CUNY TV's Black America

Carol Jenkins sits down with Errol Louis, CNN contributor, political anchor and host of NY1's Inside City Hall and the Director of Urban Reporting at the CUNY School of Journalism. They discuss the many facets of the current presidential race.

Kimberly Peeler-Allen, co-founder of Higher Heights, an organization that works to get more black women elected to public office, sat down with Carol Jenkins to discuss black women in politics--inside and outside the political process.

Dr. Sarah Lewis, Harvard professor of art history, art historian and author of "The Rise: Creativity, The Gift of Failure and the Search for Mastery" joins Carol Jenkins to discuss her work as guest editor of Aperture magazine, entitled Vision & Justice.

Carol Jenkins is joined by Marc Lamont Hill, distinguished Morehouse professor, CNN & BET contributor and Author of "Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond"

In this episode Carol Jenkins sits down with Dan Gasby and his wife, former lifestyle tv host, model and restaurateur B. Smith to talk about the effects of Alzheimer's disease on their personal lives and in the black community.

An estimated 19 million Americans are living with depression. Novelist and Magazine Editor, Benilde Little joins Carol Jenkins to discuss the topic: Women and Depression and Benilde Little's latest work and moving memoir, "Welcome to My Breakdown".

Lisa Lucas, Director of the National Book Foundation sits with Carol Jenkins and discusses the importance in enhancing the cultural value of great writing in America and how the foundation has recognized literary excellence, since founded in 1950.

Michael J. Garner, Pres. of 100 Black Men sits with Carol Jenkins to discuss the foundation of 100 Black Men, the schools they've developed, how they are grooming young men to be future leaders and the horrific killing of Alton Sterling.

Women, Action & the Media (WAM) is a grassroots direct-action network dedicated to creating gender justice in media at all levels. Its Exececutive Director, Jamia Wilson, joins Carol Jenkins to hash through some of the challenges for women and media.

This week, Carol Jenkins sits down with author and activist Kevin Powell to discuss the need for a men's movement to save black men and black women. He also discusses his book 'The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy's Journey Into Manhood'.