Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Podcast

Date: August 20, 2025

Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons

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Episode #34. Lifting as She Climbed: The Unyielding Legacy of Mary Church Terrell

Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary

🎙️ Lifting as She Climbed: The Unyielding Legacy of Mary Church Terrell

What do you get when you cross fierce intellect, linguistic fluency, and an unshakable moral compass? You get Mary Church Terrell. An educator, orator, organizer, and certified barrier-breaker.

Born in 1863 amid war and unrest, Mary was destined not only to witness history, but also to write it in bold ink. From mingling with Frederick Douglass at age 17, to publicly outwitting white supremacists in three languages, she didn't just demand a seat at the table. She built new ones.

In this episode, we trace Mary's life from the grand porches of Memphis to the picket lines of Washington, D.C., and from founding the NACW to fighting segregation in court in her 80s. A pioneer in civil rights, women's suffrage, and education, Mary's story is one of grit wrapped in grace and resistance, and fueled by intellect and progress powered by purpose.

She sued racists, marched with Delta Sigma Theta, dismantled Jim Crow one law at a time, and didn't stop until everyone could sit at the lunch counter.

Whether addressing world leaders or starting kindergartens, Mary lived her motto: Lifting as we climb.

Tune in for a tale of courage, clarity, and class. This isn't just history. It's a masterclass in how to change the world without ever losing your fire.

🕊️ Because Mary Church Terrell didn't just open doors. She kicked them off the hinges.

#LegacyMakers #PodcastEpisode #MaryChurchTerrell #BlackSuffragist #VotesForWomen

Highlights:

00:57- INTRO.

01:04- MARY CHURCH'S BIRTH AS A FREE PERSON OF COLOR.

01:32- HER FATHER ROBERT REED CHURCH.

02:28- HER MOTHER LOUISA AYRES CHURCH.

02:52- HER BROTHER THOMAS CHURCH.

02:58- ANTIOCH COLLEGE'S MODEL SCHOOL.

03:38- OBERLIN COLLEGE.

04:30- EARNS A BA DEGREE IN CLASSICS.

04:43- TEACHES LANGUAGES AT WILBERFORCE COLLEGE.

05:03- EARNS A MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION.

05:13- TRAVELS ABROAD.

05:22- RETURNS TO DC.

05:30- MARRIES ROBERT HEBERTON TERRELL.

05:49- THOMAS MOSS.

06:18- CO-FOUNDS THE COLORED WOMEN'S LEAGUE.

06:47- THE FEDERATION OF AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN.

06:56- TWO UNIONS MERGE INTO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN.

07:22- PURCHASE A LOT IN HIGHLAND BEACH, MD.

07:37- SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DC BOARD OF EDUCATION.

07:49- ESTABLISHES FREDERICK DOUGLASS DAY.

07:53- FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE NACW.

07:59- CELEBRATES THE FIRST ANNUAL FREDERICK DOUGLASS DAY IN DC SCHOOLS.

08:14- GIVES BIRTH TO THEIR DAUGHTER, PHYLLIS, AND ADOPTS HER NIECE.

08:23- SPEECH, "THE PROGRESS OF COLORED WOMEN", AT THE NAWSA.

08:50- PUBLISHES, "LYNCHING FROM A NEGRO POINT OF VIEW".

09:02- DELIVERS AN ADDRESS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF WOMEN.

09:18- JOINS THE DC CHAPTER OF THE AAUW.

09:36- DELIVERS AN ADDRESS TO THE SENECA FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

09:44- CO-FOUNDS THE NAACP DC BRANCH.

09:57- ALLOWS HER AAUW MEMBERSHIP TO LAPSE.

10:05- CO-FOUNDS THE COLLEGE ALUMNAE CLUB LATER RENAMED THE NAUW.

10:22- ROBERT IS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE IN DC.

10:36- ENDS SERVICE WITH THE DC BOARD OF EDUCATION.

10:42- WRITES THE OATH FOR DELTA SIGMA THETA AND BECOMES AN HONORARY MEMBER.

10:55- DESEGREGATES THE NEW YORK SUFFRAGE PARADE LED BY ALICE PAUL.

11:04- THEIR COTTAGE, VILLA AHOLA, IS BUILT NEXT DOOR TO FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN HIGHLAND BEACH, MD.

11:37- PICKETT'S THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY.

11:48- WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE.

12:02- INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE.

12:10- WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM

12:19- 19TH AMENDMENT.

12:53- PURCHASES A MODEL-T CAR AND TAKES MECHANIC CLASSES.

13:02- WRITES HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

13:07- PUBLISHES HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

13:13- SERVES ON THE HIGHLAND BEACH CHARTER COMMITTEE.

13:21- INCORPORATES HIGHLAND BEACH, MD.

13:34- HER BELOVED HUSBAND, ROBERT, PASSES AWAY.

13:45- BURIED AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL CEMETERY IN SUITLAND, MD.

13:54- CAMPAIGNS FOR RUTH HANNA MCCORMICK.

14:07- ADVISES FOR HERBERT HOOVER'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

14:16- HONORED BY OBERLIN COLLEGE AS ITS "TOP 100 OUTSTANDING ALUMNI"

14:27- WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF FAITHS.

14:35- DENIED REINSTATEMENT WITH THE AAUW, DC CHAPTER.

14:58- FILES A LAWSUIT THE AAUW AND WINS.

15:19- FILES A LAWSUIT AGAINST THOMPSON'S RESTAURANT IN DC AND WINS.

15:55- CELEBRATES HER 90TH BIRTHDAY.

16:12- HER BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON.

16:23- MARY CHURCH TERRELL FUND.

16:30- BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISION.

16:42- PASSES AWAY IN HIGHLAND BEACH, MD.

17:06- HONORED BY THE FIRST LADY MAMIE EISENHOWER.

17:25- HER DAUGHTER PHYLLIS BECOMES POSTMISTRESS OF HIGHLAND BEACH.

17:35- ACCOLADES.

18:27- CONCLUSION.

