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Noire History Break Notice September 2024

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Margaret Burroughs: Co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History | Black History Facts

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Aimé Césaire: Martinique poet & politician co-founded the Négritude Movement | Black History Facts

4

Elizabeth Carter Brooks: Preserved buildings important to Black history | Black History Facts

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John Baxter Taylor, Jr.: First Black American to win an Olympic gold medal | Black History Facts

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Florence "Flo Jo" Griffith Joyner: 30+ year holder of the 100m & 200m records | Black History Facts

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George McJunkin: Discovered the Folsom Archaeological Site | Black History Facts

8

Mae Mallory | Black History Facts #212

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New York City's Slave Trading Past | Black History Facts #211

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Noire History 2024-07 Break Notice

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Chuck Berry | Black History Facts

12

Big Mama Thornton | Black History Facts

13

Thomas A. Dorsey: The Father of Gospel Music | Black History Facts

14

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and Roll

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William R. Pettiford | Black History Facts #206

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Violet King Henry | Black History Facts #205

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James Beckwourth | Black History Facts #204

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Callie Guy House | Black History Facts #203

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Elijah McCoy | Black History Facts

20

Selma Burke | Black History Facts

21

Nat Love | Black History Facts

22

Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson | Black History Facts

23

Emmett Chappelle | Black History Facts

24

2023 Q4 Holiday Break Notice

25

The Cutting Season [Book Review]

26

Georgia Douglas Johnson | Black History Facts

27

Tutankhamun His Tomb and His Treasures [Places to Visit]

28

Countee Cullen | Black History Facts

29

Noire Histoir - 2023 Thanksgiving Break Notice

30

Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith [Book Review]

31

Valerie Thomas | Black History Facts

32

Black Boys [Movie Review]

33

Bass Reeves | Black History Facts

34

National Museum of African American Music | Places to Visit

35

Era Bell Thompson | Black History Facts

36

Black Cake [Book Review]

37

Raymond Pace Alexander | Black History Facts

38

Beloved [Movie Review]

39

Ntozake Shange [Black History Facts #191]

40

The Grim Sleeper The Lost Women of South Central [Book Review]

41

W. Arthur Lewis | Black History Facts

42

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America [Movie Review]

43

Alice Coachman | Black History Facts

44

2023 September Break Notice

45

The Revisioners [Book Review]

46

Samuel Sharpe | Black History Facts

47

American Gangster [Movie Review]

48

Marva Collins | Black History Facts

49

Island on Fire [Book Review]

50

William Monroe Trotter | Black History Facts

51

Booker's Place [Movie Review]

52

Clara Brown | Black History Facts

53

Queenie [Book Review]

54

Claude McKay | Black History Facts

55

Higher Learning [Movie Review]

56

Madam CJ Walker | Black History Facts

57

Finding Me: A Memoir [Book Review]

58

James Armistead | Black History Facts #182

59

3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets [Movie Review]

60

Bridget Biddy Mason | Black History Facts

61

When No One Is Watching [Book Review]

62

Harry Pace | Black History Facts

63

Cooley High [Movie Review]

64

Audre Lorde | Black History Facts

65

Will [Book Review]

66

Ernest Everett Just | Black History Facts

67

Noire Histoir - 2023 May Break Notice

68

In Our Mothers' Garden [Book Review]

69

Rebecca Lee Crumpler | Black History Facts

70

Memphis [Book Review]

71

Langston Hughes | Black History Facts

72

Crooklyn [Movie Review]

73

Elizabeth Catlett | Black History Facts

74

Just Pursuit [Book Review]

75

Seneca Village | Black History Facts

76

LA 92 [Movie Review]

77

Harry Belafonte | Black History Facts

78

Yonder [Book Review]

79

Leontyne Price | Black History Facts

80

Respect [Movie Review]

81

William Bill Pickett | Black History Facts

82

Noire Histoir 2023 Q1 Break Notice

83

Just As I Am [Book Review]

84

Ruby Bridges | Black History Facts

85

The Pieces I Am [Movie Review]

