On the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, witness a conversation with longtime congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis about his latest journey using graphic novels to move young people to...
119 AnsichtenThis is my short video entitled: Three Generations of Black Men Against Police Brutality May 29th. 2020 It's my short video of three Generations of Black Men Against Police Brutality going bac...
140 AnsichtenOn Chicago's West Side, there is a school for the city's most at-risk youth — the Moses Montefiore Academy. Most of the students at Montefiore have been kicked out of other schools for aggressive be...
108 Ansichten"We Must Do It Ourselves: The Rationale for Black Business Development in Montgomery, 1900-1925" by Howard Robinson ArchiTreat November 18, 2010 Howard Robinson discusses Black Busin...
152 Ansichtenreview.chicagobooth.edu | Established in 1865, the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, or Freedman’s Bank, gave tens of thousands of former slaves access to financial services for the first time...
34 AnsichtenShahrazad Ali (born April 27, 1954, in Atlanta, Georgia, US), raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an author of several books, including a paperback called The Blackman's Guide to Understanding the ...
120 AnsichtenOn November 18, 2020 the DC History Center presented activist Samuel Jordan and journalist Martin Austermuhle in conversation about how civic activism defeated the plan for federal highways through...
147 AnsichtenTWO DOLLARS AND A DREAM is the biography of Madame C.J. Walker, America's first self-made millionairess. Mrs. Walker's fortune was built on skin and hair care products, parlaying a homemade beauty for...
73 Ansichten"CBS News announced it would examine the myths and facts of Malcolm X in a news special, "Malcolm X: The Real Story," to be broadcast Thursday, Dec. ...
28 AnsichtenBlack Natchez is about a genteel Southern town and two bombings a year and a half apart. The first bombing in August 1965 injured local NAACP president George Metcalfe. The second on February 27, 1967...
63 AnsichtenThere is discrimination against black servicemen both on and off US military bases overseas, this month's Black Journal program concludes. Filmed on location in Vietnam, black servicemen are interview...
72 AnsichtenBody and Soul, Part I: Body (1968) An examination of the Black American's contribution to sports in America is reported by Harry Reasoner. Harry Edwards, leader of those who threatened an Olympic G...
40 AnsichtenBanks across the country are closing branches – often in Black and Brown communities. And if you don’t have access to a bank, you’re left with costly alternatives like check cashing and payday l...
93 AnsichtenThe Civil War began as a means of preserving the Union. But to nearly four million African Americans, it held a much more personal promise. As Northern armies swept south, self-emancipated sl...
75 AnsichtenGenerations of slavery, followed by predatory financial practices and housing discrimination, have stolen opportunities — and billions of dollars — from Black Americans and widened the U.S. racial...
21 Ansichtenreview.chicagobooth.edu | Established in 1865, the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, or Freedman’s Bank, gave tens of thousands of former slaves access to financial services for the first time...
34 AnsichtenDespite a growing economy and low unemployment, there exists an ever-present racial income and wealth gap. To help answer this question, William Michael Cunningham joined Congressman Bobby L. Rush in ...
81 AnsichtenBe Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so) https://blackhistoryintwominutes.com In 1865, after the north won the Civil War, the government opened the Freedman’s Bank. This institution...
37 AnsichtenHow to make the Mississippi River the anchor for America's development in the next ten years.
30 AnsichtenHow Black-owned funeral homes in New Orleans have navigated the coronavirus pandemic and its racially disproportionate toll. A co-production between FRONTLINE, Firelight Media and WORLD Channel. Th...
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