Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin. In this episode, I present the story of Claudette Colvin the first documented African American woman to refuse to succumb to injustice in terms of giving up her seat for a white person on a bus. 

In this episode, I present the story behind the Dahomey Warriors, a collection of African women warriors that were the inspiration for the women warriors in the Marvel film, Black Panther. 

In this episode, I present the story of Ruby Bridges a living legend who at a young age helped become a catalyst to desegregate schools in the American South.  

In this episode, I present the true crime story behind the Emmett Till murder.

In this episode, I present the story of the "Freedom Riders" and the man who was behind the movement of these activists, John Lewis. 

In this episode, I present the story behind the adversities Angela Davis had to endure during the early 1970s against the U.S. government, and how she overcame that and turned it into her fight for freedom for the oppressed.

In this episode, I present the story of Bessie Coleman the first African American woman to become an aviator and hold a pilot's license. You'll learn the challenges she had to overcome to be a legend in aviation. 

In this episode, I present the story of Thomas Wiggins a man who was a musical genius and had disabilities since birth. However, he never let his disabilities hinder him from being a great musician in American history. 

In the episode, I present the story of the vibrant and socially conscious artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.