Black History Month Podcasts
Black History consists of the stories told and untold of voices shaping the world and inspiring movements. This specially curated collection of podcasts examines the passion, perseverance, and power of Black Culture.
Episodes
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-unreformed-the-story-of-t-107005437/
Reporter Josie Duffy Rice travels to a small town outside Montgomery, Alabama, and tries to visit a juvenile reform school, once called the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children or Mt. Meigs. The school opened in the early 20th century as a safe haven for Black kids, but by the 1960s, it had become som...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-mlk-tapes-91141955/
Explore the rare recordings of eye-witness testimony that reveal the true story of the plot to kill Martin Luther King Jr. From the creators of Atlanta Monster, this is The MLK Tapes. The first two episodes are available now.
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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-reparations-the-big-pay-b-77492333/
Whitney commandeers the slave narrative along with a motley crew of allies, to prove that Whites can own and tell the truth about slavery. But first, the duo ‘forge a new nation’ in media, as Erika revisits a role she played on a miniseries - Ona Judge, the “beloved” runaway slave girl of George Washington. La...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/19-helga-27829496/
There are whole histories of African American artists wrestling with stereotypical depictions and minstrelsy - and it seemed worthy anyway to me as an artist to consider them as some kind of artwork.
American painter and silhouettist Kara Walker rose to international acclaim at the age of 28 as one of the youngest-ever recipient...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/363-constitutional-28270797/
As powerful as it was to change the Constitution after the Civil War, and enshrine racial equality into our governing document, that wasn’t enough to change the reality of life in America.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-black-cowboys-77440172/
In this episode we meet Nat Love, the toughest Black Cowboy. But Nat Love’s life was more than just wild horses and gunfights. This is the story of an enslaved man who found freedom in the West. A man who roamed America, just like they did in the westerns. He did it for real.
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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-black-history-buff-podcast-31076243/
During the summer of 1957 nine students enrolled at Little Rock high central high, which up until then had been an all-white school. In this episode, we go back and take a look at what those brave students went through and why. https://www.sutori.com/story/the-little-rock-nine--VWF22hN7gUFG7f3cRr7UMvgP (Cl...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-black-tech-green-money-80005661/
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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/274-it-was-said-70754457/
Frederick Douglass delivers a searing speech on the Fourth of July, summoning the nation to remedy the contradiction between slavery and the founding principles of the United States. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-checking-in-with-michelle-75200039/
Michelle and Theo are reviewing the standards. Theo explores the history of Jazz music in this country and overseas. He also discusses how perfecting his self love reflected in his relationships and his music, becoming friends with musicians who inspired him and what it takes to be successful as a young musici...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/20-witness-history-witness-bla-61341432/
In March 2022 a law was passed in the United States making lynching a federal crime - nearly 120 years after the first attempts to introduce legislation. The pioneering African-American journalist Ida B Wells first campaigned for the change in the 1890s after realising the horror of lynching taking place acros...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-dig-a-history-podcast-31126499/
Food Series. Episode #4 of 4. In June 2020, Quaker Oats announced they were revamping their famous (infamous?) brand of breakfast products, Aunt Jemima. From the late 19th century to the late 1980s, Aunt Jemima products prominently featured the image of the Black mammy trope to sell the idea that all white families...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-seizing-freedom-77558144/
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, several million African Americans left the South for the North and West. They wanted to raise their kids in a place where they could live and work undisturbed by violence and out from under a racist social order. And California was advertised as the land of milk and honey.
But, c...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-history-this-week-56253659/
May 29, 1851. Akron, Ohio’s Old Stone Church is packed to the brim. It's the second day of a big convention on women's rights. Hundreds of activists are there, but when one of them, Sojourner Truth, takes the floor, she stands out. Truth is a formerly enslaved woman, and her speech reminds the crowd that women’...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-geto-boys-reloaded-84194645/
GBR sits down with Judge Shannon Baldwin, Judge Tonya Jones, Judge Toria Finch and Judge Genesis Draper who made history being 4 of the 19 black women judges newly appointed in the current administration. They discuss their journey prior to becoming judges, the challenges they face, visions of the future and much...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-humanity-archive-55238377/
Black history is human history. In this recorded lecture, I cut through the historical amnesia and hollow Black History Month celebrations to reimagine the past in ways that can sustain us and move us forward.
After listening, let me know what you thought.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/272-who-when-wow-87502496/
Meet Shirley Chisholm WHO brought her leadership skills and fighting spirit to Washington D.C. as the first elected Black Congresswoman of the United States. As a Congresswoman, Shirley continued her lifelong work of fighting for civil rights and women's equality, even WHEN she was met with criticism and discrimination ...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-in-the-deep-stories-that-89654162/
We’ve all heard the unfortunate stories of police and Black Americans in our country. From misconduct to miscommunication, we often hear about victims of police abuse through memorials and services. But Leon Ford lived to tell the tale. At the young age of 19, he was left paralyzed after being shot by police. B...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-cl-21124503/
The subject of this 2018 episode is sometimes called a 19th-century Rosa Parks. When Elizabeth boarded a Manhattan streetcar in 1854, a chain of events began which became an important to the civil rights of New York's Black citizens.
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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/326-1619-48877024/
America was founded on the ideal of democracy. Black people fought to make it one.“1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.This episode includes scenes of graphic violence.
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