HuffPost Live: Celebrating the Legacy of Luther Vandross

This past Saturday marked what would have been the 62nd birthday of American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, the late Luther Vandross. W...

Does Tyler Perry Consider His Films PSAs? Mark Anthony Neal on HuffPost Live

Mark Anthony Neal joins Marc Lamont Hill to discuss the notion that Tyler Perry feels as though his movies are more like Public Service Anno...

HuffPost Live: "Tyler Perry is like the BET of Hollywood Filmmaking"

HuffPost Live Despite his remarkable box office success, Tyler Perry continues to be the target of intense criticism for his controversial...

HuffPost Live: The Power of Words

HuffPost Live From Rick Ross to Lil Wayne, rappers are catching flack about their socially insensitive lyrics. But when do words cross the ...

Black Music White Face? Justin Timberlake & the Selling of 'Soul'

HuffPost Live : Despite a struggling industry, Justin Timberlake's album sold more than 960k copies in it's first week. Are white ...

Gbenga Akinnagbe: 'The Wire' Helped Explain Gun Violence

+HuffPost Live   Gbenga Akinnagbe from The Wire joins Alicia to discuss how being on The Wire has made him more politically active.

Wealth Gap Between Whites & Blacks Tripled

HuffPost Live A study shows that the wealth gap between blacks and whites has tripled between 1984 and 2009. The median white family is 8 t...

Jean Grae & The State of Underground Hip-Hop

HuffPost Live Hip-hop artist Jean Grae joins Marc Lamont Hill and the community to discuss her two new albums, the launch of her new compa...

HuffPost Live: Is a Hip-Hop Studies Minor Legitimate?

Huffpost Live :   The University of Arizona has introduced a minor in hip-hop studies. Does this represent a watering down of the traditio...

NBC's 'Deception' Deceiving Itself About Race?

HuffPost Live Creators of NBC's Deception say they see no need to call attention to race. But as 1 of 2 primetime shows with black fem...

HBCU Morehouse College Brings LGBT Studies to the Classroom

    Morehouse, the historically black all-male college, will offer a course on the intersection of blackness an...

Huffpost Live: When Ellen (Grossman) Met Jay-Z

HuffPost Live : When Jay-Z traded his Maybach for a ride on the R train, a heartwarming conversation with an older lady, Ellen Grossman, s...

HuffPost Live: Cory Booker on his Food Stamp Challenge

HuffPostLive Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker joins HuffPost Live to talk about his food stamp challenge with host Marc Lamont Hill .

HuffPost Live: Black Women Singled Out by TSA Because of Hair

HuffPost Live Dana Oliver and Thembi Ford both share their frustrations with being singled out by the TSA on a consistent basis because of ...

HuffPost Live: Black Men Under Fire

Jordan Davis is the latest unarmed young black man to be gunned down, like Trayvon Martin. But why are young black men sti...