Category: Historical Figures
Character Is Power: An “Anabolic” Concept
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Booker T. Washington, in many ways, embodies the spirit of all of Black higher education. He was an educator and statesman, and he is Hampton University's most famous graduate and founder of Tuskegee Institute in 188...
Oscar and Jackie, Two of the Same
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Patrick McGilligan is the author of Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only, The Life of America’s First Black Filmmaker offers a vivid and fascinating portrait of this little-known pioneer. (3019)
Who Was Medgar Evers?
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As of 1984 when this documentary was made, no one had been convicted in the 1963 assassination of Mississippi NAACP Field Director Medgar Evers. This legendary leader’s voter registration and economic boycott drives p...
Benjamin Banneker: Truth To Power
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Imagine being Black in the 1700s and becoming a self-taught surveyor who played a pivotal role in planning the layout of our nation’s capital. In 1753, at the age of 22, Banneker constructed a striking wooden clo...
Historical Black Women in The Military
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African-American women in military service also did not receive proper recognition for their service. Reflecting that apartheid custom, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only African-American WA...
A Rap with Colin L. Powell
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A discussion of Gen. Colin Powell and whether Americans would elect a black President. (1918)
Malcolm X and Judas
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MALCOLM X AND JUDAS: Karl Evanzz, who spent 15 years uncovering more than 300,000 pages of previously classified and hidden information about Malcolm X's assassination, compiled his findings in an explosive new book...
Great Men of Color
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GREAT MEN OF COLOR: J. A. Rogers spent the majority of his lifetime pioneering the field of Black studies with his exhaustive research on the major names in Black history whose contributions or even very existence h...
Lionel Hampton: Living History
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Lionel Hampton was born on April 20, 1908, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was an American jazz musician and bandleader known for the rhythmic vitality of his playing and his showmanship as a performer. Best known for ...