86

Mary Ellen Pleasant | Black History Facts

87

Take My Hand [Book Review]

88

Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee | Black History Facts

89

And Still I Rise [Movie Review]

90

Edmonia Lewis | Black History Facts

91

The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois [Book Review]

92

Thomas Downing | Black History Facts

93

High on the Hog [Movie Review]

94

Ida B. Wells [Black History Facts]

95

2023 Feb Family Emergency Break Notice

96

Black Love Matters [Book Review]

97

Wilmington Coup | Black History Facts

98

Hotel Rwanda [Movie Review]

99

Jacob Lawrence | Black History Facts

100

They Can't Kill Us All [Book Review]

101

Odetta | Black History Facts

102

Descendant [Movie Review]

103

Matthew Henson [Black History Facts Profile]

104

Song Yet Sung [Book Review]

105

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander [Black History Facts #160]

106

2022 Q4 Holiday Break Notice

107

Blood Diamond [Movie Review]

108

Desmond Tutu [Black History Facts #159]

109

Black Titan [Book Review]

110

Alice Allison Dunnigan [Black History Facts #158]

111

Teddy Pendergrass If You Don't Know Me [Movie Review]

112

Archibald Henry Grimke [Black History Facts #157]

113

2022 Thanksgiving Break Announcement

114

The Darkest Child [Book Review]

115

Fanny Jackson Coppin [Black History Facts #156]

116

Hollywood Shuffle [Movie Review]

117

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. [Black History Facts #155]

118

The Lynching [Book Review]

119

New York City Draft Riots [Black History Facts #154]

120

Black History Facts Day Change Experiment

121

Till [Movie Review]

122

Mamie Phipps Clark [Black History Facts 153]

123

Black Hollywood They've Gotta Have Us [Movie Review]

124

Charles Hamilton Houston [Black History Facts #152]

125

Kindred [Book Review]

126

Ama Ata Aidoo [Black History Facts #151]

127

One Night in Miami [Movie Review]

128

Kofi Annan [Black History Facts #150]

129

2022 Q3 Break Announcement

130

The True History of Paradise [Book Review]

131

Amy Sherald [Black History Facts #149]

132

Through a Lens Darkly [Movie Review]

133

Fred Gray [Black History Facts #148]

134

White Rage [Book Review]

135

Toni Cade Bambara [Black History Facts #147]

136

Beasts of No Nation [Movie Review]

137

Frederick McKinley Jones [Black History Facts #146]

138

The Death of Vivek Oji [Book Review]

139

Buchi Emecheta [Black History Facts #145]

140

When the Levees Broke [Movie Review]

141

Solomon Carter Fuller [Black History Facts #144]

142

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters [Book Review]

143

Claudette Colvin [Black History Facts #143]

144

A Time to Kill [Movie Review]

145

John Wesley Cromwell [Black History Facts #142]

146

It's Not All Downhill From Here [Book Review]

147

Alice Childress [Black History Facts #141]

148

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners [Movie Review]

149

Julius Nyerere [Black History Facts #140]

150

They Were Her Property [Book Review]

151

Anne Spencer [Black History Facts #139]

152

Lean on Me [Movie Review]

153

Medgar Evers [Black History Facts #138]

154

Welcome to Lagos [Book Review]

155

Hazel Scott [Black History Facts #137]

156

Hoop Dreams [Movie Review]

157

Sam Cooke [Black History Facts #136]

158

The Color of Money [Book Review]

159

Celia Cruz [Black History Facts #135]

160

Straight Outta Compton [Movie Review]

161

Doris Miller [Black History Facts #134]

162

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man [Book Review]

163

Eunice Hunton Carter [Black History Facts #133]

164

Africa's Great Civilizations [Movie Review]

165

Philip Emeagwali [Black History Facts #132]

166

One Righteous Man [Book Review]

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Algiers Motel Murders [Black History Facts #131]

168

Jungle Fever [Movie Review]

169

Roy Wilkins [Black History Facts #130]

170

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives [Book Review]

171

Charlotte Hawkins Brown [Black History Facts #129]

172

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool [Movie Review]

