Journey with Antoine as he discovers the word Swarthy. Antoine discovers many important men in America’s past were called this word.

Song used: who dat boy(Tyler the Creator) I do not own the right!!!

Link to sources used for this episode:

Benjamin Franklin quote

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/02/swarthy-germans/48324/

Abraham Lincoln Bio:

https://www.nps.gov/abli/learn/news/abraham-lincoln-autobiography.htm

The Ugly truth( article about Abraham Lincoln:

Abraham Lincoln: the ugly truth

Abraham Lincoln: the ugly truth

The 16th US president is an American icon, his face preserved in coins, statues and now a Steven Spielberg film

Life of Abraham Lincoln:

Life of Abraham Lincoln

Life of Abraham Lincoln

Excerpt from Life of Abraham Lincoln: Being a Biography of His Life From His Birth to His Assassination; Also a Record of His Ancestors, and a Collection of Anecdotes Attributed to Lincoln.

Augustus Washington:

Augustus Washington, Photographer born

Augustus Washington, Photographer born

*Augustus Washington’s birth in 1820 is celebrated on this date. He was an African American abolitionist and photographer specializing as a Daguerreotypist.

Straight Up( YouTube documentary)

Prominent Americans You Assumed Were White

Prominent Americans You Assumed Were White

By Straight UP