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Links To Additional Resources:

Mary Church Terrell | National Women's History Museum

Introducing the 2020 National Women's Hall of Fame Virtual Inductees | Women of the Hall

Mary Church Terrell - Wikipedia

Because of Her Story: Activist and Suffragist Mary Church Terrell | National Museum of African American History and Culture

Mary Church Terrell - Quotes, Speech & Facts

Mary Church Terrell (September 23, 1863 - July 24, 1954) | National Archives

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Life Story: Mary Church Terrell - Women & the American Story

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Mary Church Terrell and Mary White Ovington | National Postal Museum

4384a - 2009 42c Civil Rights Pioneers: Mary Church Terrell and Mary White Ovington - Mystic Stamp Company

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Mary Church Terrell House - This was the home of distinguished civil rights activist, suffragist, and educator Mary Church Terrell, who served as the first president of the National Association of Colored Women. | DC Historic Sites

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Image 95 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Family Correspondence, 1890-1955; Phyllis Terrell Goines Parks Langston (daughter); 1913-1935 | Library of Congress

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Calvin McDowell, William Stewart, and Thomas Moss

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(1897) Mary Church Terrell, "In Union There is Strength" | BlackPast.org

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Date: August 06, 2025

Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons

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Episode #33. Bound by Ink and Liberty: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the Vote She Carried

Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary

🎙️ Bound by Ink and Liberty: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the Vote She Carried.

Before Rosa Parks sat and before Maya Angelou spoke. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper wrote.

In this thrilling, soul-stirring episode, we trace the incendiary arc of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Poet, abolitionist, orator, suffragist, and all-around force of nature. Born free but far from safe, in 1825 Baltimore, Frances sharpened her voice in the margins of injustice. Orphaned at a very young age, she was raised on scripture and insurrection, and from that crucible emerged a pen that would not flinch.

From the hush of a home library to the pulpit of national suffrage conventions, Frances carried ink like a weapon and used it to carve her name into history. She taught in freedmen's schools, contributed the Underground Railroad, refused trolley segregation, and comforted John Brown's widow. Her poems weren't pretty. They were powder kegs.

First to publish a short story as an African American woman. First to unite race, gender, and reform with righteous fire. And when the 15th Amendment split the movement, she chose unity without silence. Through novels, lectures, and leadership in the National Association of Colored Women, she kept lifting as she climbed. Even when loss threatened to undo her.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper didn't live to vote. But her words; fierce, tender, and unrelenting, inked the path toward it.

This is not a history lesson. It's a battle cry. This is Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. 🔥 Pen. Paper. Power. Press play.

#LegacyMakers #PodcastEpisode #FrancesEllenWatkinsHarper #BlackSuffragist #VotesForWomen #VoicesThatBuiltAmerica

Highlights:

00:57- INTRO.

01:05- FRANCES ELLEN WATKNS' BIRTH AS A FREE PERSON OF COLOR.

01:42- DECEASED PARENTS.

01:54- ADOPTED BY HER AUNT HENRIETTA & UNCLE WILLIAM WATKINS.

02:38- ATTENDS THE WILLIAM WATKINS ACADEMY FOR NEGRO YOUTH.

02:48- LEAVES SCHOOL.

02:56- WORKS AS A SEAMSTRESS & NURSEMAID.

03:29- PUBLISHES HER 1ST COLLECTION OF POEMS.

03:53- THE FIRST WOMAN TO TEACH AT UNION SEMINARY.

04:08- PENNSYLVANIA, WILLIAM STILL & THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.

04:24- POEM, THE SLAVE MOTHER.

05:10- EVALUATION AND EDUCATION OF OUR PEOPLE.

05:22- MAINE & PENNSYLVANIA ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES.

05:36- POEMS ON MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS.

05:41- BURY ME IN A FREE LAND.

06:06- REFUSES TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A TROLLEY.

06:20- THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN TO PUBLISH A SHORT STORY.

06:37- WRITES TO JOHN BROWN.

07:04- OUR GREATEST WANT.

07:20- MARRIES FENTON HARPER.

07:42- TO THE CLEVELAND UNION SAVERS.

07:56- SARA LUCY BAGBY.

08:19- GIVES BIRTH TO THEIR DAUGHTER, MARY FRANCES HARPER.

08:31- HER HUSBAND FENTON PASSES AWAY.

08:47- THE CIVIL WAR ENDS.

08:53- SHE RELOCATES SOUTH TO TEACH NEWLY FREED SLAVES.

09:41- THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION.

09:46- WE ARE ALL BOUND UP TOGETHER.

10:05- 15TH AMENDMENT.

10:24- THE AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.

10:32- NOVEL, MINNIE'S SCARIFICE.

10:55- FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.

11:03- POEMS.

11:07- SKETCHES OF SOUTHERN LIFE.

11:21 NOVEL, SOWING AND REAPING.

11:41- SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COLORED SECTION OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION (WCTU).

11:59- NOVEL, TRIAL AND TRIUMPH.

12:05- SPARROW'S FALL AND OTHER POEMS.

12:10- THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN IN DC.

12:26- NOVEL, IOLA LEROY.

12:46- THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA AND OTHER POEMS.

12:53- ATLANTA OFFERINGS, POEMS.

12:58- CO-FOUNDS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN.

13:14- VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NACW.

13:26- HER DAUGHTER, MARY FRANCES HARPER, PASSES AWAY.

13:50- FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER PASSES AWAY.

14:19- FUNERAL HELD AT THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH.

14:27- BURIED AT EDEN CEMETERY.

14:48- THE 19TH AMENDMENT.

15:13- CONCLUSION.

