Category: Historical Figures
Benjamin Banneker: Truth To Power
4.14K Views2 Likes
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...
Matthew Henson: The Final Step
6.50K Views0 Likes
Dr. Allen Counter, Harvard professor, and explorer has discovered the Eskimo descendants of North Pole discoverers Matthew Henson and Robert E. Peary. Dr. Counter talks about Black Igloo, his recent work tracing the A...
Africa’s Gift to America
911 Views0 Likes
Tony Brown's Journal Clarifies the Impact of J. A. Rogers 🌍 This “Iconic, seminal Historian For All People” …. Joel Augustus Rogers (J. A. Rogers) was one of the earliest popularizers of African and African-American ...
Great Men of Color
2.80K Views1 Likes
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...
Historical Black Women in The Military
2.21K Views0 Likes
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...
The Tuskegee Airmen – Pt. 3: Jim Crow’s Graveyard
3.59K Views2 Likes
The Tuskegee Airmen -- Part 3 – Jim Crow’s Graveyard. Shooting down #German airplanes, rather than effectively carrying out the assigned duties of close ground support and bomber escort, emerged as the criterion for ...
Reflections of MLK
2.89K Views1 Likes
This program highlights Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s contributions through archival footage and interviews with some of his closest associates. 2301
Gone But Not Forgotten
2.81K Views0 Likes
They are no longer with us, but their work and accomplishments are still impacting on the lives of the people that they touched. They are the heroes who turn into legends and forever etch their wonders in the annuals...
A Rap with Colin L. Powell
3.54K Views0 Likes
A discussion of Gen. Colin Powell and whether Americans would elect a black President. (1918)
