Noire History

If you're interested in learning about the first Black female surgeon in the South and the first Black woman to be a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, then my Dorothy Lavinia Brown Black History Short is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/dorothy-lavinia-brown.

A review of "Confirmation", a 2016 HBO film about the hearings for Judge Clarence Thomas' (Wendell Pierce) nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. In Washington, D.C. Thomas seems likely to be confirmed until a former employee, Anita Hill (Kerry Washington), surfaces with allegations of sexual harassment.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/confirmation-movie-review.

If you're interested in learning about the first Black graduate of West Point and the army's first Black commissioned officer, then my Henry Flipper Black History Short is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/henry-flipper.

A review of "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a book about immigrants leaving and coming home but also finding fulfillment as well as romantic, familial, and platonic relationships. It's a whole bunch of different stuff that somehow all fits together.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/americanah-book-review.

If you're interested in learning about the Mason-Dixon Line and how the border it created between Northern and Southern states played a role in defining the land of freedom versus bondage, then my Fugitive Slave Acts Black History Short is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/fugitive-slave-laws.

A review of "Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children", a 2020 five-part HBO miniseries about the Atlanta Child Murders.

Show notes are available on http://noirehistoir.com/blog/atlantas-missing-and-murdered-the-lost-children-movie-review.

If you're interested in learning about the Black woman whose research contributed to connecting the relationship between cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and the clogging of arteries, then my Marie Maynard Daly Black History Short is for you.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/marie-maynard-daly.

A review of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" by Michelle Alexander which tackles the complex issues of mass incarceration.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/new-jim-crow-book-review.

If you're interested in learning about the circumstances leading up to Steve Biko's murder and the attempt to cover up what happened, then my Steve Biko Murder & Aftermath Black History Short is for you.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/steve-biko.

A review of Driving Miss Daisy, a 1989 dramedy film about the 25-year relationship between a rude older woman and her chauffeur.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/driving-miss-daisy-movie-review.