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Links To Additional Resources:

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | National Women's History Museum

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - Wikipedia

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | The Poetry Foundation

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - Colored Convention Heartland: Black Organizers, Women and the Ohio Movement

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | Archives of Women's Political Communication

Frances Watkins Harper - NATIONAL ABOLITION HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM

How Frances Ellen Watkins Harper inspires The 19th's fellows

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | DPLA

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | National Women's History Museum

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Overlooked No More: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Poet and Suffragist - The New York Times

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House (U.S. National Park Service)

The 19th's fellows reflect on the impact of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Historic Spotlight: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | Department of Planning and Development | City of Philadelphia

April 14, 1875: Frances Harper on Grassroots Organizing During Reconstruction - Zinn Education Project

A Resonant Call for Change: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Appeal to America | The New York Historical

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Five Interesting Facts About Frances Harper - Africa Imports

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Frances E.W. Harper, "The Slave Mother" (1854)

The Slave Mother, poem by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper · Wylie House Exhibits

"The Slave Mother: A Tale of the Ohio" (1857) by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper – American Literature I: An Open Anthology of Texts From Early America Through the Civil War

The Slave Mother, a Tale of the Ohio · Colored Conventions Project Digital Records

Poetry towards Progress: Frances E. W. Harper – Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Unbound

D. A. Powell reads and discusses Frances E. W. Harper's "Bury Me in a Free Land" | Library of Congress

Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - Poems | Academy of American Poets

Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances Harper - Poem Analysis

Poem of the week: Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances EW Harper | Poetry | The Guardian

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Minnie's Sacrifice by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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Time Warp: A Historical Perspective on Two Novels by Frances E. W. Harper on JSTOR

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Frances Harper - Wikiquote

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Poems. | Library of Congress

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Date: July 23, 2025

Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons

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Episode #32. A Scoop of Genius: The Life of Alfred Cralle

Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary

🍦"A Scoop of Genius: The Life of Alfred Cralle" 🛠️✨

In this thrilling bite-sized episode, we dive into the chillingly cool story of Alfred L. Cralle. The brilliant mind who revolutionized your favorite frozen treat with a single invention: the ice cream scoop. But this isn't just about dessert. 🍨 It's about determination, grit, and an African-American inventor who carved his name into history with a handle and a hinge.

Born just after the Civil War, Alfred faced the bitter cold of discrimination while trying to make his mark. Yet, in 1897, he patented a device so simple, so ingenious, that it's still in use today — and he did it while working as a hotel and drugstore porter. Talk about scooping success against the odds. 💼🔧

Why didn't Alfred Cralle become a household name? Why is his legacy often left out of the conversation when we talk about American innovation? 🧐 Well, we'll crack the story wide open. No fluff. No filler. Just the real scoop.

Whether you're a history buff, tech geek, or someone who takes their ice cream seriously, this episode serves a sundae with a swirl of justice. 🍧✊

So grab your headphones and a spoon, it's time to honor the legend behind every perfect scoop.

🎙️ Hit play and get the scoop on Alfred Cralle.

#AlfredCralle #IceCreamScoop #CralleTheInventor #ScoopOfGenius #ScoopHistory #IceCreamInnovation🍦

Highlights:

00:57- INTRO.

01:07- ALFRED CRALLE'S BIRTH AS A FREE PERSON OF COLOR.

01:18- HIS FATHER ALPHEUS LEWIS CRALLE.

01:22- HIS MOTHER MARTHA ANN STREET CRALLE.

03:30- HIS SIBLINGS.

05:07- WAYLAND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY SCHOOL IN D.C.

06:03- MOVES TO PITTSBURGH.

06:16- EMPLOYED AS A PORTER.

06:46- BOOMING POPULARITY OF ICE CREAM.

07:17- THE EPIPHANY.

07:32- THE SKETCHES.

08:27- THE INVENTION OF THE "ICE CREAM MOLD AND DISHER".

08:33- THE PATENT APPLICATION.

08:47- RECEIVES THE US PATENT# 576,395 .

09:20- RECEIVES AN ARTICLE IN PITTSBURGH PRESS.

09:45- INTEREST IN BUYING HIS PATENT.

10:11- THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN IN PITTSBURGH TO RECEIVE A US PATENT.

10:26- JOINS THE RANKS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS.

10:43- BECOMES A BUSINESSMAN.

10:50- GENERAL MANAGER OF AFRO-AMERICAN FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION.

11:32- PURCHASES A HOME AT 168 MAYFLOWER ST IN PITTSBURGH, PA.

11:44- MARRIES ELIZABETH WADE.

11:58- HAS THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER.

12:42- DEATH OF ELDEST CHILD, MARION.

12:56- ALFRED PASSES AWAY.

13:09- BURIED AT MOUNT CARMEL CEMETERY IN HIS HOMETOWN, KENBRIDGE, VA

13:26- DEATH OF HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH.

13:34- DEATH OF MIDDLE CHILD, ALFRED JR.

13:48- ANNA, YOUNGEST CHILD ONLY SURVIVING HEIR.

14:04- CONCLUSION.

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Links To Additional Resources:

Alfred L. Cralle - Wikipedia

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Date: July 9, 2025

Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons

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Episode #31. The Life of Augustus Jackson: The Father of Modern Ice Cream

Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary

🍨"The Ice Cream King History Forgot – The Sweet Legacy of Augustus Jackson" 👑🍦

You think you know ice cream, but have you heard of the man who revolutionized your favorite summer treat? Meet Augustus Jackson, the 19th-century culinary genius, former White House chef, and the unsung Father of Modern Ice Cream. 👨🏾‍🍳❄️

Before Baskin Robbins had 31 flavors, and before Ben met Jerry, Augustus Jackson was crafting frozen perfection in Philadelphia. Pioneering the use of salt to control freezing temperatures and developing innovative packaging that brought ice cream to the masses. Without a single patent to his name. 🧂🧊📦

In this tasty tale, we melt through history, uncovering how a free African American entrepreneur in the 1800s built a dessert empire, defied the odds, and chilled the competition. All while laying the foundation for a multi-billion-dollar industry. 💼💰

But why isn't his name on every cone, carton, and craving? 🍦🤔

Tune in as we scoop into a story of brilliance, invisibility, and legacy. A sprinkle of invention, a swirl of mystery, and yes, plenty of mouthwatering moments. 🍧✨

Warning: May cause sudden urges to raid your freezer. Listener discretion (and dessert) advised. 😋🎧

#HistoryWithAScoop #AugustusJackson #IceCreamOrigins #UnsungLegends #PodcastChill #SweetTreats.

