For Black History Month (and the rest of the year), we compiled a sampling of novels, essay and poem collections, journalism, YA books, films, and TV series produced by Emerson faculty and alumni.
Hanna Hill provided Super Bowl coverage from her hometown.
Broadcast news reporter Temi Adeleye MA’17 admits she’s put herself in harm’s way for the pursuit of stories. For example, last fall she covered a heated confrontation—without colleagues—between Sons of Confederate Soldiers and Black Lives Matter supporters.
Journalism affiliated faculty Beena Sarwar and James McManus co-wrote an op-ed for India’s The Wire, calling for the restoration of freedom of the press in the Biden-era presidency.
Journalism associate professor Roger House writes for The Hill Opinion that Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was co-pastor from 1960-1968, furthered its legacy this month as Georgia elected its current pastor, Reverend Raphael Warnock, to the U.S. Senate.
This Martin Luther King Day, instead of an event, Reis asked members of the School of Communication faculty to join him in sharing reflections on Dr. King’s legacy.
The insurrection didn’t surprise many people.
Political Black leaders can learn a lot from recent Georgian politics.
There are several favorable trends for a new Black political approach.
Associate professor and graduate program director Tim Riley writes an article about the life and career of musician Randy Newman, as he turned 77 in late November.