Black Journal conducts a live 90-minute special framed around the crucial question of whether the physical and cultural survival of Black people in America is possible. The episode brings together ...
2,063 viewsIn his new book, Shawn Rochester shows how The Black Tax (which is the financial cost of conscious and unconscious anti-black discrimination), creates a massive financial burden on black american hous...
748 views“American Black Journal” previews a new PBS documentary series, “Making black america: Through the Grapevine” by noted historian and storyteller Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. The series focuses ...
767 viewsNelson Mandela is a shining example of what one man can do to change the world. Born into an oppressive regime, he fought to overcome prejudice and hate to unify a nation. Nelson Mandela's dedica...
769 viewsI hate hearing the term slave food black american food history is a rich one! For this video I culled some interesting tidbits in culinary history that you may not have heard about, while also providi...
856 viewsIt's been 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, a two-day attack on black americans in the thriving business district of Greenwood. Hear from survivors, descendants of victims and thought l...
684 viewsIn this documentary, some of America's black heroes and their pivotal roles in the U.S. military in the 20th century and modern times are explored. Black/Current is a space to provide both edu...
815 viewsThe story of black americans in the military is a remarkable and inspiring history, often in contrast to the skewed accounts many have been led to believe. See more in this special. #History S...
688 viewsFor the family of Fannie Lou Hamer, she was a woman of power and presence as a civil and human rights activist. But to Jacqueline Hamer Flakes, Monica Land, and Jimmy Lee Lacey, she was also so much m...
1,275 viewsThe U.S. never fulfilled its promise of "40 acres and a mule" to formerly enslaved people. If America granted reparations today, what would they look like, and who wo...
1,078 viewsLen Cannon and Mia Gradney highlight the lasting financial impact of Juneteenth on black americans and the challenges that remain. http://KHOU.com/Juneteenth This is the second consecutive yea...
754 views-Full speech -Malcolm X on Jesus Christ -Who Taught You To Hate Yourself? Malcolm X was one of the greatest leaders in the history. Malcolm X founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, to ...
1,083 viewsWhat was it like being black in the 1980s? Black life in the 1980s was at times beautiful, at times scary, and always complicated. The rise of black celebrity and culture did not translate into a ris...
1,555 viewsThe decades after the civil war saw black americans slowly gain more economic and political power in some parts of the country. Some bought land, started businesses and built schools. But in many plac...
1,378 viewsBlack Independent Politics Convention, Gary, Indiana, March 10-12, 1972.
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