Highlights:

01:09- INTRO.

01:37- AUGUSTUS JACKSON'S BIRTH.

01:56- PENNSYLVANIA'S 1780, AN ACT FOR THE GRADUAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.

02:05- PARENTS.

05:33- EMPLOYED AS KITCHEN HELPER AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN D.C.

07:16- PROMOTED TO HEAD COOK.

07:44- COOKS FOR THREE US PRESIDENTS.

09:05- RETURNS TO PHILADELPHIA.

09:13- STARTS HIS OWN BUSINESS.

10:34- DISCOVERS THE ROCK SALT METHOD.

11:03- DEVELOPS DIFFERENT ICE CREAM FLAVORS.

11:33- NAMES HIS BRAND OF ICE CREAM "PHILADELPHIA STYLE".

11:45- SELLS HIS ICE CREAM $1/QUART.

12:45- BECOMES A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY AND A MENTOR.

13:53- DEATH.

14:31- DAUGHTER TAKES OVER THE BUSINESS.

14:38- WIFE HELPS WITH THE BUSINESS.

16:32- MODERN ICE CREAM TECHNIQUES.

17:13- HIS ICE CREAM TECHNIQUE IS STILL USED.

20:05- MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR ICE CREAM INDUSTRY.

20:35- NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH.

22:06- TODAY'S VALUE OF HIS ICE CREAM.

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Links To Additional Resources:

Augustus Jackson (1808-1852) [Children's Edition] • (blackpast.org)

Augustus Jackson - Wikipedia

Black History Month: The Father of Ice Cream - Frozen Dessert Supplies

Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better (Book Review) | Here Wee Read

Ice Cream Man : How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better - Stories Like Me

How Chef Augustus Jackson Changed Ice Cream Forever (yahoo.com)

PowerPoint Presentation (manoogian.org)

Did Augustus Jackson invent ice cream? - New Statesman

Ice Cream History - Hemings, Jackson, Cralle | The Kitchn

THANK A BLACK PERSON: Augustus Jackson, the Father of Modern Ice Cream Making | by Janice R Littlejohn | Medium

Ice cream man: how Augustus Jackson made a sweet treat better | Citrus Libraries (aspendiscovery.org)

Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better (publishersweekly.com)

ICE CREAM MAN: HOW AUGUSTUS JACKSON MADE A SWEET TREAT BETTER – WRITERS' RUMPUS (writersrumpus.com)

Ice cream man : how Augustus Jackson made a sweet treat better - Brooklyn Public Library (bklynlibrary.org)

Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better | National Agriculture in the Classroom (agclassroom.org)

Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Kim Freeman, Glenda Armand | The Scholastic Parent Store

Why Augustus Jackson Is Called the Father of Ice Cream | Cook's Country (americastestkitchen.com)

Augustus Jackson at emaze Presentation

DROP of Black History - Augustus Jackson - THE DROP (thedrop303.org)

Augustus Jackson, the 'father of ice cream' you probably didn't know (blackfacts.com)

Augustus Jackson - MOFAD | The Legacy Quilt Project at MOFAD

Who Invented Ice Cream? (thoughtco.com)

Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better | Reading Rockets

Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda Armand and Kim Freeman - The Radical Agenda

Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better - A Book And A Hug

Augustus Jackson / SamePassage

Augustus Jackson - Wikiwand

Ice cream man : how Augustus Jackson made a sweet treat better / | Larchmont Public Library (larchmontlibrary.org)

Augustus Jackson - MOFAD | The Legacy Quilt Project at MOFAD

Augustus Jackson by Leo kelson on Prezi

Pennsylvania - An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, 1780 | American Battlefield Trust (battlefields.org)

$1 in 1832 → 2024 | Inflation Calculator (officialdata.org)

Date: June 25, 2025

Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons

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Episode #30. What a Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Story

Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary

🎙️ Before he was Satchmo, he was a boy from The Battlefield—a dirt-poor New Orleans neighborhood with more gunshots than good luck. But out of the chaos came a sound that would change music forever.

In this sweeping, soulful episode, we follow the full arc of Louis Armstrong's extraordinary life: from his scrappy beginnings and reform school redemption to revolutionizing jazz with the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens. You'll meet the mentors, the marriages (some stormy, some steady), and the moments that made a boy with a cornet into the king of swing.

With Lil Hardin's ambition, King Oliver's call, and a trumpet that refused to play quietly, Louis tore through the 1920s and '30s, shattered racial barriers in Hollywood, and dazzled radio waves across America. He wasn't just playing music—he was changing hearts.

From wartime tours with the All-Stars to stealing the show in High Society and knocking The Beatles off the charts with Hello, Dolly!, Louis became a global icon. And when he recorded What a Wonderful World, it wasn't just a song—it was a statement of defiant optimism in a fractured time.

This is not just the story of a jazz legend. It's the story of a man who turned pain into poetry, rhythm into revolution, and joy into a global language.

🎧Tune in and travel from New Orleans to the Vatican, and from heartbreak to high notes—because the world still spins to the sound of Satchmo.

🎺What a Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Story begins here. 🎺 Top of Form Top of Form

Highlights:

00:57- INTRO.

01:02- LOUIS ARMSTRONG BIRTH.

01:23- HIS MOTHER MARY ALBERT.

01:25- HIS FATHER.

02:07- SENT TO REFORM SCHOOL.

02:30- CORNET.

02:54- BEGINS PERFORMING.

03:10- KID ORY'S BAND.

03:19- MARRIES DAISY PARKER.

03:29- CREOLE JAZZ BAND IN CHICAGO.

04:22- MARRIES LIL HARDIN.

04:30- FLETCHER HENDERSON'S ORCHESTRA IN NYC.

05:23- THE HOT FIVE AND THE HOT SEVEN.

06:02- "SATCHMO".

06:38- FILM DEBUT.

07:09- RADIO.

07:57- ENDS MARRIAGE WITH LIL HARDIN.

08:02- MARRIES ALPHA SMITH.

08:15- MARRIES LUCILLE WILSON.

08:24- THE COUPLE PURCHASE A HOME IN CORONA, QUEENS, NY.

