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All Episodes

Once Upon A Time In Black History — 68 episodes

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Dr. Charles Drew, The Man Who Changed Blood Medicine

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Abe Hawkins: The Black Prince of American Horse Racing

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The Sound of Innovation: The Life of James Edward West

4

Breaking Barriers at NASA: The Inspiring Journey of Mary Jackson

5

Marie Clark Taylor: Lighting the Way in Plant Science

6

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

7

Dr. Gladys West and the Map of the World

8

Sarah Rector – The Richest Black Girl in America

9

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

10

Andrew Jackson Beard: The Inventor Who Made Trains Safer

11

Granville Woods: The Genius Who Kept Trains Talking

12

Harriet Tubman: The Bravest Guide on the Underground Railroad

13

Thomas Fuller — The African Mathematical Genius

14

Phillip Bell Downing: The Man Behind the Mailbox

15

A Mirror to the Future: The Valerie Thomas Story

16

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

17

Seneca Village: The Hidden Community Beneath Central Park

18

Fort Mose – America’s First Free Black Settlement

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Patricia Cowings – The Baroness of Barf

20

First African Baptist Church: A Sacred Legacy

21

Eugene Bullard: The Black Swallow of Death

22

John Berry Meachum and the Floating Freedom School

23

Capturing Harlem´s Heart: James Van Der Zee

24

Stuff Smith: Jazz’s Electrifying Violinist

25

Florence Beatrice Price: A Classical First

26

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

27

Raye Montague: The Hidden Figure Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering

28

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

29

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

30

James Hemings: The Forgotten Pioneer of American Cuisine

31

George Beckett & The Invention That Changed Mail Delivery

32

Joseph Winters: Climbing the Ladder of Innovation

33

Defying Expectations: The Trailblazing Journey of Jane Matilda Bolin

34

Mother Hale: The Angel of Harlem

35

Jan Ernst Matzeliger

36

George Franklin Grant

37

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

38

Marie Van Brittan Brown

39

Elijah, The Real McCoy

40

Strings of Legacy: The Trailblazing Journey of Joseph Douglass

41

Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History

42

Oscar Micheaux: Trailblazer of Black Cinema

43

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

44

Cathay Williams: The First Black Female Buffalo Soldier

45

The Untold Story of Alexandre Dumas

46

Escaping the Washingtons: The Bold Flight of Ona Judge

47

Pedaling Through History: Black Innovators and the Bicycle Revolution

48

The Green Book

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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...