Noire History

A review of the book "There Are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz which tells the story of residents of Chicago's Henry Horner projects during the 1980s.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/there-are-no-children-here-book-review.

A profile of the Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teens who were falsely accused and convicted of rape resulting in Supreme Court rulings that set precedence for future civil rights cases.

Show notes and sources are available http://noirehistoir.com/blog/scottsboro-boys.

A review of the movie "In the Heat of the Night", a 1967 murder mystery set in a Southern town that is investigated by a Northern Black homicide detective.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/in-the-heat-of-the-night-movie-review.

A profile of Harriet Tubman's later life covering her life after escaping to freedom, time as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and service in the Union Army.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/harriet-tubman.

In the June 2020 edition of Noire News I'll be discussing June's protests, some good news, and memorializing a few Black people who passed away this month.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/june-2020-noire-news.

A profile of Harriet Tubman's early life covering her childhood to the events that motivated her to escape from slavery in her late 20s.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/harriet-tubman.

A profile of the Reconstruction Era which began a few years before the end of the American Civil War and extended to about a decade after its end.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/reconstruction-era.

Just a heads up that there won't be a new feature episode this week as I'll be taking a two-week break to prepare content for the next quarter. I plan to be back on July 3rd, with a feature story about Reconstruction just in time for Independence Day. I hope you'll join me then.

In the meantime if you're new to the show or haven't listened to all of the episodes, I invite you to go back in the archives and check out some of the previous episodes. Maybe not the first few as they were a bit rough.

A profile of Frederick Douglass' life following his escape from slavery which includes his time as an abolitionist and early advocate for Black civil rights.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/frederick-douglass.

A discussion of Up From Slavery by Booker T Washington, an autobiography covering his experience as a child born into slavery, his struggle to obtain an education, and his time spent helping to establish what would become Tuskegee University.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/up-from-slavery-book-review.