Oprah Winfrey Hosts ‘OWN Spotlight Where Do We Go From Here?’

Media legend Oprah Winfrey will host a two part special on her network and other platforms addressing racial injustice in the United States.

OWN Spotlight: Where do we go from here? Will air on Tuesday June 9 and Wednesday June 10 at 9pm ET/PT. Oprah appears to be very keen to get the message out, as she has made the special available across a wide range of platforms:

• On the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and across Discovery’s US networks. Both networks will play limited commercials throughout.
• Available to stream on the Watch OWN and Discovery Family TVE apps. Both free of charge.
• Streaming OWN’s YouTube Facebook and Instagram
• Available on Discovery’s global platforms in more than 200 counties and territories. This is he first time in history a program has simulcast across Discovery Inc’s entire portfolio.

The special is comprised of in-depth conversations with Black thought leaders, activists, and artists. Oprah speaks to them about systemic racism and offers insight into pressing questions: “What matters now?” “What matters next?” “Where do we go from here?”

• Stacey Abrams: Journalist 
• Charles M. Blow: Atlanta Mayor 
• Keisha Lance Bottom: Academy award-nominated filmmaker and founder of ARRAY 
• Ava DuVernay: (“When They See Us,” “13^th”, “Queen Sugar”)
•  Jennifer Eberhardt: Professor and author (author of “Biased”)
• Nikole Hannah-Jones: Journalist and Pulitzer prize-winning founder of the “1619 Project 
• Ibram Kendi: Historian and author  (“How to be an Anti-Racist”) 
• David Oyelowo: Award-winning actor  (“Selma”)
• Rashad Robinson: Color of Change president
• Bishop William J. Barber II: Co-Chair of The Poor People’s Campaign and President of Repairers of the Breach

Below are clips from the conversations.

Charles Blow: “This Is About Power”

Nikole Hannah-Jones on the Collective Grief of Black Americans

Rashad Robinson Discusses the Intention Behind Activism