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Celebrating Juneteenth in Texas History (progress & B.S.)

The fact that the United States does not have a national holiday formally dedicated to the celebration of slavery's abolition is both...

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"Magic Actions"

Magic Actions: Looking back on the George Floyd rebellion - n+1 Damn. I don't have enough adjectives for this one. Vast. Heavy....

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History Throwback:Free Black Labor for a European War

It's always interesting to look back and see the ways in which white American power structures in the food space have both relied upon...

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Crispus Attucks: Zero To Hero

Over the past 2 weeks I put in a bunch of research time on a comedy/history project about Crispus Attucks, his role in the Boston...

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A Haunting & Necessary Resource

Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery Straight up: white Americans take slavery too lightly. I truly believe this is one of the core...

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History Throwback: To Be Black, In Brooklyn, And In Business at the turn of the 20th Century.

The Negro in Business in Greater New York - The Colored American Magazine Vol. X, No.3 (March, 1906) Here we have an image captured from...

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Delicious & Enraging

A Buffet of Black Food History - Intelexual Media Looking for a 20 minute deep dive into Black American food history and the...

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"No, No Susan."

OK I’m thinking we can get at least a feature film, if not a 4 part docu-series about this specific moment in Black History - I like...

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how to have fun in harlem (in 1932)

What an awesome piece of history that I stumbled upon while stumbling upon the MLK editorial from earlier this week. This is an intricate...