Black History Buff Podcast

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  Todays episode features a scathing response to possibly the most Ill advised “take me back” letter ever and some wisdom from an ancient African proverb. Every so often, when I’m browsing the internet I’ll come across something that for some reason stops me dead in my tracks. Recently it was an image.  The picture was ...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes Welcome to the Black History Buff Podcast - This episode is about the amazing Henry Johnson a private in the legendary Harlem Hell Fighters. Find out who he was and how he gained the nick name "Black Death" Find out more here (https://www.blackhistorybuff.com/pages/social-2) --- Send in a voice message: htt...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  This is a special episode dedicated to shining a light on some amazing women who have been "Hidden in plain sight" and quietly airbrushed from history. This episode is dedicated to Coretta Scott King who was the beating heart of the civil rights movement. Credits: Music by - @blackmusichistory Cover art by...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  Welcome to the Black History Buff Podcast - This episode is about the forgotten Black Samurai Yasuke. Find out who he was and how he gained the title Samurai. There is a Japanese proverb which says “For a Samurai to be brave, he must have a bit of black blood.” Yasuke first appears in history in 1579 as an attendant ...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  Just some thoughts. You can find the Black History Buff Podcast at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6CDExrHONAzUy8ksCgXsYy Anchor https://anchor.fm/blackhistorybuff Google Podcasts https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yNzMxMDIwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Breaker https://www.breaker....

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Sooooo while enjoying some down time with my son both of us doing our best to not be social Justice Warriors. We kind up ended up finding a small cause to fight for. You can find the Black History Buff Podcast at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6CDExrHONAzUy8ksCgXsYy Anchor https://anchor.fm/blackhistorybuff Google Podcasts h...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Netflix is not representing BLACK BOY’s on it’s platform and I decided to call them about it. This is my follow up call. If you’ve not seen my previous video or listened to the audio please stop now watch it and then come back to this one……… Right, you back, all up to speed? Great So if you made it to the end of the video you’ll see ...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee In this episode of the Black history Buff podcast, we look at the life of Alexandra Pushkin. I also look briefly into the Russian "Caucasian War" at the end of the show. Born in 18th century Russia, Alexandar Pushkin was Russian nobility and would eventually become immortalised as the “Father of Russian literature.” Pushkin ...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  This episode is a simply amazing story of love, heroism and mutiny on the high seas, so please kick back relax and enjoy the show. Madison Washington was an American cook who started the most successful slave revolt in US history. On the night of Nov. 7, 1841, Washington led 17 enslaved men in a mutiny. Taking control o...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Welcome of the first of the "Your stories told your way" Segment While interacting with people on Instagram, I often get contacted by individuals who have either carved out a place in history for themselves or have a connection to someone who has. So this segment is to give those people a chance to tell those stories for them...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  This is an interview completed with the Family members of Asquith Xavier. The Interview took place over the phone with Ebanie Xavier and Edrina Xavier, who speak about their inspiring ancestor at length and give us an insight into what life was like in Britain in the 1960's. Asquith Camile Xavier was a West Indian...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  Cisero Murphy (1937–1996) was an American professional pool player. Murphy was the first African-American professional pocket billiards player to ever win world and U.S. national titles. This recording was provided by Tyriek Murphy and he does an amazing job of honouring his ancestor.   There are some extras over at m...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee In this episode I am joined by Jessica Jane Robinson.  Jessica talks to me about reggae, becoming Miss Alameda and climate change . In the show Jessica mentions her movie "Recycle woman" and so for your viewing pleasure I have tracked down the film and you can watch it here: https://vimeo.com/57430675 She also mentions Reggae...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  This Episode Is about Bill Richmond. When we think about black sports stars we often go to names such as Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, perhaps Kareem Abdul Jabbar or even Jack Johnson, however, if we dig a little deeper and look a little harder we might come across the Legend of Bill Richmond the first black sports sta...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  In this episode I take the opportunity to say thank you to the amazing supporters of the show and to you the listeners.  I speak about why I started the show and give a hint at where it's going.  If you want to learn more black history and more about what I do you can find me at www.africanhistorypodcast.com (htt...

Support the show on Patreon (“https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7938669”) OR Buy me a coffee Show Notes:  There is a common misconception about Europe and Black people; that basically, there are no black people there other than maybe in London. As a first-generation West Indian born in London myself, I too fall victim to this strange phenomenon. Occasionally, a reader from Russia or as happened this week from Estonia will c...

In this episode, we will be visiting an Ancient African folktale that tells us why Fire and Rain are enemies! Credits: Art Work by Sergey Pereskokov Research, writing, editing and production by King Kurus Special thanks to, Ebi, Olu, Yelare & Stephanie If you enjoyed the show and would like to support the creation of more content use the links below: (https://www.patreon.com/Blackhistorybuff) (https://www.paypal.me/bla...

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.  Click here to learn more about the Little Rock Nine (https://www.sutori.com/story/the-little-rock-nine--VWF22hN7gUFG7f3cRr7UMvgP) Send a voice message (#) Social Media links page (https://www.blackhistor...

While creating my soon to be released episode about the Little Rock Nine, I got to thinking about education, school and specifically my first day at school. I started to think about people's first days in general. I decided to ask a few listeners and friends to share their first day experiences, some of which you'll hear in today's episode.  I hope you enjoy it. I'd love to hear from you, and when I say hear from...