173

Mark Dean [Black History Facts #128]

174

When Affirmative Action Was White [Book Review]

175

Shirley Graham Du Bois [Black History Facts #127]

176

Ray [Movie Review]

177

Léopold Senghor [Black History Facts #126]

178

Killing the Black Body [Book Review]

179

bell hooks [Black History Facts #125]

180

Black and Missing [Movie Review]

181

Janie Porter Barrett [Black History Facts #124]

182

The Bluest Eye [Book Review]

183

Alice Ball [Black History Facts #123]

184

Claudine [Movie Review]

185

Inez Beverly Prosser [Black History Facts #122]

186

Stamped From the Beginning [Book Review]

187

John Henrik Clarke [Black History Facts 121]

188

Malcolm X [Movie Review]

189

Audley "Queen Mother" Moore [Black History Facts 120]

190

Go Tell It on the Mountain [Book Review]

191

Arturo Schomburg [Black History Facts #119]

192

King in the Wilderness [Movie Review]

193

Maya Angelou [Black History Short 118]

194

Things That Make White People Uncomfortable [Book Review]

195

Vicente Guerrero [Black History Short 117]

196

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross [Movie Review]

197

Flora Nwapa [Black History Short 116]

198

Sugar [Book Review]

199

Percy Lavon Julian [Black History Short 115]

200

A Raisin in the Sun [Movie Review]

201

Jane Bolin [Black History Short 114]

202

Black Fortunes [Book Review]

203

James Farmer [Black History Short 113]

204

40 Years a Prisoner [Movie Review]

205

Mae C. Jemison [Black History Short 112]

206

His Only Wife [Book Review]

207

James Weldon Johnson [Black History Short 111]

208

Soul Food [Movie Review]

209

Christiana Resistance [Black History Short 110]

210

The Color of Law [Book Review]

211

Dorothy Lavinia Brown [Black History Short 109]

212

Confirmation [Movie Review]

213

Henry Flipper [Black History Short 108]

214

Americanah [Book Review]

215

Fugitive Slave Laws [Black History Short 107]

216

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered The Lost Children [Movie Review]

217

Marie Maynard Daly [Black History Short 106]

218

The New Jim Crow [Book Review]

219

Steve Biko Murder and Aftermath [Black History Short 105 - Part Two]

220

Driving Miss Daisy [Movie Review]

221

Steve Biko Early Life [Black History Short 105 - Part One]

222

Jubilee [Book Review]

223

Zora Neale Hurston Later Life [Black History Short 104 - Part Two]

224

New Jack City [Movie Review]

225

Zora Neale Hurston Early Life [Black History Short 104 - Part One]

226

We Cast a Shadow [Movie Review]

227

A. Philip Randolph [Black History Short 103]

228

Dead Presidents [Movie Review]

229

Maggie Lena Walker Later Life [Black History Short 102 - Part Two]

230

Behold the Dreamers [Book Review]

231

Maggie Lena Walker Early Life [Black History Short 102 - Part One]

232

School Daze [Movie Review]

233

Gordon Parks [Black History Short 101]

234

The Girl Who Smiled Beads [Book Review]

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Stagecoach Mary Fields [Black History Short 100]

236

4 Little Girls [Movie Review]

237

Bob Moses [Black History Short 99]

238

The Underground Railroad Records [Book Review]

239

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin [Black History Short 98]

240

Boyz n the Hood [Movie Review]

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Rosewood Massacre [Black History Short 97]

242

A Kind of Freedom [Book Review]

243

Louis Armstrong Later Life [Black History Short 96 - Part Two]

244

Tina [Movie Review]

245

Louis Armstrong Early Life [Black History Short 96 - Part One]

246

I Put a Spell on You [Book Review]

247

Ma Rainey [Black History Short 95]

248

Standing in the the Shadows of Motown [Movie Review]

249

W.C. Handy [Black History Short 94]

250

My Life with Earth Wind & Fire [Book Review]

251

Marian Anderson [Black History Short 93]

252

The Tuskegee Airmen [Movie Review]