08:31- FORMS THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG ALL STARS BAND.

08:53- PUBLISHES MEMOIR.

09:54- RELEASES THE SONG, "WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD".

10:21- PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM.

10:27- PLAYS FOR POPE PAUL VI AT THE VATICAN.

10:57- PASSES AWAY.

11:31- BURIED.

11:42- CONCLUSION.

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Links to additional resources:

Louis Armstrong - Wikipedia

The Louis Armstrong House Museum - Jazz History Comes To Life In Corona

Louis Armstrong | Biography, Facts, What a Wonderful World, Nickname, & Songs | Britannica

Biography - Louis Armstrong House Museum

Louis Armstrong: Biography, Jazz Musician, "Satchmo"

Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy | National Portrait Gallery

Louis & Family - Louis Armstrong House Museum

Louis Armstrong: Harlem Renaissance Pioneer – Pieces of History

9 Things You May Not Know About Louis Armstrong | HISTORY

Louis Armstrong's Childhood - America Comes Alive

Louis Daniel Armstrong (1901-1971) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Louis Armstrong - Parents, Family Tree, History & Death - Examined

Louis Armstrong and the Jewish Family | Aish

Louis Armstrong - 64 Parishes

Education - Louis Armstrong House Museum

Louis Armstrong: The Mand and His Life

Where did Louis Armstrong go to school? | Blake Pontchartrain | Gambit Weekly | nola.com

Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation | Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation

Louis Armstrong | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Louis Armstrong Personified the American Dream

Louis Armstrong Facts | Britannica

10 Interesting Facts About Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong Biography | American Masters | PBS

Louis Armstrong, Jazz Trumpeter and Singer, Dies - The New York Times

The Story of Louis Armstrong's Final Tape – That's My Home

Statement on the Death of Louis Armstrong. | The American Presidency Project

Louis Armstrong – Kurt's Historic Sites

July 6 marks 50th anniversary of the death of Louis Armstrong

In Memoriam: Inside Louis Armstrong's Cause Of Death

Well-being and Care the Satchmo Way – Part II - Louis Armstrong House Museum

Louis and His Positivity - Louis Armstrong House Museum

9 Things You May Not Know About Louis Armstrong | HISTORY

https://www.notablebiographies.com/An-Ba/Armstrong-Louis.html

Louis Armstrong - New World Encyclopedia

Louis Armstrong | EBSCO Research Starters

Lucille Armstrong Biography | Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation

"Marriage is Really a Business": 70th Anniversary of Louis Armstrong's "Why I Like Dark Women" – That's My Home

Brown Sugar: The Story of Lucille Wilson Armstrong – That's My Home

Four Wives Share Louis Armstrong's Story in 'A Wonderful World' | ArtSpeak

What a wonderful world: The love story of Louis and Lucille Armstrong | Very Local

Louis & Family – West End Blog

Date: June 11, 2025

Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons

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Episode #29. Beyond the Peephole: Albert and Marie Van Brittan Brown and the Birth of Modern Home Security.

Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary

🎙️ In a city pulsing with tension and rising crime, one woman peers through the peephole and dares to imagine more. Beyond the Peephole dives into the rain-slicked streets of 1960s Queens, where Marie Van Brittan Brown—a nurse with a mind for invention—and her husband Albert, an electronics wiz, quietly sparked a revolution in home security.

What began as restless sketches and late-night coffee-fueled tinkering turned into something remarkable: the very first home security system utilizing television surveillance. Motorized cameras. Two-way microphones. Panic buttons. All dreamed up not in a corporate lab, but around a modest kitchen table in Jamaica, Queens.

This episode uncovers the untold story of how necessity, brilliance, and partnership converged to create a device that would change the world—long before "smart homes" and video doorbells were buzzwords.

Through suspenseful storytelling and reverent curiosity, we revisit the Browns' journey from anxious nights to patent triumphs, exploring how a nurse and a technician's quest for safety laid the foundation for a multibillion-dollar industry—and left an indelible mark on the modern world.

So lock your doors, turn up the volume, and peer beyond the peephole. What you find might just surprise you.

🎙️ Listen now to uncover the story behind the system that watches out for you—even when no one's home.

Highlights:

00:56- INTRO.

01:05- MARIE VAN BRITTAN BROWN.

01:51- ALBERT BROWN.

02:03- NORMA & ALBERT JR.

04:11- THE IDEA.

04:83- THE SKETCHES.

06:13- THE MAKESHIFT LAB.

07:22- THE INVENTION OF THE HOME SECURITY SYSTEM UTILIZING TELEVISION SURVEILLANCE.

09:50- THE PATENT APPLICATION FILED.

10:30- THE DESCRIPTION.

10:27- GRANTED PATENT US#3,482,037.

13:36- NY TIMES ARTICLE.

16:02- MARKETING THEIR INVENTION.

17:19- TECHNOLOGY BEGINS TO ADVANCE.

18:38- MARIE PASSES AWAY.

19:15- CONCLUSION.

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Links to additional resources:

Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert L. Brown - Wikipedia

Marie Van Brittan Brown (1922-1999) | BlackPast.org

Marie van Brittan Brown | Lemelson

Marie van Brittan Brown | Council on Science and Technology

Marie Van Brittan Brown | Wireless Infrastructure Association

Marie Van Brittan was an African American woman who contributed her livelihood to the invention of the first home security system.

