@caféconleche We applied to a similar list of programs! For me, it's: Yale (american studies & african-american studies), Cornell (africana studies), UC Berkeley (african-american studies), Northwestern (african-american studies), UCLA (african-american studies - MA), UCSB (feminist studies), NYU (american studies), UMD (american studies).
I decided not to submit a video interview for Northwestern (as did others I know who applied).