Total time: 2.25 hours
#1 – Malcolm X Debate with James Baldwin (1963)
Run time: 28 minutes
(Audio only)
Malcolm X and James Baldwin discuss their different approaches to racial and social justice work. Malcolm X believed that James Baldwin & Martin Luther King’s approach was passive and would not lead to change.
#2 – Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility
Run time: 83 minutes
Robin DiAngelo discusses “White Fragility”. This is an in depth look at the meaning of the phrase that she coined, and how it affects our culture. Please check out the extra credit link below it, which features an important discussion that followed this speech.
EXTRA CREDIT: Robin DiAngelo with Erin Trent Johnson and Aaron Morrison
#3 – Patrisse Cullors: The Formation of Black Lives Matter
Run time: 21 minutes
Patrisse Cullors speaks about the formation of Black Lives Matter in this speech for the Bioneers, a group of social and scientific innovators.