Marie Van Brittan Brown | EBSCO Research Starters

US3482037A - Home security system utilizing television surveillance - Google Patents

Marie Van Brittan Brown: Inventor of the Home Security System | CoveSmart

Marie Van Brittan Brown: Home Security System Inventor - America Comes Alive

Marie Van Brittan Brown - The National Center of Women's Innovations

Rise in STEM

Marie Van Brittan Brown: Inventor of the First Home Security System - San Diego Squared

Marie Van Brittan Brown - Edheads

US-3482037-A - Home Security System Utilizing Television Surveillance | Unified Patents

This Day in Patent History - On December 2, 1969, a patent for home security system utilizing television surveillance was granted to Marie V.B. Brown - Patent Yogi

HOME SECURITY SYSTEM UTILIZING TELEVISION SURVEILLANCE - Marie, Van Brittan Brown

Marie Van Brittan Brown: Inventor of the First Home Security System – Pioneers in STEM: Ingenious Innovations by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

Patent of the Day: Home Security System Utilizing Television | Suiter Swantz IP

Patent No - US 3,482,037 A Home security system utilizing television surveillance (Inventors - Brown Albert L, Brown Marie Van Brittan) - Patent Yogi

Marie Van Brittan Brown Biography for Kids

Marie Van Brittan Brown Facts for Kids

Marie Van Brittan Brown - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

Kids - Marie Van Brittan Brown and Home Security - Pikes Peak Library District - OverDrive

Marie Van Brittan Brown, Inventor | Being Bold

How Marie Van Brittan Brown Pioneered The Home Security System

Date: May 28, 2025

Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons

Title and Show Info

Episode #28. The Ladder and the Legacy: The Inventive Life of Joseph R. Winters.

Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary

🎙️ The Ladder and the Legacy: The Inventive Life of Joseph R. Winters

When fire threatened the booming cities of 19th-century America, one man saw beyond the flames—and built a ladder to the future.

Born a free person of color in 1816 Virginia, with Shawnee roots and a heart full of observation, Joseph R. Winters defied every limitation society tried to place on him. In this episode, we trace his journey from herbalist apprentice and railroad worker to self-taught inventor, songwriter, and the man behind one of the most important firefighting innovations of his time: the wagon-mounted metal fire escape ladder.

But Joseph's story isn't just about patents and pulleys. It's about grit, loss, poetry, perseverance—and a quiet genius who made it his mission to solve problems others didn't dare to touch. From Underground Railroad whispers to oil drilling dreams and a gunsmith shop with more plot twists than a crime novel, Joseph's life is a riveting tale of resilience and raw ingenuity.

Join us as we climb through history on the rungs of a forgotten legacy—one invention, one verse, one act of courage at a time.

🔥 History never sounded so inventive.

Highlights:

00:56- INTRO.

02:34- JOSEPH R. WINTERS' BIRTH.

03:01- HIS FATHER.

03:16- HIS MOTHER.

03:28- HIS GRANDMOTHER.

04:13- RELOCATES TO PENNSYLVANIA.

04:32- FARMER.

04:48- EMPLOYED BY THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD SHOP AS A MECHANIC.

06:26- MARRIES.

06:42- CHILDREN.

07:33- MUSICIAN AND POET. 1ST SONG.

09:57- FILES FOR HIS 1ST PATENT.

10:21- INVENTOR. 1ST PATENT #203,517.

11:42- DEMONSTRATES HIS INVENTION.

12:40- 2ND PATENT #214,224.

13:27- 3RD PATENT #258,186.

14:01- ENTREPRENEUR.

14:09- OPENS THE WINTERS' COAL, OIL, GAS, MINERAL MINING COMPANY.

14:56- SELLS SHARES IN THE WINTERS' PROSPECTING COMPANY.

15:54- OPENS A GUNSMITH SHOP.

16:21- GUNSMITH SHOP IS ROBBED.

17:06- 2ND SONG.

17:27- GUNSMITH SHOP ROBBED A 2ND TIME.

17:44- RETURNS TO THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD SHOPS.

18:19- CHAMBERSBURG MAROONS BASEBALL TEAM.

18:40- PASSES AWAY.

18:50- BURIED.

19:20- PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION ERECTS A MARKER IN 2005.

20:15- CONCLUSION.

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Links to additional resources:

Joseph Winters: African American Inventor

Chambersburg man held numerous patents

https://aaregistry.org/story/j-r-winters-lyricist-and-inventor-born/

Joseph W. Winters (1816-1916) | BlackPast.org

Joseph Winters - Wikipedia

US203517A - Improvement in fire-escape ladders - Google Patents

On May 7, 1878 Joseph Winters received patent for a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder - This Day in Patent History - Patent Yogi

A Black Man Receives the First of Two Patents for a Fire Escape Ladder - African American Registry

A Black Man Receives His Second Fire Escape Ladder Patent - African American Registry

Joseph Winters and the Fire Escape Ladder

Black ThenMay 7, 1878: J.R. Winters Gains First Patent For Improvements To The Fire Ladder - Black Then

US214224A - Improvement in fire-escape ladders - Google Patents

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Joseph Winters - Fire Escape Ladder

Little Known Black History Fact: Joseph R. Winter

Joseph Richard "Nigerian" Winters (1816-1916) - Find a Grave Memorial

5 Big Changes Made to Firetrucks Over Time To Improve Safety

Joseph Winters Historical Marker

Who was Joseph Winters (1816-1916) and what did he invent? - YEN.COM.GH

Joseph Richard 'Nigerian' Winters: Ladders of Success | Post News Group

Fire Safety And the Underground Railroad

Joseph Richard Winters (1816-1916) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Mt. Lebanon Cemetery – Chambersburg, PA | Pennsylvania Grand Review

United States presidential election of 1896 | McKinley vs. Bryan, Political Issues, Campaigns, & Results | Britannica

Calls to Action: The Civil War Era Songs of Joseph R. Winters - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Date: May 14, 2025 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #27. The Opening: A Tale of Toussaint Louverture. Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary 🎙️ The Opening: A Tale of Toussaint Louverture Before revolutions roar, before empires crumble—there is a boy, and a gatekeeper who sees the storm in his soul. In this thrilling episode, we meet Toussaint Louverture, not as the indomitable general of legend, but as a quiet, slave boy on the Breda Plantation with eyes like open doors, watching, listening, learning. A curious soul in the stables, he deciphers the world through hooves and whispers, with Pierre-Baptiste Simon, the old carpenter, keeping silent vigil. This is no ordinary origin story. It's the spark before the fire, the hush before the uprising. Toussaint's mind is already galloping ahead of his time, speaking three languages and dreaming in fourths: freedom, dignity, strategy, and legacy. The groundwork for this saga is laid unlike any other—where history meets prophecy, and a child of bondage quietly rewrites the fate of nations. Tune in as we peel back the curtain on one of history's greatest unsung minds—before the revolts, before the treaties, before the betrayal—when he was just a boy, and the world didn't yet know it should fear him. This isn't just the start of a podcast. It's the Opening. New episodes every week. Subscribe now, and don't just hear history—feel it.

