TED Talks

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13:15

Sethembile Msezane

Living sculptures that stand for history's truths

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Courageous, Beautiful

19:16

Chetan Bhatt

Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

5:25 Under 6 minutes

Damon Davis

Courage is contagious

Posted Aug 2017 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

12:52

Titus Kaphar

Can art amend history?

Posted Aug 2017 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

14:00

Cheyenne Cochrane

A celebration of natural hair

Posted Jun 2017 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

15:33

T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison

When Black women walk, things change

Posted May 2017 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

18:28

Serena Williams and Gayle King

On tennis, love and motherhood

Posted Apr 2017 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

17:27

David R. Williams

How racism makes us sick

Posted Apr 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring

8:44

Joy Buolamwini

How I'm fighting bias in algorithms

Posted Mar 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring

12:29

Brittney Cooper

The racial politics of time

Posted Feb 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring

12:25

Miriam Zoila Pérez

How racism harms pregnant women — and what can help

Posted Feb 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring

10:20

Dena Simmons

How students of color confront impostor syndrome

Posted Dec 2016 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

16:05

Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi and Mia Birdsong

An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter

Posted Nov 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

18:49

Kimberlé Crenshaw and Abby Dobson

The urgency of intersectionality

Posted Nov 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring

13:50

Kandice Sumner

How America's public schools keep kids in poverty

Posted Nov 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

4:36 Under 6 minutes

Camille A. Brown

A visual history of social dance in 25 moves

Posted Sep 2016 Rated Beautiful, Informative

13:08

Joseph Ravenell

How barbershops can keep men healthy

Posted May 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

4:19 Under 6 minutes

Sanford Biggers

An artist's unflinching look at racial violence

Posted May 2016 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

11:27

Angélica Dass

The beauty of human skin in every color

Posted Mar 2016 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

15:57

Adam Foss

A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system

Posted Mar 2016 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

13:49

Mary Bassett

Why your doctor should care about social justice

Posted Feb 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring

14:36

Dorothy Roberts

The problem with race-based medicine

Posted Feb 2016 Rated Informative, Persuasive

13:42

Jedidah Isler

The untapped genius that could change science for the better

Posted Dec 2015 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

13:01

Rich Benjamin

My road trip through the whitest towns in America

Posted Aug 2015 Rated Funny, Informative

16:04

Alice Goffman

How we're priming some kids for college — and others for prison

Posted May 2015 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

5:12 Under 6 minutes

Clint Smith

How to raise a black son in America

Posted Apr 2015 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

13:53

James A. White Sr.

The little problem I had renting a house

Posted Feb 2015 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

17:49

Vernā Myers

How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them

Posted Dec 2014 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

4:29 Under 6 minutes

Jamila Lyiscott

3 ways to speak English

Posted Jun 2014 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

17:42

Yoruba Richen

What the gay rights movement learned from the civil rights movement

Posted Jun 2014 Rated Inspiring, Informative

14:14

Mellody Hobson

Color blind or color brave?

Posted May 2014 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

15:10

Freeman Hrabowski

4 pillars of college success in science

Posted Apr 2013 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

18:04

Rick Guidotti

From stigma to supermodel

Posted May 2012 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

23:41

Bryan Stevenson

We need to talk about an injustice

Posted Mar 2012 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

12:28

Thelma Golden

How art gives shape to cultural change

Posted Apr 2010 Rated Inspiring, Informative

14:48

Nina Jablonski

Skin color is an illusion

Posted Jul 2009 Rated Informative, Fascinating

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