Special Programs

Dante Barry Presents “Black Activism and Human Rights Responders: The Change is Within You” On February 26, 2012, unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman in Stanford, Florida simply because he “looked suspicious.” Million Hoodies Movement for Justice formed in response to the media’s failure to adequately report on [...]

George Silano A Film Lost and Forgotten... UNTIL NOW. In December of 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opened his home for the first and only time to television host, Arnold Michaelis, legendary interviewer, who spent four days recording Dr. King and his wife, Coretta, in a uniquely intimate setting, revealing these historic figures' most [...]

Ron Stallworth A half century ago, the Ku Klux Klan’s power stretched from coast to coast, and members of the hooded hate group carried out firebombing attacks, lynching’s, and murdered civil rights workers in the South. Despite the Ku Klux Klan’s haunting history, one black police sergeant risked his life to go undercover as a [...]

Charlie Savage Savage is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington correspondent for the New York Times. Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Savage graduated from Harvard College and earned a master’s degree from Yale Law School as part of a Knight Foundation journalism fellowship. He has been covering post-9/11 issues-including national security, individual rights and the rule of [...]

Evan Peters Evan Peter's is best known for his work in FX's cult favorite American Horror Story. Serving as one of the few actors to be cast throughout the entire series. Peters has portrayed the characters of "Tate Langdon", "Kit Walker", "Kyle Spencer", "Jimmy Darling", "Mr. March", and "Rory Monahan". Peters starred in FOX's X-Men: [...]

David J. Peterson Master language creator David J. Peterson offers a captivating overview of language creation, covering its history from Tolkien’s creations and Klingon to today’s thriving global community of conlangers. He presents the essential tools necessary for inventing and evolving new languages, using examples from a variety of languages including his creations, punctuated with [...]

Kathleen Neal Cleaver Kathleen Neal Cleaver has spent her life participating in the human rights struggle. She started alongside her parents in the 1950’s civil rights protests in Alabama. By 1966, Kathleen Neal dropped out of Barnard College in New York to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) where she served in its Campus [...]

Jussie Smollett Jussie Smollett stars as the talented son Jamal Lyon in FOX's music industry award-winning show EMPIRE, from producer / director Lee Daniels. His role allows him to blend both his acting and musical skills in the high-octane fueled drama. Smollett recently confirmed in a backstage interview with Ellen DeGeneres that he was gay, [...]

Matt McGorry Matt McGorry stars as Asher Millstone in ABC's hit series How to Get Away with Murder produced by Shonda Rhimes and created by Peter Nowalk. He can also be seen in his SAG Award-Winning role as post-military newbie corrections officer John Bennett in the Emmy-Nominated Netflix original series Orange is the New Black. [...]

Tony & Jonna Mendez On November 4, 1979 as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian Ambassador. When the CIA needed a [...]