Black History Year
Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re left out of the history books. That the media images are skewed. That we need access to experts, information and ideas so we can advance our people. Black History Year connects you to the history, thinkers, and activists that are left out of the mainstream conversations. You may not agree with everything you hear, but we’re always working toward one goal: uniting for the best interest of Black people worldwide. BHY is produced by PushBlack, the nation’s largest non-profit Black media company - hit us up at BlackHistoryYear.com.
Episodes
July 26, 2024 • 2 mins
Against all odds, Sylvia Robinson transformed her setbacks into the world's first hip-hop record and ignited a global movement. Without her, hip-hop may not be what it is today. Here’s how she laid the foundation for hip-hop to go worldwide.
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July 25, 2024 • 3 mins
You know the story of Rosa Parks. She refused to cater to discrimination on mass transit. But did you know that a prominent Black woman in Philadelphia served that same transit justice a century earlier?
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July 24, 2024 • 3 mins
Drumbeats filled the air, navels pressed against each other, and hips swayed. A dance of celebration was one of the few things the Congolese were able to take into enslavement. The history of the rumba is a tale of cultural erasure.
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July 23, 2024 • 89 mins
Today's History Story: Staying Safe While Traveling
Traveling wasn't always accessible to our ancestors. The Great Migration allowed many Black individuals to leave the South and move to urban areas. Over time, leisure travel became common among Black people, facilitated by resources like The Green Book, offering opportunities to break free from oppression and to discover the interconnectedness of Black communities nationwide.
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July 22, 2024 • 3 mins
She got heated often. Yelled. Raged. Her emotions were belittled. She was called Sapphire and used to weaponize how Black women express anger. Thankfully, she stayed mad, and her rage was her greatest teacher of what it means to protest.
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July 19, 2024 • 4 mins
He was told Black blood shouldn’t be mixed with white blood. Refusing to accept this racism, he chose another, more powerful path. His story is ironic, given that he was the one who made blood storage possible in the first place.
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July 18, 2024 • 2 mins
Reesa Teesa broke the internet with her 50-part video series, “‘Who TF Did I Marry?” Her storytelling captivated the audience, but Reesa was simply continuing a centuries-old Black tradition.
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July 17, 2024 • 2 mins
Go to any cookout and just the sight of juicy, bright red watermelon makes our mouths water. But the taste isn’t the only thing we savor. Enjoying watermelon is an ancestral practice with roots extending all the way back to Africa.
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July 16, 2024 • 82 mins
Today's History Story: John Johnson Attica
Have you ever stopped to consider how much media focuses on police narratives? The sheer volume almost feels dystopian. There’s even a term for it: copaganda. Whether you’ve heard it or not, copaganda's reach is vast, with even vaster consequences. It infiltrates every form of media, from the morning news to evening cartoons.
So what's the history of copaganda -- and how do we combat the...
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July 15, 2024 • 2 mins
She’s walked on runways, owned her own modeling agency, and has traveled all over the world. However, Bethann Hardison’s accolades in modeling and fashion pale in comparison to what she has done for generations of Black women.
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July 12, 2024 • 3 mins
Enslaved Africans braided grains of rice into their hair. Okra seeds were tucked into pockets. Many of the foods we eat today you may have thought were American are actually native to Africa and helped our people survive.
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July 11, 2024 • 3 mins
The fact was this: He didn’t have any hair on his head. But “science” proved his hair matched the murderer’s, so they locked him up, stealing decades of his life. And he isn’t the only one.
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July 10, 2024 • 3 mins
The Gateway Arch is one of St. Louis's crowning architectural achievements, but it has a horrific historic past. Here is the little-known history behind one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks.
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July 9, 2024 • 89 mins
Today's History Story: Georgetown University Sold Us
What hasn't America stolen from us? Our bodies, our culture, and the land that grounds a nation we've built. We refuse to accept this. For centuries, we've reclaimed our bodies and our culture. Now, we want our land. Reparations are due, people. Land reparations. And today's guest knows plenty about that.
Brea Baker is a freedom fighter and writer who has been working on the fr...
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July 8, 2024 • 3 mins
They told him his work was too controversial and rejected it from the academy! But he knew Black people worldwide needed to know the truth – so he published it on his own. What was so important that he could not keep quiet?
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July 5, 2024 • 3 mins
A folktale tells of a time when Black people could spout wings and fly. Though it may be a myth, this young pilot took those words to heart!
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July 4, 2024 • 3 mins
It’s open season on Black lives. We are murdered by police, hunted by white vigilantes, and relegated to second-class citizenship. Nevertheless, we ALWAYS make our voices heard. But one of our first attempts to unite didn’t involve our voices at all!
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July 3, 2024 • 3 mins
The crowds swarm the city, throwing rocks, punches, and insults. The cops pretend to control the crowd, but they’re really helping white rioters attack Black citizens. How did this happen in a city known for its diversity?
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July 2, 2024 • 85 mins
Today's History Story: Black Men Aren't Allowed to Have Emotions, Right?
Gender has shaped and continues to shape much of our lives. It tells boys to wear blue and girls to wear pink, dictates what careers are “appropriate” as adults, and even has a say in how we’re expected to express our feelings.
Quiet as it's kept, a big reason gender norms exist is to maintain white supremacist notions of what it means to be a man. But in th...
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July 1, 2024 • 3 mins
The young man blocked out the white crowd’s jeers as he walked on stage. He was going to say what he had to say. Period! What was so important for him to say that he’d face a dangerously racist crowd?
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