love being a Spanish Harlem-ite: the view outside my bedroom window on the Puerto Rican Day Festival.
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reason number 1 million why i love being a Spanish Harlem-ite: the view outside my bedroom window on the Puerto Rican Day Festival.

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30,790 views • 3 years ago

In my “Foundations of African American Literature” class I discuss the importance of the poetry of Phillis Wheatley—a woman whose name and story has still never really received the widespread respect it deserves. #BlackHistoryIsNow
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In my “Foundations of African American Literature” class I discuss the importance of the poetry of Phillis Wheatley—a woman whose name and story has still never really received the widespread respect it deserves. #BlackHistoryIsNow

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30,854 views • 3 years ago

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