The Conversation Remix: Learning to Breathe
LEARNING TO BREATHE is the sequel to the 2015 New York Times Op-Doc 'A Conversation About Growing Up Black' where Black boys, teens, and young men shared their thoughts about race in America. Five years later, the young men return to compare and contrast how their relationships with racial justice, systemic racism, and social inequity & inequality have changed following the death of George Floyd.
Episodes
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America By The Numbers | Model Minority Myth
1m 1s
Asian Americans are one of the best-educated groups in the country, but a startling number of Southeast Asian Americans aren’t graduating from high school.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Michael Eric Dyson
3m 57s
Born into a working-class family outside of Detroit, Michael Eric Dyson became an ordained Baptist minister, and then obtained his masters and PHD degrees in religion from Princeton University. He is now a professor of sociology at Georgetown University. Called inspiring and influential by Essence and Ebony, Dyson is an author of 16 books focused on issues within the African American community.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Beverly Bond
4m 16s
For Beverly Bond, music is everything. It defined her childhood and helped her through the shadows of underground clubs to become one of the most sought after DJ’s. After leaving the music industry, which was fraught with superficiality for the male-dominated world of music production, Bond founded the non-profit Black Girls Rock! to promote and develop leadership roles in African American teens.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Soledad O'Brien
4m 16s
Harvard University graduate Soledad O'Brien was born to an Irish-Australian father and an Afro-Cuban mother. O'Brien began as a TV writer and producer, and later became an anchor and co-host of news programs for MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News. In 2003, she was tapped to co-anchor CNN’s American Mornings and then Starting Point. O'Brien left CNN in 2013 to find Starfish Media Group, a production company.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Malik Yoba
4m 5s
Born and raised in the Bronx, Malik Yoba is no stranger to life on the stage; his exposure to theater is the driving force behind his pursuit of acting. Yoba, winner of three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for New York Undercover, is the author of autobiography Yoba: Lessons From the Street and Other Places. He's also the founder of Malik Yoba National Theatre Company.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Amar'e Stoudemire
3m 44s
Though Amar’e Stoudemire didn’t start playing basketball until his early teens, he has become one of the most dominating power forwards in pro basketball. With athleticism, skills and guidance, Stoudemire was drafted into the NBA after high school in order to elevate himself and his family to a better life. The All-Star player is also a writer of a series of books and founded an outreach program.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Michelle Rhee
3m 22s
After being inspired by a PBS program, Michelle Rhee joined Teach for America and then founded The New Teacher Project. Appointed Chancellor of Washington D.C. Public Schools from 2007 to 2010, Rhee was met with criticism due to her aggressive style of public school reform. Currently, founder and CEO of StudentsFirst, an organization dedicated to urban school reform, has written the book, Radical.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: John Forte
4m 39s
Artist John Forte started out as a classical violinist but after attending NYU for a short time, he became a producer on The Fugees' The Score. Forte was sentenced to 14 years on drug possession, which was later commuted. Upon his release, he attended The London School of Economics. An active voice in the debate for prison reform, Forte is currently working on an autobiographical documentary.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Susan Taylor
4m 8s
Susan Taylor, born and raised in Harlem, began her career as a freelance fashion and beauty expert for Essence, the year the magazine was founded in 1970. She rose through the ranks to become editor-in-chief and then publications director. Named "the most influential black woman in journalism" by American Libraries in 1994, Taylor is the founder and CEO of The National CARES Mentoring Movement.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Maria Hinojosa
3m 47s
Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning Maria Hinojosa is a journalist, who began as a radio host at Barnard College. Rising through the media ranks for her work reporting on immigration and Latino issues at CBS, CNN, and NPR, she's been named one of the 100 most influential Hispanics. The founder of The Futuro Media Group was also the first Latina to anchor a Frontline report (Lost in Detention).
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Angelo Sosa
3m 28s
Award-winning chef Angelo Sosa is known for bold interpretations of Asian and American cuisine using complex flavors. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Sosa cooked in several acclaimed kitchens, even becoming an Executive Sous Chef. Most recently, he was the runner up on the seventh season of Top Chef, and is the owner of several restaurants in New York and Las Vegas.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Roland Martin
3m 57s
Climbing through the print media ranks, Roland Martin became the executive editor of the Chicago Defender in the '90s. Known as an authority on race, politics, religion, Martin has received awards for excellence in journalism and is an NAACP Image Award recipient. The host of news program Washington Watch also pens a nationally syndicated column and is a highly sought political and social analyst.
