CNN’s “Black In America” Doc Series

We should probably try to watch this. My grandfather told me about it the other day. CNN Presents: Black In America is a three-part series hosted by Soledad O’Brien. The first part already aired and was a collection of eyewitness accounts of MLK’s assassination, re-told 40 years later. The next segment is, The Black Woman & Family and it airs tomorrow, Wed. at 9pm ET. It will be followed Thursday at 9 by The Black Man. Z you’re the only one with DVR. Get to work. The series comes after a Black In America HBCU tour* that occurred earlier this year. I think the series features panel discussion footage from the tour. I’m not that impressed with the relatively low amount of promotion it’s getting, but it could be good. The website has a more trailers and an up-to-date list of relevant news stories. See main trailer below.

Black In America: The Black Woman & Family WED. JULY 23, 9PM ET

Black In America: The Black Man THURS. JULY 24, 9pm ET

*On a side note, the idea of an HBCU tour makes sense, but I’m starting to feel a little left out as black liberal arts school grad. I support the promotion of historically black colleges/universities 100%, but more and more black kids are going to white-majority liberal arts schools, and they REALLY need help–perhaps in the form of events like this. Programs like Prep for Prep are sending inner-city black kids to elite private colleges, but once they get there, they have no support for coping with being black in a rich, white environment. I think the tendency of black organizations is to consider these kids as black people who’ve already made it, when the reality is it’s just the beginning. They forget that they/we still need the same, if not more support.