[ light laughter ] the senate held confirmation hearings today for Donald Trumps attorney general pick Jeff Sessions, who was denied a federal judgeship over 30 years ago for his alleged support of the kkk. So wait, is he trying to convince us that hes less racist now that hes older . [ laughter ] you cant fool us. We all just came back from visiting our relatives. [ laughter ] man, nanas really chilled out on race. [ light laughter ] after past accusations of racism, attorney general nominee senator Jeff Sessions said today, quote, i abhor the klan and its hateful ideology. Though he refused to answer the followup question, ku klux or wu tang . [ laughter ] which klan, senator . [ laughter ] well wait. [ light laughter ] several costumed protesters were escorted out of Jeff Sessions attorney general confirmation heg appeared to be dressed up as dracula. [ laughter ] [ applause ] music streaming app spotify today offered president obama a job as president of playlists. And they say ame
And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 640, yeah steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hey you guys are unbelievable. Thank you very much. Please, sit down. Welcome, everybody. Have a good time. Welcome, welcome. Welcome. [ cheers and applause ] oh, i love you. That makes me feel good. Thank you so much. Welcome, welcome to the tonight show, everyone. Heres what everyones talking about. Okay . Its another setback for President Trump. Last night, a federal judge in hawaii blocked a second version of his travel ban, and now trump says that hell bring it to supreme court. [ audience oohs ] and if they block it, he said hes going to bring it to the justice league. Steve really . Jimmy batman. Batman owes me one. [ light laughter ] batman . Steve yeah. Jimmy thats right, the travel ban was blocked by a a judge in hawaii named derrick watson. Well heres when asked about it, heres what watson said. He said, after consulting with another official, i d
The African Diaspora through fiction, drama and essay each featured here today will illustrate the ways in which his or her work speak to the complex experiences of black people in literature and i know were at the 16th National Black writers conference, but the speakers youre about to listen to are not living by the pen. Youll witnessing the unraveling of whitewashed history through the eyes of historians like dolan valdez, whose work plants its palms into american soil and pulls out narratives that are imagined and true all at once. Youll be looking at executive producers like jelani cobb, whose influence ranges from marvels luke cage, the newly released lincolns dilemma. Youll be listening to sci and fantasy tv comic book connoisseur like marlon james, whose works will be splashing our screens in the coming years. And well and that will be no surprise to any of us. Youll hear voices all too familiar because youve heard them times before, like kahlil gibran, whose words have graced m
Welcome again to the 16 National Black writers conference. My name is erica boddington and as youve heard on the ceo and founder of langston, a consulting curriculum firm specializes in culturally affirming instruction materials and writing for late night segment called how do we get here on the amber ruffin show . Speaking of how we got, were all here for roundtable entitled the souls of black folk telling our stories. Todays roundtable title is taken from w. E. B. Duboiss landmark book, the souls black folk. And in this regard, todays speakers will discuss how their work to the complex experiences of black people. The African Diaspora through fiction, drama and essay each featured here today will illustrate the ways in which his or her work speak to the complex experiences of black people in literature and i know were at the 16th National Black writers conference, but the speakers youre about to listen to are not living by the pen. Youll witnessing the unraveling of whitewashed histo
My name is erica boddington and as youve heard on the ceo and founder of langston, a consulting curriculum firm specializes in culturally affirming instruction materials and writing for late night segment called how do we get here on the amber ruffin show . Speaking of how we got, were all here for roundtable entitled the souls of black folk telling our stories. Todays roundtable title is taken from w. E. B. Duboiss landmark book, the souls black folk. And in this regard, todays speakers will discuss how their work to the complex experiences of black people. The African Diaspora through fiction, drama and essay each featured here today will illustrate the ways in which his or her work speak to the complex experiences of black people in literature and i know were at the 16th National Black writers conference, but the speakers youre about to listen to are not living by the pen. Youll witnessing the unraveling of whitewashed history through the eyes of historians like dolan valdez, whose