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A look at the 46th annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series and the best 2025 films you probably missed

By Doug Doyle

Published February 9, 2026 at 9:31 AM EST

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46th MTW is set for February 21 in Newark

On the February 7 WBGO Journal...

The 46th installment of the annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series "Beyond Time: Ancient Africa, History and the Black Imagination" is set for Saturday, February 21 at Paul Robeson Campus Center in Newark….

Dr. Lacey Hunter and Dr. Jack Tchen join WBGO's Doug Doyle to talk about the 46th MTW in Newark

Commentator Mildred Antenor gives her thoughts on where we stand with DEI...

And Film Critic Harlan Jacobson tells us about a Japanese film you don’t want to miss...

The Japanese film Kokuho is a project WBGO's Film Critic Harlan Jacobson finds fascinating — The Japanese film Kokuho is a project WBGO's Film Critic Harlan Jacobson finds fascinating

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Doug Doyle

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

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