253

George Washington Carver [Black History Short 92]

254

The Sun Does Shine [Book Review]

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Toni Morrison [Black History Short 91]

256

Baby Boy [Movie Review]

257

Paul Robeson [Black History Short 90]

258

Deacon King Kong [Book Review]

259

Gwendolyn Brooks [Black History Short 89]

260

What's My Name Muhammad Ali [Movie Review]

261

Tommie Smith & John Carlos [Black History Short 88]

262

Undisputed Truth [Book Review]

263

Wilma Rudolph [Black History Short 87]

264

Unforgivable Blackness [Movie Review]

265

Jesse Owens [Black History Short 86]

266

Women, Race, & Class [Book Review]

267

Constance Baker Motley [Black History Short 85]

268

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman [Movie Review]

269

Bessie Coleman [Black History Short 84]

270

Ghana Must Go [Book Review]

271

Alexa Canady [Black History Short 83]

272

The Color Purple [Movie Review]

273

NAACP [Black History Short 82]

274

Negroes and the Gun [Book Review]

275

Lorraine Hansberry [Black History Short 81]

276

Judas and the Black Messiah [Movie Review]

277

Carter G. Woodson [Black History Short 80]

278

The Spook Who Sat By the Door [Book Review]

279

Mau Mau Rebellion [Black History Short 79]

280

Love & Basketball [Movie Review]

281

Coretta Scott King [Black History Short 78]

282

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race [Book Review]

283

Marcus Garvey & The UNIA [Black History Short 77 - Part Two]

284

John Q [Movie Review]

285

Marcus Garvey & The UNIA [Black History Short 77 - Part One]

286

Bluebird, Bluebird [Book Review]

287

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [Black History Short 76]

288

A Century of Black Cinema [Movie Review]

289

2020 Holiday Hiatus

290

August Wilson [Black History Short 75]

291

Heavy: An American Memoir [Book Review]

292

Lowndes County Freedom Organization [Black History Short 74]

293

History of the Black Panther Party [Black History Feature]

294

Alice Walker [Black History Short 73]

295

Caste [Book Review]

296

Freedom Summer [Black History Short 72]

297

Tales of the Grim Sleeper [Movie Review]

298

Stokely Carmichael [Black History Short 71]

299

The Vanishing Half [Book Review]

300

Nannie Helen Burroughs [Black History Short 70]

301

Apartheid in South Africa [Black History Feature]

302

Walter Sisulu [Black History Short 69]

303

Transcendent Kingdom [Book Review]

304

Sojourner Truth [Black History Short 68]

305

A Brief History of Colonists in South Africa [Black History Feature]

306

Patrice Lumumba: The Assassination & Theories [Black History Short 67 - Part Three]

307

Stay With Me [Book Review]

308

Patrice Lumumba: Political Allies & Enemies [Black History Short 67 - Part Two]

309

Set It Off [Movie Review]

310

Patrice Lumumba: The Évolué (The Evolved) [Black History Short 67 - Part One]

311

August 2020 Noire News

312

Augusta Savage [Black History Short 66]

313

A History of Black Voting Rights in America [Black History Feature]

314

Dr. Charles Drew [Black History Short 65]

315

The Nickel Boys [Book Review]

316

Wangari Maathai [Black History Short 64]

317

Da 5 Bloods [Movie Review]

318

John Lewis [Black History Short 63]

319

July 2020 Noire News

320

Mary McLeod Bethune [Black History Short 62]

321

There Are No Children Here [Book Review]

322

Scottsboro Boys [Black History Short 61]

323

In the Heat of the Night [Movie Review]

324

Harriet Tubman Later Life [Black History Short 60 - Part Two]

325

June 2020 Noire News

326

Harriet Tubman Early Life [Black History Short 60 - Part One]

327

Reconstruction Era [Black History Feature]

328

Just a Quick Heads Up [2020 Q2 Break Notification]

329

Frederick Douglass Later Life [Black History Short 59 - Part Two]

330

Up From Slavery [Book Review]

331

Frederick Douglass Early Life [Black History Short 59 - Part One]

