Six months before his death, activist Fred Hampton had an interview with ABC News. Hampton called out the fascist rhetoric…
Category: Black Icons
Interviews from some of the most revered and celebrated Black leaders, activists and change makers in history.
Nina Simone — BBC HardTalk interview (1999)
In one of her last interviews, musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone was interviewed by BBC HARDTalk in 1999.…
Maya Angelou interviews James Baldwin (1971)
In a rare one-on-one interview, world-renowned author and poet Maya Angelou sits down with iconic writer and activist James Baldwin…
Martin Luther King Jr. — CBC interview (1959)
In 1959, Martin Luther King, Jr. sat down with panelists on a CBC program to discussion racial segregation in America…
Jean Michel Basquiat — interview (1982)
During a television appearance in 1982, renowned artist Jean Michel Basquiat discussed a recent experience with racism. During the interview,…
Toni Morrison — interview (1998)
In 1998, Nobel prize and Pulitzer winning author Toni Morrison was interviewed by journalist Jana Wendt, and discussed Morrison’s feelings…
