We studied the American Revolution in middle school and we got one or two lines about the martyr/patriot/Blackman Crispus Attucks, the first person to die in the war.  But who was he really?

June 19, 1865, black folks in Galveston, Texas found out that they were no longer held captive as slaves.  African American people today celebrate this occasion under the name Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day.

The Los Angeles riots in 1992 set the standard of how much destruction can be done when a community is fed up with mistreatment on all fronts.   This episode was inspired by the tension following the George Floyd/Derek Chauvin trial and the anticipation of the destruction done if a not guilty verdict was rendered. 

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was born out of protest of segregation and racism within a home that preaches "love thy brother".  The AME church was the first African American independent protestant denomination organized in the United States.  Committed to social justice and education, the AME church is a cornerstone of African American history.

Jane Matilda was the first African American female judge.  Jane was also the first woman to graduate from Yale law school.  Her time on the bench was pre and post-civil rights era, and in that time she fought for justice for children, mothers, and families.

A "made for  Hollywood story." Africans kidnapped from their land,  overtake the ship captain, only to be tricked into sailing to America anyway.  Ultimately they were freed and returned home.  The story aboard the Amistad highlights the treachery of slavery and social justice.

We know her as the lady that didn't get out of her seat, which leads to the bus boycott.  But who was Rosa Parks before and after that moment in time?

February is here and that means black history month is here.  Carter G. Woodson, the founder of negro history week, successfully argued that true black history was willfully left out of the history books and thus we needed a moment, even if brief, to tell black stories.

When you speak of revolution, what are you fighting for.  Black people in Haiti fought against slavery, civil rights, and national independence.  This episode the Haitian Revolution and some of its leaders.

Regarded as the first major black film producer, Oscar Micheax was a pioneer who sought to uplift the African American community through his storytelling.