332

Glory [Movie Review]

333

Buffalo Soldiers [Black History Short 58]

334

May 2020 Noire News

335

Pauli Murray [Black History Short 57]

336

The Water Dancer [Book Review]

337

Chinua Achebe [Black History Short 56]

338

Waiting to Exhale [Movie Review]

339

Dr. Matilda Evans [Black History Short 55]

340

Negro League Baseball [Black History Feature]

341

William Still [Black History Short 54]

342

Medical Apartheid [Book Review]

343

Tulsa Race Massacre [Black History Short 53 - Part Two]

344

Menace II Society [Movie Review]

345

Greenwood District aka Black Wall Street [Black History Short Part One]

346

March 2020 Noire News

347

John H. Johnson [Black History Short 52]

348

Memphis Black History Sites [Travel Guide]

349

Shirley Chisholm [Black History Short 51]

350

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement [Book Review]

351

Miriam Makeba [Black History Short 50]

352

Hidden Figures [Movie Review]

353

Anna Julia Cooper [Black History Short 49]

354

February 2020 Noire News

355

Mound Bayou [Black History Short 48]

356

The Harlem Renaissance [Black History Feature]

357

Bobby Seale [Black History Short 47]

358

Love Jones [Movie Review]

359

Frances Harper [Black History Short #46]

360

Friends: A Love Story [Book Review]

361

Henry Highland Garnet [Black History Short 45]

362

January 2020 Noire News

363

Mary Ann Shadd Cary [Black History Short #44]

364

A Particular Kind of Black Man [Book Review]

365

Blanche Bruce [Black History Short #43]

366

Becoming a High School Guidance Counselor with Rohan Pessoa [Career Interview]

367

Dorothy Height [Black History Short 42]

368

Just Mercy [Movie Review]

369

Ernie Barnes [Black History Short 41]

370

2019 Noire News Wrap-up [News]

371

Rosemary Brown [Black History Short #40]

372

Selma, Alabama Black History Sites [Places to Visit]

373

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams [Black History Short #39]

374

Queen & Slim [Movie Review]

375

Phillis Wheatley [Black History Short #38]

376

Becoming [Book Review]

377

Claudia Jones [Black History Short 37]

378

Becoming a Travel Registered Nurse with Jeremy Ellis

379

Benjamin Banneker [Black History Short #36]

380

Tuskegee Alabama Black History Sites [Places to Visit]

381

Elizabeth Freeman [Black History Short #35]

382

Get Out [Movie Review]

383

Hiram Revels [Black History Short 34]

384

Forty Million Dollar Slaves [Book Review]

385

Queen Amina [Black History Short 33]

386

Becoming an Internal Medicine Doctor with Kalvin Chinyere, MD

387

Granville Woods [Black History Short #32]

388

Night of the Living Dead (1968) [Movie Review]

389

Jo Ann Robinson [Black History Short #31]

390

62: Harlem Black History Part 2 [Places to Visit]

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Mifflin Wistar Gibbs [Black History Short #30]

392

Black History Short #1: Alonzo Herndon [Throwback]

393

61: Harlem Black History Part 1 [Places to Visit]

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Josiah Henson [Black History Short #29]

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E60: The Last Black Man in San Francisco [Book Review]

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Robert Abbott & The Chicago Defender [Black History Short #28]

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59: Under the Udala Trees [Book Review]

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Gloria Richardson [Black History Short #27]

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58: Montgomery Civil Rights Sites [Places to Visit]

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The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment [Black History Short #26]

401

57: If Beale Street Could Talk [Movie Review]

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Fannie Lou Hamer [Black History Short #25]

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56: How to Become an Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist with Okenna Oparah

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Bayard Rustin [Black History Short #24]

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E55: The Mother of Black Hollywood [Book Review]

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Daisy Bates [Black History Short #23]

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54: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park [Place Review]

408

Cuffy and The 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion [Black History Short #22]

409

53: Green Book [Movie Review]

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Barbara Jordan [Black History Short #21]

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52: Using your life journey to build your career with Sandra Shular, Care Coordinator

