In 1939, as Europe was engulfed in war, Jacques Abtey, the Chief of France’s military intelligence service, went against the grain and recruited a highly unexpected spy – the American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker.

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Sources:
https://spyscape.com/article/josephine-baker-the-secret-life-of-a-diva-spy https://www.history.com/news/josephine-baker-world-war-ii-spy https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/siren-resistance-artistry-and-espionage-josephine-baker

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Freed African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, conducted the earliest recorded Memorial Day observance in the country. This celebration, occurring in 1865 and at the time it was dubbed "Decoration Day"

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https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/
https://www.insider.com/black-history-of-the-first-memorial-day-2022-5 https://www.history.com/news/memorial-day-civil-war-slavery-charleston https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/05/25/freed-slaves-started-first-memorial-day-in-the-us

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Why did Civil Rights Leader wear Suits? wouldnt jeans have been more comfortable? Listen and enjoy while I explain the history of the fashion of the unheard.

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https://www.teenvogue.com/story/a-brief-history-of-protest-fashion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/to-fight-the-status-quo-the-activists-of-1968-harnessed-the-power-of-fashion/2018/05/23/1d2f2ad2-44dd-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.html

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Why Do Black Folks love Cadillacs? When Cadillac was at their worse they turned to affluent African Americans for help, Listen and enjoy while I explain the series of events that led to Black folks being fans of Cadillacs.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1995/12/24/cadillacs-cultural-turn/7374f4c7-b78f-4007-9938-51ab24bf3522/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/490070
https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/nicholas-dreystadt-ended-racism-at-cadillac-in-the-1930s/

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Why are so many black voters democrats, is their a historical reason behind this? Listen and enjoy while I explain the series of events that led to Black folks being democrats.


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https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/why-are-blacks-democrats
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/28/can-trump-win-black-votes-what-we-know-from-5-decades-of-black-voting-data/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/magazine/black-vote.html

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How are watermelons racist, doesn't everyone enjoy watermelons, Second we have the short story of DeeDee Chandler the man who gave birth to the modern Drum set.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/popular-and-pervasive-stereotypes-african-americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/13/opinion/fried-chicken-watermelon-origins-racist-food-stereotypes/
https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-spring-2015-the-birth-of-the-drum-set/article/smithsonian

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Why Do Black Folks love Cognac? Have you ever wondered why Hennessy has a stranglehold on the Black community or how Woke became a curse word?

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https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/cognac-in-african-american-culture-the-long-history-of-black-consumption-of-the-french-spirit.html
https://imbibemagazine.com/histocial-connection-between-black-americans-and-cognac/
https://madamenoire.com/329143/black-folk-love-cognac/
https://jezebel.com/cognac-is-french-but-here-s-how-it-became-black-americ-1476730852

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Did you know that Coke heavily influenced by racism and marketed to premaitly to whites, while Pepsi established a division dedicated to targeting African American customers?

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https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/brief-history-racist-soft-drinks/318929/
https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2019/07/31/the-ugly-racial-history-of-americas-soft-drink-brands/
https://kottke.org/19/08/the-racial-history-of-soda-in-america

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The short stories of the displacement of African Americans of three communities; Seneca Village, Mill Creek Valley and Bruce's Beach.


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https://www.centralparknyc.org/articles/seneca-village
https://www.nps.gov/articles/seneca-village-new-york-city.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Creek_Valley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%27s_Beach
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/us/bruces-beach-la-county.html
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-03-01/remembering-mill-creek-valley-once-home-to-20-000-black-st-louisans

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Why Don't Black Folks eat Pumpkin Pie? How did we start eating Sweet Potato Pie? Join us while we detail the answer to these puzzling questions.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/how-sweet-potato-pie-became-african-americans-favorite-dessert/2015/11/23/11da4216-9201-11e5-b5e4-279b4501e8a6_story.html
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2013/11/21/thanksgivings-pie-dispute/15808489007/
https://www.northjersey.com/story/food/2021/11/24/pumpkin-pie-thanksgiving-abolitionist-history-and/8667841002/

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