Rap artists of color are being criminalized by prosecutors misinterpreting their lyrics and not recognizing it as an art form for free speech. For some rappers, their music is an artistic alternative ...

Food has always been a part of culture and identity for communities of color; it also reflects a history of resistance and revolution. In the early 1970s, the Black Panther party fed tens of thousands ...

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GBH said Wednesday it is relaunching “Basic Black,” which was public television’s longest-running program focused on people of color until production was suspended last year. The show will now be ...

We celebrate 50 years of Basic Black on WGBH-2. It’s been 50 years since ‘Say Brother’ first aired, so this week, we're examining the show's past and musing about the future. Panelists: Sarah-Ann Shaw ...

The most popular segment so far from GBH News Rooted, a new digital-first video and television series geared toward a Black audience, focused on last month’s call for an economic boycott against major ...

Basic Black is a weekly television series airing on WGBH in Boston. Originally known as Say Brother, the show was created in 1968 and aims to reflect the concerns and culture of African Americans ...

For a recent edition of the WGBH community affairs program “Basic Black,” four educators from the Boston school system took seats in a semicircle facing the studio cameras. In the middle sat Callie ...