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  • Changing the Black Dad Narrative
    In this episode, our teller is a Harvard graduate student, a System Admin for a College, a former director for a video game company, a husband and a father of two young black boys. This south side Chicago native speaks on why there is a stereotype about the Black Father and what we can do to change the black dad narrative today.
    22 min
  • Episode 10: Words of Wisdom from a Wise Black Man!
    The teller for this episode was born and raised in Mississippi but currently resides in Nashville, TN.  He is an activist, mentor, a recording artist, and a minister.  He has 35 years of experience working with children in education and the not for profit sector.  In part 1 of this episode, he tells his story growing up in Mississippi and his experiences in college at Jackson State during the killings in 1970. He also speaks about blacks and education and a lot more.
    26 min
  • Episode 9: Respect our Elders
    The teller in this episode was born in 1925. She is a Black woman from Chicago who is telling it like it is. She gives advice to Black parents and tells her secret about staying young at 94.
    10 min
  • Episode 8: Life as a Black male in Chicago during the 1960s
    In this episode, our teller today is Kenneth Johnson who was born and raised in Chicago during the 1950s. He tells the untold his views on Blacks serving in the military, reflects from when MLK Jr. died, his view on the Black Panthers and who he thinks Black kids these days should know in history.
    8 min
  • Episode 7: Kindergarten Teacher on Black History
    Our teller for this episode is Sam, who has a degree in African-American studies. She is now a Kindergarten Teacher in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side Chicago, which is the Black Metropolis. She discusses her approach to teaching her students Black History year-round, and how she makes it fun.
    6 min
  • Episode 5:Untold Story
    In this episode, the co-hosts provide a detailed look at the untold story of the first black talent agent who represented Marvin Gaye, Simon & Garfunkle and many more. Cyslie and Vanessa also uncover his company, Famous Amos cookies.
    16 min
  • Episode 2: One Story of the Great Migration
    In this episode, Mrs. Rebecca Gilton Hardin tells her story as an active woman in the civil rights movement while attending Alabama State. She also discusses attending Martin Luther King Jr.'s church, marching with him and a lot more.
    25 min
  • Episode 1: Growing Up Black In Alabama
    Our teller for this episode grew up in Alabama during the civil rights movement. She shares stories about her family, what it was like growing up during segregation in the south, and her opinion on racism today.
    22 min