The Remarkable Bass Reeves
In this video: "While historians posit that the Wild West was nowhere near as wild as Hollywood would have you believe, it was a place where certain lawmen forged reputations as legendary heroes in...
View ArticleBlack History Month for Children
You will learn about how Black History Month began, and why it is so important to celebrate! ❤ (04:54)
View Article12 Black Inventors You Never Learned About
These innovators were never properly recognized for transforming the world we live in. (02:08)
View ArticleBlackface: A Cultural History of a Racist Art Form
With the recent controversy over Megyn Kelley's remarks in which she questioned why wearing blackface on Halloween was offensive, "Sunday Morning" contributor and WCBS anchor Maurice DuBois looks at...
View ArticleThe Legendary Lawman Bass Reeves
The Old West was a very dangerous place. Luckily, there were fearless men back then who seemed to have ice water in their veins when trouble came. You've probably heard of some them, like Wild Bill...
View ArticleThe Harlem Renaissance's Cultural Explosion in Photographs
At the turn of the last century, African-Americans from across the country flooded New York City’s Harlem, leading to an explosion of books, poetry and music that is now collectively known as the...
View ArticleThe Origin of Race in the USA
Do you believe that your race correlates to your skin tone? Because that wasn’t always the case. So, how did Americans come to believe that race equals certain visible physical characteristics such as...
View ArticleBlack Panthers, White Lies | Curtis Austin | Ohio State University
What made the Black Panther Party successful, as well as politically dangerous? In his very personal talk, activist and historian, Dr. Curtis Austin tells his story of being labeled a 'felon' as a...
View ArticleIt Is Written - Black Wall Street
In 1921, more than 300 people were massacred, thousands were left homeless, and an entire town was destroyed when people turned on their fellow citizens—in the United States of America. Which raises an...
View ArticleBuffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers got their nickname from Cheyenne warriors, who likened their dark curly hair to that of buffalo hides. Soon the name became a synonym for all black soldiers serving in the Army....
View ArticleTo Understand the Story of Black Wall Street, Go Back to the Trail of Tears |...
Angela Davis and other professors, authors and historians trace the story of Black Wall Street all the way from 1832’s Trail of Tears to the day O.W. Gurley purchased the allotment of land that would...
View ArticleTulsa Race Massacre: An Act of Terrorism America Tried to Forget – 360 Video
On the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, artist Bayeté Ross Smith uses archival photos to create immersive 360 scenes of these events. He finds that the underlying political and economic...
View ArticleCrash Course Black American History Preview
Over the course of 50 episodes, we're going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will teach you about the experience of Black people in America, from the arrival of the first enslaved...
View ArticleUgly History: The U.S. Syphilis Experiment
Afflicting nearly 1 in 10 Americans, syphilis was ravaging the U.S. in the 1930s. Many doctors believed syphilis affected Black and white patients differently, and the Public Health Service launched an...
View ArticleHow a Racist White Mob Ruined 'Black Wall Street' 100 Years Ago
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, calls for reparations and recognition marked the 100th anniversary of the race massacre in the city's Greenwood district — once known as "Black Wall Street" until white mobs killed...
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