TED Talks

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16:05

Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi

An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter

Posted Nov 2016

15:19

D-L Stewart

Scenes from a Black trans life

Posted Jul 2020

7:49

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Black life at the intersection of birth and death

Posted Feb 2018

9:18

David Lammy

Climate justice can't happen without racial justice

Posted Oct 2020

17:43

Janna Levin

The sound the universe makes

Posted Mar 2011

18:20

Theo E.J. Wilson

A Black man goes undercover in the alt-right

Posted Sep 2017

5:12

Clint Smith

How to raise a Black son in America

Posted Apr 2015

10:40

Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin

A historical musical that examines Black identity in the 1901 World's Fair

Posted Nov 2019

16:01

Ai-jen Poo

The work that makes all other work possible

Posted Dec 2018

12:34

Maurizio Seracini

The secret lives of paintings

Posted Oct 2012

12:15

Sarah Kay

How many lives can you live?

Posted Dec 2011

14:52

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The search for the invisible matter that shapes the universe

Posted Jul 2022

17:27

David R. Williams

How racism makes us sick

Posted Apr 2017

12:22

Marah J. Hardt

Are we interrupting the kinky sex lives of fish?

Posted May 2020

1h 6m

Dr. Phillip Atiba Solomon, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero

The path to ending systemic racism in the US

Posted Jun 2020

18:00

Reuben Jonathan Miller

How radical hospitality can change the lives of the formerly incarcerated

Posted Jan 2022

10:33

Wendy Troxel

Why school should start later for teens

Posted May 2017

10:21

Candis Watts Smith

3 myths about racism that keep the US from progress

Posted Jul 2021

12:19

Ariana Curtis

Museums should honor the everyday, not just the extraordinary

Posted Dec 2018

11:00

Amy Padnani

How we're honoring people overlooked by history

Posted Jul 2019

27:30

How to Be a Better Human

How to challenge conventional wisdom — and change any industry

Posted Mar 2021

18:49

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The danger of a single story

Posted Oct 2009

16:10

Shereen El Feki

A little-told tale of sex and sensuality

Posted Jan 2014

50:51

Design Matters

Brené Brown

Posted Feb 2021

11:48

Dolly Chugh

How to let go of being a "good" person — and become a better person

Posted Nov 2018

9:11

Jimmie Briggs

3 things men can do to promote gender equity

Posted Mar 2022

19:38

Megan Ming Francis

We need to address the real roots of racial violence

Posted Jun 2020

7:24

Juan Enriquez

How technology changes our sense of right and wrong

Posted Feb 2021

12:29

Brittney Cooper

The racial politics of time

Posted Feb 2017

19:21

Dexter Dias

Racism thrives on silence — speak up!

Posted Oct 2020

51:14

Ibram X. Kendi

The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist

Posted Jun 2020

16:59

Sydney Chaffee

How teachers can help kids find their political voices

Posted Aug 2018

5:41

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

What soccer can teach us about freedom

Posted Mar 2018

15:28

Deval Patrick

A different understanding of American patriotism

Posted Jan 2022

5:06

Golshifteh Farahani

"Woman, Life, Freedom" in Iran — and what it means for the rest of the world

Posted May 2023

10:07

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

How to find joy in climate action

Posted Jun 2022