Plot Synopsis

Based on Jason Parham's 2021 WIRED article, "A People's History of Black Twitter," BLACK TWITTER: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY is a three-part docuseries that charts the rise, the movements, the voices, and the memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life. Directed by Prentice Penny, the entire series, which is part of the Onyx Collective, dropped on Thursday, May 9, 2024 on Hulu.

Contributors include:
- TJ Adeshola (former head of Global Content Partnerships, Twitter)
- W. Kamau Bell (comedian; director, "We Need to Talk About Cosby")
- Dr. Andre Brock (communications professor; author, "Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures")
- Rembert Browne (journalist; former director of Product and Community, Twitter)
- Dr. Meredith Clark (journalism professor; creator, "Archiving Black Twitter")
- Kid Fury (TV writer and host, "The Read")
- Roxane Gay (author; cultural critic, The New York Times)
- Jemele Hill (author, journalist)
- Sam Jay (comedian, writer)
- Brad Jenkins (former associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, 2011-2015)
- Brandon "Jinx" Jenkins (journalist, host, creative director)
- Luvvie Ajayi Jones (New York Times bestselling author)
- Shamika Klassen (researcher, scholar, "Black Twitter Is Gold")
- Van Lathan (cultural critic; host, "Higher Learning")
- Jamilah Lemieux (cultural critic, writer)
- Wesley Lowery (journalist; author, "American Whitelash")
- Ira Madison III (TV writer; host, "Keep It!")
- Judnick Mayard (TV writer, producer)
- Jason Parham (senior writer, WIRED)
- April Reign (creative consultant; creator, #OscarsSoWhite)
- God-is Rivera (former global director of Culture and Community, X)
- Amanda Seales (comedian, activist, host "Small Doses" podcast)
- Denver Sean (senior editor, LoveBScott.com)
- Baratunde Thurston (comedian; host, "How To Citizen with Baratunde")
- Ashley Weatherspoon (producer; writer, DearYoungQueen.com)
- Raquel Willis (author, activist, media strategist)
- J Wortham (journalist, The New York Times Magazine)