The Old Corruption challenges the accepted version of the history of abolition, that the passive, suffering slaves were freed by benevolent white crusaders, revealing the corruption of the plantations...
666 viewsThe Most Dangerous Female Mobsters In History From smuggling to killing, Casinos to illegal substances, the Mafia has done it all. And for the most part, Men have been at the centre of the discu...
761 views75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist destination, by its unique history is the epicente...
1,318 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...
772 viewsGold, Silver & Slaves looks at how the business of slavery was a case of slave-trading by complicit Africans, fuelled by the greed of African kings. This is the untold story of the ...
750 viewsMajor new series shot around the globe explores how slavery has underpinned world history. CH 1 : Open Wounds The idea that one human is treated as the property of another is at odds with today’s...
832 viewsOnline South African history documentary on the battle of Spion Kop, the bloodiest battle of the Anglo Boer War in South Africa 1899 - 1902, where Winston Churchill reported that up to seven bombs per...
813 viewsThis episode of Chicago Stories traces the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s. The story follows "The Father of Gospel", Thomas A. Dorsey, who w...
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804 viewsNarrated by Blair Underwood, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is set in the strained and turbulent atmosphere of a racially divided 1930's America, torn between boycotting Hitler's Olympics...
1,392 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...
701 viewsSudan is one of the world’s last frontiers. Once though this vast desert land was the home of an advanced & mysterious civilisation. An ancient kingdom that was the glory of Africa. ...
712 viewsThere are few Chicago historical figures whose life and work speak to the current moment more than Ida B. Wells, the 19th century investigative journalist, civil rights leader, and passionate suffragi...
957 viewsDavid Susskind's historical, long and intimate interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Originally aired on June 9, 1963 by WPIX-TV New York. Among the subjects discussed were the current state...
880 viewsThe documentary Never Been a Time explores the causes and the legacy of the worse civilian instigates massacre in American history. In 1917, the 3-days of mob-violence in East St Louis was labeled a ...
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