Blacks — Intellectual life. – Pacifica Radio Archives

The Responsibility of Black intellectuals in the age of crack.

Panel discussion, inspired by an article by Reverend Gene Rivers which raises issues of class, race and identity in relation to moral obligations and responsibilities of Black intellectuals. 505 PANEL: Belle Hooks, Professor at Oberlin College and author of Breaking Bread ; Professor Henry Lewis Gatews, Chair of Afro-American studies at Harvard University ; Cornell…

August 24, 2025

Breaking bread : insurgent Black intellectual life / Cornell West and Bell Hooks ; produced by Radio Free Maine.

BREAKING BREAD : INSURGENT BLACK INTELLECTUAL LIFE / Cornell West and Bell Hooks| produced by Radio Free Maine. – Bell Hooks and Cornell West, co-authors of “Breaking Break: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life,” examine the role of African-American intellectuals in bringing about social change. They explore race and gender as exemplified in the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas…

August 24, 2025

Doublethink : bolimia / SunRa, Cecil Taylor, and Sir Charles Abramson ; produced by Senga Nengudi Fittz.

First of two programs comprised of conversations with SunRa, Taylor and Abramson, propagators of bolimia which is a metaphor for exploring the nature of creativity through the self-relection of Negro jargon, Fittz, a sculptor and performance artist, presents a “people composition,” which explores Black artists.|DOUBLETHINK : DULEMIA / SunRa, Cecil Taylor, and Sir Charles Abramson|…

August 24, 2025

A Series from A to Z (part A) / SunRa, Cecil Taylor, and Sir Charles Abramson ; produced by Senga Nengudi Fittz.

Last of two programs comprised of conversations with SunRa, Taylor and Abramson, propagators of bolimia which is a metaphor for exploring the nature of creativity through the self-relection of Negro jargon. This is a three part conversation on life, death and the fear of living which explores how to handle the death of a loved…

August 24, 2025