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Lewis Howard Latimer [Black History Short #20]

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51: Born a Crime [Book Review]

414

The Clotilda & Africatown [Black History Short #19]

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50: When They See Us [Movie Review]

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Dr. Patricia E. Bath [Black History Short #18]

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49: My Family Trip to Guyana and The Guyana Museum of African Heritage [Place Review]

418

Dr. Ralph Abernathy [Black History Short #17]

419

48: We're Going to Need More Wine [Book Review]

420

The Whitelaw Hotel [Black History Short #16]

421

47: Pursuing your goals at any stage in life with Hazel Watson, Clinical Care Associate

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Marian Wright Edelman [Black History Short #15]

423

46: The APEX Museum [Place Review]

424

Lois Mailou Jones [Black History Short #14]

425

45: Making life better for other people with Lloyd Cambridge, Small Business Educator

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Ahmed Sékou Touré [Black History Short #13]

427

44: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace [Book Review]

428

Alain LeRoy Locke [Black History Short #12]

429

43: Becoming a Registered Nurse (RN) with Marissa Allen, Pediatric ER RN

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Bloody Sunday [Black History Short #11]

431

42: Spelman College Museum [Place]

432

Edward Blyden [Black History Short #10]

433

41: Working with other people with Pierre DeBois, Digital Marketing Analytics Entrepreneur

434

Septima Poinsette Clark [Black History Short #9]

435

Queen Nzinga [Black History Short #8]

436

05: Bessie [Movie Review] (Throwback)

437

Mary Church Terrell [Black History Short #7]

438

40: Ida A Sword Among Lions [Book Review]

439

Amelia Boynton Robinson [Black History Short #6]

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39: Assessing where you are and where you want to go with Joy Williams, Founder and Managing Director

441

Lugenia Burns Hope [Black History Short 5]

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38: The Center for Civil and Human Rights [Places]

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E37 - The importance of relationships with Tuwisha Rogers-Simpson, Marketing & Partnerships Executive

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Aaron Douglas [Black History Short #4]

445

E.D. Nixon [Black History Short #3]

446

36: King Leopold's Ghost [Book Review]

447

Irene Amos Morgan [Black History Short #2]

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35: Standing on your own with Cheick Dukuly, Physical Education Teacher

449

Alonzo Herndon [Black History Minute #1]

450

34: Moving for progress with Tresa Chambers, Communications Strategist

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33: The importance of mentorship with Adekunle Oduye - Design Technologist

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32: The importance of identifying your career passion with Christopher Taylor Job Hunt Strategist

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E31: The Legacy Museum [Place]

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E30 - National Memorial for Peace and Justice [Places]

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E29: At the Hands of Persons Unknown [Book Review]

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E28: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute [Places]

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E27: Black Against Empire [Book Review]

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E26: Before the Mayflower [Book Review]

459

E25: The Other Wes Moore [Book Review]

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E24: The Coming [Book Review]

461

E23: The Assassination of Fred Hampton [Book Review]

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E22: The Book of Harlan [Book Review]

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E21: Moonlight [Movie Review]

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E20: Ain't I a Woman [Book Review]

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E19: Coming of Age in Mississippi [Book Review]

466

E18: The Book of Negroes aka Someone Knows My Name [Book Review]

467

E17: Manchild in the Promised Land [Book Review]

468

E16: Homecoming [Book Review]

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E15: The Underground Railroad [Book Review]

470

E14: Watch Me Fly [Book Review]

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E13: Freeman [Book Review]

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E12: 13th [Movie Review]

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E11: Brainwashed [Book Review]

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E10: Django Unchained [Movie Review]

475

E09: Selma [Movie Review]

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E08: Your Money and Your Man [Book Review]

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E07: What Happened, Miss Simone? [Movie Review]

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E06: At the Dark End of the Street [Book Review]

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E05: Bessie [Movie Review]

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E04: The Warmth of Other Suns [Book Review]

481

E03: The Corner [Book Review]

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E01: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl [Book Review]

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E00: Introducing the Noire Histoir Podcast