Picking up where The Slap left off, Black Film archivist and historian CHARLES WOODS (a.k.a. The Professor) explores the real Reason behind Blaxploitation's rise as a film genre and its sociop...
1,418 viewsThe 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...
659 viewsSlavery is officially banned internationally by all countries, yet despite this, in the world today there are more slaves now than ever before. In the four hundred years of the slave trade around 13 m...
675 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...
754 viewsThe hidden history of an American coup. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy Correction at 7:23: Cynthia's ancestors lived in Wilmington, ...
785 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...
770 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 ...
747 viewsAgainst the backdrop of unprecedented gun violence, Reggie Yates travels to Chicago to investigate gun crime in President Obama's adopted hometown. In 2015, there were 468 murders, and the murde...
712 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...
824 viewsAt Orangeburg-Wilkinson, a predominantly African-American high school in South Carolina, cameras follow staff and students. A new principal is attempting to increase grades and discipline, but his fir...
729 viewsThe African Trade (History Channel International, 2000) Posted for educational purposes only, no copyright use intended as it is being used for students/teachers. This program features a visit by a...
822 viewsJune 19, 1865 was a date that means so much to Texas. On that day in Galveston, Texas, slaves learned they were free. But actually realizing that freedom? It didn’t come easy. 'Juneteenth:1...
690 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...
1,376 viewsThe American dream is the main reason why, for centuries the United States of America has been the number one destination for generations of immigrants. During all these years each immigrant, hitting ...
1,535 viewsThe savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s (commonly dubbed the S&L crisis) was the failure of about 747 out of the 3,234 savings and loan associations in the United States. Ab...
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