Category: Religion

  • To a Dark Girl North StarLouisiana Public BroadcastingSource: Louisiana Digital Media Archive1985 Contributors: Genevieve Stewart, Host Sister Barbara Marie, Interviewee Leslie Williams, Interviewee Michelle Diaz, Interviewee This episode of the series “North Star” from 1985 focuses on two intertwined stories related to the history of New Orleans in the 19th century: the quadroon balls held…

  • Lani Guinier, the daughter of a white Jewish mother and Black Panamanian father whose nomination by President Clinton to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice was opposed by mainstream Jewish organizations, died on Friday.

  • Who’s Afraid of Lani Guinier? The New York Times Magazine 1994-02-27 Lani Guinier For a late April day in Washington, the air was remarkably soft. The sun-splashed courtyard of the Department of Justice seemed a reflection of the glow surrounding Attorney General Janet Reno. She had just returned from a successful venture to Capitol Hill,…

  • The story of an enslaved man who became a Georgia state senator, helped found a church, and led his people to promise and hope

  • Gary Younge explores race, society and Black history in these five fascinating documentaries

  • On Passing and Not Trying to Pass My Jewish Learning 2015-07-22 Tema Smith I am black, and I am Jewish. I’ve always found comfort in the and of my identity — that simple part of speech that joins together two disparate things: two families, two histories, two cultures, two heritages, two skin colors, two lineages…

  • Black authors’ works about astronomy, domestic violence featured in Jewish book fest

  • “Speak, Okinawa” is my attempt to explain myself. Not just my own shame and internalized racism, but the long-standing systems and imperialistic origins that caused me to reject my mother and deny my heritage. “Speak, Okinawa” is my attempt at reconciliation.

  • “House Arrest” explores the meaning of family loyalty when beliefs conflict, and questions the necessity of sometimes breaking rules to serve justice.

  • Author Laura Arnold Leibman discusses her new book with Gender and Jewish Studies Professor, Samira K. Mehta. Hear how family heirlooms were used to unlock the mystery of the Moses’s Family ancestors in, “Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family.”