I Didn’t Know, Maybe You Didn’t Either!

Integration is usually told as a win—full stop. This episode explores the side rarely
discussed: what Black communities lost in the process.

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Reconstruction didn't fall apart by accident. B Daht breaks down the part of history that
usually gets rushed, skipped, or blamed on the wrong people.

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B Daht walks through the receipts people love to ignore—with just enough humor to
keep it from turning into an argument at Thanksgiving.

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Black History Month didn't start as a celebration. B Daht explains what the history
books were getting wrong long before February ever became a thing.

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For 700 years, Moors ruled Spain and created one of Europe's most advanced
civilizations—a chapter often left out of Western history.

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Over a million African soldiers fought in World War II—their contributions largely
erased from the history books.

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Mary Seacole traveled to the front lines of war and built her own hospital when no one
else would accept her help.

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Ethiopia stood as the only African nation to defeat European colonization—a legacy of
resistance that inspired the world.

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The story of Yasuke, the African warrior who rose to samurai status in feudal
Japan—defying every expectation of his time.

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Before the Emancipation Proclamation, a Black leader abolished slavery in his
nation—a history rarely taught in American classrooms.

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The Haitian Revolution created the first free Black republic and sent shockwaves
through every slaveholding nation on Earth.

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The story of innovation that illuminated the world—yet the inventor's name remains in
shadow.

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B Daht introduces Shirley Ann Jackson—the woman whose research led to caller ID,
call waiting, fiber optics, and the technology that powers modern communication.

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In 1966, Marie Van Brittan Brown invented the world's first home security system,
creating the blueprint for every modern system that followed.

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Richard Spikes invented the modern gear shift, improved automatic transmission, and
early turn signals—technology that makes driving safer every day.

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George Crum's accidental invention of the potato chip became a global industry—yet
few people know the Black/Native chef behind the snack.

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The modern ice cream scoop was invented by Alfred L. Cralle in 1897. This episode
reveals how everyday convenience hides Black brilliance in plain sight.

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Founded in 1946, FAMU's Marching 100 didn't just redefine halftime—they built an
infrastructure of Black excellence that the world would eventually copy.

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Decades before medicine believed it possible, a Black surgeon performed one of the
world's first successful open-heart surgeries—and history still barely tells his story.

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