Highlights: 00:56- INTRO. 02:29- TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE'S BIRTH. 03:28- STABLEMAN & COACHMAN. 03:59- MANUMITTED. 04:22- MARRIES. 04:37- CHILDREN. 05:34- SLAVE REVOLT. 06:07- JOINS THE REBELLION WITH THE SPANISH. 06:27- COMMANDER. 07:27- THE BRITISH SEND TROOPS TO CRUSH THE REBELLION. 07:41- SPAIN DECLARES WAR AGAINT ENGLAND & FRANCE. 07:49- FRANCE DECLARES WAR AGAINST ENGLAND. 08:27- ADOPTS THE NAME "LOUVERTURE". 08:49- FRANCE ABOLISHES SLAVERY. 08:56- ABANDONS SPAIN AND FIGHTS FOR FRANCE. 09:32- 1798 ENGLAND AND US TREATIES. 10:16- "WAR OF THE KNIVES". 10:29- CONQUERS SANTO DOMINGO & FREES IT'S SLAVES. 10:37- DRAFTS A NEW CONSTITUTION FOR SAINT DOMINGUE. 10:41- GENERAL FOR LIFE. 11:02- SENDS THE CONSTITUTION TO FRANCE. 11:07- FRANCE SENDS TROOPS. 11:33- CEASEFIRE. 11:49- ARRESTED AND EXILED. 12:20- IMPRISONED AT FORT DE JOUX IN FRANCE. 12:46- TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE PASSES AWAY. 13:39- SAINT DOMINGUE IS RENAMED HAITI AND DECLARED AN INDEPENDENT NATION. 14:10- CONCLUSION. Subscribe to the podcast. Links to additional resources: Toussaint Louverture | Biography, Significance, & Facts | Britannica The Wrongful Death of Toussaint Louverture | History Today Toussaint Louverture | National Museum of African American History and Culture How Toussaint L'ouverture Rose from Slavery to Lead the Haitian Revolution | HISTORY Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743-1803) | BlackPast.org Toussaint L'Ouverture: Biography, Haitian Indepenence Movement Toussaint Louverture | Slavery and Remembrance Toussaint Louverture - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help Toussaint Louverture - Wikipedia

Date: April 30, 2025 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #26. What You See Is What You Get: The Flip Wilson Story (A Story of Heart, Humor, and Hope) Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary 🎙 What You See is What You Get: The Flip Wilson Story Before the bright lights, standing ovations, and catchphrases that captured a nation, there was a boy, born on a gray December day in Jersey City, 1933. Clerow Wilson Jr., later known to the world as Flip Wilson, entered a world weighed down by the Great Depression and lifted himself up with nothing but wit, hope, and an unstoppable spark. In this thrilling episode, we trace Flip's unlikely rise from the brick-lined alleys of Jersey City to the bright lights of stardom. From hustling smiles in Air Force barracks, to crashing the smoky nightclub circuit with a head full of jokes and a suitcase of dreams, Flip turned his pain into punchlines and his hardships into laughter. His gift for creating characters, his razor-sharp timing, and his fearless spirit caught fire — leading him to the Apollo, the Tonight Show, and eventually, into America's living rooms. Flip Wilson's story is more than a biography — it's a masterclass in resilience, genius, and heart. 🎧Press play and discover how a foster kid from Jersey City became a legend whose truth was simple: What You See is What You Get. 🎤

Highlights: 00:56- INTRO. 01:06- CLEROW WILSON JR'S BIRTH. 01:15- HIS FATHER CLEROW WILSON, SR. 01:19- HIS MOTHER CORNELIA BULLOCK. 02:08- CORNELIA ABANDONS THE FAMILY. 02:22- FOSTER CARE. 04:05- US AIR FORCE. 04:35- FLIP WILSON. 05:10- DISCHARGED FROM THE US AIR FORCE. 05:26- MANOR PLAZA HOTEL. 05:44- COMEDY DURING INTERMISSIONS. 07:29- 1950s AFRICAN AMERICAN COMEDY " CHITLIN" CIRCUIT. 09:53- SPONSORED $50/WK. 11:01- THE APOLLO THEATER IN HARLEM, NY. 11:26- DEBUT COMEDY ALBUM, "FLIPPIN". 11:44- "LIVE AT THE VILLAGE GATE" & "FLIP WILSON'S POT LUCK". 12:06- RED FOXX. 12:33- THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON. 13:35- THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. 14:38- COMEDY ALBUM, "COWBOYS AND COLORED PEOPLE". 15:38- "COWBOYS AND COLORED PEOPLE" EARNS A GRAMMY NOMINATION. 16:00- MULTIPLE VARIETY SHOWS. 16:28- EARNS FIVE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS. 17:02- WINS A GRAMMY FOR HIS COMEDY ALBUM, "THE DRESS MADE ME BUY THIS DRESS". 17:30- " HEAH COME THE JUDGE" SLOGAN. 17:38- THE FLIP WILSON SHOW ON NBC. 19:23- THE FLIP WILSON HANDSHAKE. 19:34- GERALDINE & THE REVEREND LEROY. 20:03- WINS TWO EMMY AWARDS. 20:18- WINS A GOLDEN GLOBE. 20:34- NAMED "FIRST BLACK SUPERSTAR" BY TIME MAGAZINE. 20:54- AIRS THE FINAL EPISODE OF THE FLIP WILSON SHOW. 21:26- FAMOUS TECH ACRONYM WYSIWYG (WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET). 21:45- CO-STARS IN FILMS. 23:17- SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. 23:37- CO-STARS IN TELEVISION SITCOMS. 23:59- CAMEO APPEARANCES. 24:13- COMEDY ALBUM, "FUNNY AND LIVE AT THE VILLAGE GATE". 24:23- SURGERY FOR A MALIGNANT TUMOR. 24:39- FLIP WILSON PASSES AWAY. 24:51- CREMATED AT CRESTWOOD VILLAGE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY. 25:10- 2019 NEW JERSEY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE. 25:35- CONCLUSION. Subscribe to the podcast. Links to additional resources: Flip Wilson | Biography, Comedy, Movies, TV Shows, Geraldine, & Facts | Britannica Flip Wilson – New Jersey Hall of Fame Flip Wilson - Biography - IMDb Flip Wilson - IMDb Flip Wilson - Latest News, Updates, Photos and Videos | Yahoo Richest Actors | nichesss Flip Wilson dies of liver cancer Flip Wilson - Ed Sullivan Show TV Comedian Flip Wilson Dies at 64 - Los Angeles Times Flip Wilson's Life Was No Joke: Behind His Legacy of Laughter | Closer Weekly Comedian Flip Wilson Dies at 64 Flip Wilson dies at 64 Comedian Flip Wilson's Son David Has Been Paralyzed from the Shoulders down for over 20 Years Flip Wilson - Wikipedia

