Kristal Brent Zook

KristalZook

Kristal Brent Zook is an award-winning journalist, author of three books including Black Women’s Lives: Stories of Power and Pain, and a professor of journalism at Hofstra University in New York.

Anita Hill, Reluctant Hero

Anita Hill, Reluctant Hero Anita Hill, Reluctant Hero

Hill didn’t want to have to speak for all of us, but she did. HBO’s Confirmation serves as yet another reminder that her voice continues to reverberate, even today.

Apr 17, 2016 / Kristal Brent Zook

The Lessons of Jordan Davis’s Murder, Revisited

The Lessons of Jordan Davis’s Murder, Revisited The Lessons of Jordan Davis’s Murder, Revisited

HBO’s new documentary reminds us how deadly threat perception is for black people.

Nov 23, 2015 / Kristal Brent Zook

Islamophobia Is a Joke

Islamophobia Is a Joke Islamophobia Is a Joke

The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi hopes his mock sitcom will make us laugh our way to becoming Halal in the Family.

Apr 17, 2015 / Kristal Brent Zook

Cookie Don’t Crumble

Cookie Don’t Crumble Cookie Don’t Crumble

Fox’s Empire made TV-ratings history by letting a black woman be her multidimensional self. 

Mar 18, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Kristal Brent Zook

What’s Wrong With this Picture? What’s Wrong With this Picture?

FCC commissioners heard testimony in New York this week about how media consolidation stifles diversity, grassroots community and the creativity of independent musicians and artist...

Oct 21, 2006 / Feature / Kristal Brent Zook

Jump at de Sun Jump at de Sun

Anthropologist, novelist, folklorist, essayist and luminary of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston dazzled her peers and patrons almost immediately upon her arrival in N...

Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Kristal Brent Zook

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