Noire History

On this episode of the career interview series, we are joined by Hazel Watson a Clinical Care Associate (CCA) from Berbice, Guyana. Hazel's passion for healthcare was sparked as a kid when she saw an ambulance and paramedics respond to an accident. She shares the alternative career path she took after her original education and career plans went off track.

Show notes at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/hazel-watson-clinical-care-associate.

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A profile of Marian Wright Edelman, the first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi State Bar and Founder of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF).

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/marian-wright-edelman.

Located on Auburn Avenue, the Apex Museum focuses on local Black history and details the story of Atlanta's historically black Sweet Auburn Avenue neighborhood. Atlanta is located in the South and the museum certainly doesn't shy away from the city's controversial past. But what sets the museum apart from others is that it is completely focused on the history and experiences of Black people from a Black perspective.

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/apex-museum.

A profile of Lois Mailou Jones a visual artist whose 70-year career overlapped the 47 years she spent teaching upcoming notable Black artists at Howard University.

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/lois-mailou-jones.

On this episode of the career interview series, we are joined by Lloyd Cambridge a Small Business Educator hailing from my hometown Brooklyn, New York. Lloyd's interest in entrepreneurship began when he was a kid growing up in Brownsville dreaming of being the cool kid with the fly clothes and the latest Jordans.

Studying abroad for a semester in Madrid, Spain started out a bit rocky but ended up being a memorable life experience. Lloyd's economics major combined with an internship at Lord & Taylor landed him a post-college job at one of his dream companies J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Since then Lloyd's career has focused on educating and helping entrepreneurs launch and grow small businesses.

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/lloyd-cambridge-small-business-educator.

A Black History Short featuring a profile of Ahmed Sékou Touré a politician in Guinea who helped to lead the country to independence and became the first president.

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/ahmed-sekou-toure.

"The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" by Jeff Hobbs tells the life story of a young man that grows up in rough and tumble East Orange right outside of Newark, New Jersey and goes on to attend Yale University. In this episode I provide a summary of the book and discuss some of it's major themes.

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/the-short-and-tragic-life-of-robert-peace.

A profile of Alain LeRoy Locke, a gifted scholar, philosopher, and the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance".

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On this episode of the career interview series, we are joined by Marissa Allen. Marissa is a Pediatric Emergency Room (ER) Registered Nurse (RN) hailing from Durham, North Carolina and currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia.

As with most of the other interviews, we'll spend some time discussing Marissa's background. But, because Marissa is still relatively early in her career, we're going to take a deep dive into her training to become an RN, the job search process, and orientation.

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/marissa-allen-pediatric-emergency-room-registered-nurse.

A profile of Bloody Sunday, a day on which Alabama State Troopers released tear gas and attacked protestors as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in a march for civil and voting rights.

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/bloody-sunday.