Date: April 16, 2025 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #25. Phillis Wheatley: The Journey of a Literary Light Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary Before her words graced drawing rooms and royal courts, Phillis Wheatley was just a child — stolen from the sunlit rhythms of West Africa and thrust into the cold, indifferent belly of a slave ship. Our story begins not with ink and parchment, but rather, with iron and salt, fear and survival. In this episode, we chart the haunting beginnings of an extraordinary life. A seven-year-old girl, barely strong enough to stand, washes ashore in Boston aboard the Phillis slave ship — a floating tomb for the enslaved. Purchased for "a mere trifle" by the Wheatley family, no one imagined this frail child would one day shake the very foundations of colonial society with nothing but the might of her pen. But before the fame, and before the poems that would captivate America and London alike, there was only silence — the silence of loss, of forced migration, of being renamed by strangers. Through evocative narration and gripping detail, we peel back the layers of history to uncover the roots of genius: the shipwrecked beginnings, the quiet mercies, and the slow-burning spark of intellect that defied every expectation. Phillis Wheatley: The Journey of a Literary Light is more than a biography — it's a testament to survival, resilience, and the unyielding power of the written word. Join us on Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons, where history doesn't just whisper... it stings like salt spray. Subscribe now — because this story is only just beginning.

Highlights: 00:58- INTRO. 01:04- SLAVE SHIP. 01:13- 7 YEAR OLD GIRL 01:44- THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 02:38- THE PHILLIS DOCKS IN BOSTON. 03:10- THE AUCTION BLOCK. 03:51- PURCHASED BY THE WHEATLEY FAMILY. 04:00- TAKEN TO THE WHEATLEY HOME. 04:44- NAMED PHILLIS WHEATLEY. 05:01- TUTORED BY MARY WHEATLEY AND NATHANIEL WHEATLEY. 05:27- PHILLIS CAN READ & WRITE. 06:49- " TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, IN NEW ENGLAND." 08:09- "ON MESSRS. HUSSEY AND COFFIN,". 08:52- NEWPORT MERCURY PUBLISHES HER POEM. 09:36- "TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY." 10:06- "ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA.". 11:09- "AN ELEGIAC POEM, ON THE DEATH OF THAT CELEBRATED DIVINE, AND EMINENT SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST, THE REVEREND AND LEARNED GEORGE WHITEFIELD.". 11:38- WHITEFIELD ELEGY PUBLISHED IN THREE CITIES. 12:05- WHITEFIELD ELEGY PUBLISHED IN LONDON. 12:46- WRITTEN 28 POEMS. 12:57- ADVERTISEMENTS PLACED IN BOSTON NEWSPAPERS. 13:24- PANEL OF BOSTON LUMINARIES. 14:14- ATTESTATION. 14:31- LONDON SUPPORT. 15:27- PUBLISHES HER FIRST COLLECTION OF POEMS, "POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, RELIGIOUS AND MORAL." 17:07- "NIOBE IN DISTRESS FOR HER CHILDREN SLAIN BY APOLLO, FROM OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, BOOK VI, AND FROM A VIEW OF THE PAINTING OF MR. RICHARD WILSON". 17:26- "TO MAECENAS". 17:36- LONDON MAGAZINE. 17:48- "HYMN TO THE MORNING". 17:58- RETURNS TO THE US. 18:16- MANUMITTED BY THE WHEATLEY FAMILY. 8:30- SUZANNA WHEATLEY PASSES AWAY. 18:47- "TO HIS EXCELLENCY, GEORGE WASHINGTON." 20:05- INVITED TO CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. 20:42- THOMAS PAINE REPUBLISHES "TO HIS EXCELLENCY, GEORGE WASHINGTON". 21:11- JOHN WHEATLEY AND MARY WHEATLEY PASS AWAY. 21:26- MARRIES JOHN PETERS, A FREE BLACK MAN. 21:57- 300 PAGES IN OCTAVO. 22:32- NATHANIEL WHEATLEY PASSES AWAY. 22:48- "AN ELEGY, SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THAT GREAT DIVINE, THE REVEREND AND LEARNED DR. SAMUEL COOPER". 22:18- "LIBERTY AND PEACE" UNDER THE NAME PHILLIS PETERS. 24:39- BOARDINGHOUSE SERVANT & FAILING HEALTH. 25:17- JOHN PETERS IMPRISONED. 25:29- PHILLIS WHEATLEY PASSES AWAY. 25:56- ACCOLADES. 30:18- CONCLUSION. Subscribe to the podcast. Links to additional resources: Phillis Wheatley Peters | The Poetry Foundation Phillis Wheatley | National Women's History Museum Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784): A Poetic Peacemaker | Criswell College Phillis Wheatley | Biography, Poems, Books, & Facts | Britannica Phillis Wheatley: Her Life, Poetry, and Legacy | National Portrait Gallery Phillis Wheatley (U.S. National Park Service) Phillis Wheatley - Wikipedia