Extras + Features
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - Back to the Movement
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Power and powerlessness. Pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment, Miami's black community explodes in rioting. But in Chicago, a grassroots movement triumphs; frustrated by decades of unfulfilled promises made by the Democratic political machine, reformers install Harold Washington as Chicago's first black mayor. From the award-winning doc series "Eyes on the Prize."
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - The Keys to the Kingdom
30s
In the 1970s, anti-discrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the Civil Rights Movement are put to the test. In Boston, some whites violently resist a federal court school desegregation order. In Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, the first black mayor, proves that affirmative action can work, but the Bakke Supreme Court case challenges it. From the award-winning doc series "Eyes on the Prize."
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - A Nation of Law?
30s
In the wake of President Nixon's call to "law and order," stepped-up arrests push the already poor conditions at New York's Attica State Prison to the limit. A five-day inmate takeover calling the public's attention to the conditions leaves 43 men dead: four killed by inmates, 39 by police. From the award-winning documentary series "Eyes on the Prize."
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize-Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More
30s
A renewed push for unity galvanize black America: Cassius Clay challenges America to accept him as Muhammad Ali; students fight to bring the black consciousness movement to Howard University; and black officials and activists organize the National Black Political Convention to create a response to growing repression against the movement. From the award-winning doc series "Eyes on the Prize."
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - The Promised Land
30s
Martin Luther King, Jr. stakes out new ground for himself and the Civil Rights Movement; he opposes the Vietnam War and his SCLC embarks on the Poor People's Campaign. In the midst of organizing, King detours to Memphis, where he is assassinated. King's death and the failure of his final campaign mark the end of a major stream of the movement. From the award-winning doc series "Eyes on the Prize."
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - Power!
30s
The call for Black Power takes on various forms in black America: Carl Stokes is elected as the first black mayor of a major American city; the Black Panther Party, armed with books, programs & guns, is born; and substandard teaching practices prompt parents to gain educational control of a school district leading to a union showdown. From the award-winning documentary series "Eyes on the Prize."
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - Two Societies
30s
While Martin Luther King, Jr. and SCLC assist Chicago's civil rights leaders in a struggle against segregated housing, a police raid in a black Detroit neighborhood sparks an uprising leaving 43 people dead. Upon investigation, the Kerner Commission finds that America is becoming "two societies, one black, one white, separate & unequal." From the award-winning doc series "Eyes on the Prize."
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - The Time Has Come
30s
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the Civil Rights Movement: the call for power. Malcolm X takes nationalism to urban streets as a younger generation of black leaders listens. In the South, Stokely Carmichael and the SNCC move from "Freedom Now!" to "Black Power!" as the fabric of the traditional movement changes. From the award-winning doc series "Eyes on the Prize."
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Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now - Bree Newsome
3m
Young men & women of the Civil Rights Movement became leaders by creating their own brand of protest from nonviolent sit-ins to the Freedom Summer of voter registration. Bree Newsome, who has been compared with Rosa Parks, speaks about the impact of youth activism, and how Trayvon Martin's death inspired her to become an activist. From the WORLD Channel special, "Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now."
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Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now - Why EyesonthePrize Matters
2m 33s
Why does "Eyes on the Prize" matter today? The series filmmakers speak about the voices of the ordinary people who became extraordinary activists, and how the stories of the Civil Rights Movement continue to resonate today in the events in Baltimore and Ferguson. From the WORLD Channel special, "Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now."
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Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now - Why Black Lives Matter
3m 2s
Why do Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland and Renisha McBride matter? Activists Michaela Angela, Patrisse Cullors-Brignac, Daunasia Yancy, DeRay Mckesson and Janaya Khan speak about why #BlackLivesMatter in the new human rights movement. From the WORLD Channel special, "Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now."
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Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now - Al Sharpton
1m 50s
Al Sharpton of the National Action Network talks about the progress of the nation even when it may seem America has not, and how #BlackLivesMatters must organize to be a sustainable, change affecting movement. From the WORLD Channel special, "Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now."
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