CUNY TV's Black America

As a Princeton Professor of history emerita and the author of seven books, Dr. Nell Irvin Painter has made her mark in the world of academia and now as a painter. Carol Jenkins sat down with her to discuss her voice, her art, and her opinion.

Carol sits down with Professor, academy award nominated filmmaker and activist Jamal Joseph. Joseph is the author of 'Panther Baby' and the Artistic Director of the Impact Repertory Company.

Carol Jenkins sat down with Amirah Vann who plays Earnestine on Underground to discuss the show's success and her career.

In this episode, Carol Jenkins talks with Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr, Chair of the Center of African American Studies at Princeton University and author of Democracy In Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul.

Johnson joins Carol Jenkins to discuss how black dancers have forged their way through the narrow confines of the majority white ballet world. She also talks about the influence of DTH founder, Arthur Mitchell, the emergence of Misty Copeland, and how bl

Opal Tometi, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter, joins Carol Jenkins in this episode to discuss immigration and where BLM is in the era of Trump's presidency and the uprising of women around the world via the Women's March.

In this episode, Dr. Joyce Brown discusses how she went from working as the Deputy Mayor for New York City under David Dinkins to the person credited for The Fashion Institute of Technology's transformation.

Kevin Young, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture & Author joins Carol Jenkins to discuss his work with the Schomburg, their jazz and Black power exhibition and his work as a poet.

In this episode, we sit down with C. Virginia Fields, former Manhattan Borough President and the President and CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. She discusses the impact and stigma of AIDS in the Black community.

Join us as Carol Jenkins discusses women of color in dance and examine pieces of Claudia's work.