There 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...
955 viewsKNOXVILLE'S RED SUMMER: THE RIOT OF 1919 chronicles the unrest that occurred in Knoxville following the murder of Bertie Lindsey and the attempted lynching of the accused, Maurice Mays. Knoxv...
778 viewsDonate To The Channel: https://cash.me/$hezakyanewz# https://www.paypal.me/hezakyanewz PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/Hezakyanewz The East St. Louis riots, or East St. Louis massacres,...
831 viewsThe decades after the civil war saw Black Americans slowly gain more economic and political power in some parts of the country. Some bought land, started businesses and built schools. But in many plac...
1,391 viewsThe atrocity in the rural settlement started on Nov. 2, 1920. An untold number of people were killed, Black and white. It led to the lynching of one of Ocoee’s most successful Black businessmen, Jul...
934 viewsTour the Jim Crow museum with founder and curator, Dr. David Pilgrim. Dr. Pilgrim discusses some of the major themes of the Jim Crow Museum. Jim Crow was not just a character or a set of &...
1,004 viewsMamie Till-Mobley's activism extended far beyond what she did in regards to her son's death. However, since her son's death became symbolic for many of the lynchings going on i...
914 viewsAdam Clayton Powell, Jr. (November 29, 1908 -- April 4, 1972) was an American politician and pastor who represented Harlem, New York City, in the United States House of Representatives (1945--71). Abo...
1,894 viewsIt’s taken nearly 100 years for healing to begin from the 1920 Ocoee massacre. Somewhere between the evil of that night and the long-overdue commemorations of today are timeless lessons you might no...
1,882 viewsDonate To The Channel: https://cash.me/$hezakyanewz# https://www.paypal.me/hezakyanewz PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/Hezakyanewz The East St. Louis riots, or East St. Louis massacres,...
1,303 viewsThe atrocity in the rural settlement started on Nov. 2, 1920. An untold number of people were killed, Black and white. It led to the lynching of one of Ocoee’s most successful Black businessmen, Jul...
1,678 viewsThis black & white educational film is about the Ku Klux Klan an American white supremacist hate group, its main targets are minority groups. It dates to 1965. Carousel Films presents Ku K...
1,226 viewsBuy the Book/DVD - http://amzn.to/2xSQx2w - http://amzn.to/2zBIfxT Episode 3 chronicles the years between World Wars I and II, a time of increased mob violence, lynchings, and massacres of blacks. ...
1,245 viewsBuy the Book/DVD - http://amzn.to/2xSQx2w - http://amzn.to/2zBIfxT The premiere episode begins with the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction, periods that held so much promise for free black men...
1,414 viewsTour the Jim Crow museum with founder and curator, Dr. David Pilgrim. Dr. Pilgrim discusses some of the major themes of the Jim Crow Museum. Jim Crow was not just a character or a set of laws it wa...
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