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All Episodes

Once Upon A Time In Black History — 71 episodes

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The History of the Black Rodeo

2

Blind Lemon Jefferson: The Father of Texas Blues

3

Lonnie Johnson, Super Soaker.

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Dr. Charles Drew, The Man Who Changed Blood Medicine

5

Abe Hawkins: The Black Prince of American Horse Racing

6

The Sound of Innovation: The Life of James Edward West

7

Breaking Barriers at NASA: The Inspiring Journey of Mary Jackson

8

Marie Clark Taylor: Lighting the Way in Plant Science

9

The Man Who Made Ice Cream Easy: The Genius of Alfred L. Cralle

10

Dr. Gladys West and the Map of the World

11

Sarah Rector – The Richest Black Girl in America

12

Claudette Colvin: The 15-Year-Old Who Refused to Give Up Her Seat

13

Andrew Jackson Beard: The Inventor Who Made Trains Safer

14

Granville Woods: The Genius Who Kept Trains Talking

15

Harriet Tubman: The Bravest Guide on the Underground Railroad

16

Thomas Fuller — The African Mathematical Genius

17

Phillip Bell Downing: The Man Behind the Mailbox

18

A Mirror to the Future: The Valerie Thomas Story

19

J.W. Smith: The Spark Behind the Sprinkler Revolution

20

Seneca Village: The Hidden Community Beneath Central Park

21

Fort Mose – America’s First Free Black Settlement

22

Patricia Cowings – The Baroness of Barf

23

First African Baptist Church: A Sacred Legacy

24

Eugene Bullard: The Black Swallow of Death

25

John Berry Meachum and the Floating Freedom School

26

Capturing Harlem´s Heart: James Van Der Zee

27

Stuff Smith: Jazz’s Electrifying Violinist

28

Florence Beatrice Price: A Classical First

29

Pantry of the Past: The Hidden Life of Hercules Posey, America’s First White House Chef

30

Raye Montague: The Hidden Figure Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering

31

Lisa Gelobter: From GIFs to government tech: this is what happens when you go STEM

32

George Washington Williams: The Man Who Told the Truth About the Congo

33

James Hemings: The Forgotten Pioneer of American Cuisine

34

George Beckett & The Invention That Changed Mail Delivery

35

Joseph Winters: Climbing the Ladder of Innovation

36

Defying Expectations: The Trailblazing Journey of Jane Matilda Bolin

37

Mother Hale: The Angel of Harlem

38

Jan Ernst Matzeliger

39

George Franklin Grant

40

George Crum, the man who invented the potato chip...

41

Marie Van Brittan Brown

42

Elijah, The Real McCoy

43

Strings of Legacy: The Trailblazing Journey of Joseph Douglass

44

Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History

45

Oscar Micheaux: Trailblazer of Black Cinema

46

Alice Dunnigan: First Black Woman of the White House Press Corps

47

Cathay Williams: The First Black Female Buffalo Soldier

48

The Untold Story of Alexandre Dumas

49

Escaping the Washingtons: The Bold Flight of Ona Judge

50

Pedaling Through History: Black Innovators and the Bicycle Revolution

51

The Green Book

52

Once Upon A Time In Black History: Lewis Latimer

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Myrtis Dightman

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Myrtis Dightman

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: JINGLE JANGLE

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: David Harris & Marlon Green

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Bessie Coleman

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Dorothy Bolden

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Mansa Musa

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Stage Coach Mary

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Blind Tom Wiggins

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Once Upon A Time in Black History: Onesimus

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: The Silent Parade

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Nat Love

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Once Upon A Time In Black History : Edward Dwight

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Henry ”Box” Brown

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Frederick McKinley Jones

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Once Upon A Time In Black History: Juneteenth

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Once Upon A Time In Black History Bessie Blount

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Once Upon A Time in Black History introduces Maggie Lena Walker, the First Black Female Bank Owner in the U.S.

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Thomas Jennings, the first Black man to receive a U.S. patent. Also, this episode features his daughter, Elizabeth who was the first Black woman to he...