Part Two traces Sam Cooke's transition from gospel to a pop musical career and his road to social consciousness.

This first part traces the life of singer Sam Cooke from his early days in Chicago and his career in gospel music. Here from his brother, L.C, Cooke. his father, the Rev. Charles Cooke, his manager, J.W. Alexander and friend and musician Leroy Crume.

The Cutting Edge brings you excerpts from a discussion on the significance of Hurstons recording of Kossolas life, within the larger context of slave narratives, and the impact of Hurstons' training as anthropologist and ethnographer on her literary works of fiction and non-fiction.

The Cutting Edge presents a conversation between author Kevin Young and journalist, esssayist and author Garnette Cadogan, author and visiting scholar at MIT

The Cutting Edge presents a conversation held at the Schomburg Center with the Rev. Barber, Rev. Theoharis and Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall, author of “The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice”.

Three Back writers- Noliwe Rooks, Haki Mahabuti and Michale Simanga - talk about publishing and writing gooks inthe Trump Age

Historians and collectors look at the after-math of the effects of Jim Crow laws on African-Americans

Featuring New Jersey Senator Corey Booker and candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Featuring Jackson, Miss. Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren