Left of Black #29w/ Kimberly Ellis and Randal Jelks
March 21, 2011
Left of Black host and Duke University Professor
Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Pittsburgh based scholar, activist, and artist Kimberly Ellis aka Dr. Goddess in a conversation about Pittsburgh’s Hill District and the release of the new DVD
Dr. Goddess Goes to Jail. Later Neal talks with
Randal Jelks, Professor of African-American Studies at the University of Kansas, about the recent ESPN
30 for 30 documentary
The Fab 5.
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→Named one of the “Most Influential Black Women on Twitter” by “For Harriet” Digital Magazine,
Kimberly Ellis aka
Dr. Goddess is a writer, an entertainer, an entrepreneur, a scholar, and activist. Dr. Goddess is also an award-winning poet, playwright and performing artist, who is presently on tour with,
Dr. Goddess!: A One Woman Show and screenings of its sequel, the ensemble production of
Dr. Goddess Goes to Jail: A Spoken Word, Musical Comedy (Unfortunately) Based on a True Story, now on DVD. Follow her on Twitter
@DrGoddess.
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Randal Jelks is an Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas with a joint appointment in African and African American Studies. He is the author of
African Americans in the Furniture City: the Civil Rights Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is currently finishing a book on Martin Luther King Jr.’s mentor titled
Benjamin Elijah Mays, A Religious Rebel in the Jim Crow South: An Intellectual Biography to be published by the University of North Carolina Press.
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Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the
John Hope Franklin Center at
Duke University.
