Did History Miss Emmett Till?
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Author Clenora Hudson-Weems examines the gruesome 1955 lynching of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. She also challenges the widespread belief that Rosa Parks’ refusal to surrender her seat on a segregated bus preci...
The Black Valentino and Mae West
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Lorenzo Tucker, The Black Valentino of race movies shares personal and up-close moments in this interview. Lorenzo Tucker was one of the few silent film stars, Black or White, to survive the transition from silent to ...
Honor At Last
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Tony Brown discusses Black War Veterans finally receive Medals of Honor (1997). Guests: Retired Army Captain Jehu Hunter, President, 92nd Div WWII Assn; and Harry Brown, Master Sgt, 92nd Division. 2002
Tuskegee Airmen: Pt. 4 – Red Tails and Black Aces
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The mere decision to go to war for their country, a country that deprived them of basic human rights, proves even further the competence and unheralded character of some of the greatest men in American history. The pi...
Has America Had Five Black Presidents?
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An investigation of five U. S. presidents who were alleged to have Black ancestry, in J. A. Rogers’ book “The Five Negro Presidents.” (Note: If true, Barack Obama would be the sixth bi-racial American president.) G...
Patriot Generals
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They are leaders among men. They were warriors guided by their patriotism in a united quest for freedom. The careers of four Black generals -- Colin Powell, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Frank Petersen and Daniel “Chappie” ...
Frederick Douglass: Orator, Statesman, Abolitionist
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Frederick Douglass, the renowned orator, statesman, and abolitionist and a prominent leader in a colony of England, now known as the United States of America, moved our new nation, led by so-called “white” people who...
Matthew Henson: The Final Step
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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...
