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Wes Hazard

Apr 18, 20212 min

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...

Wes Hazard

Apr 9, 20213 min

Falling Down... With A Plan

'London Bridge is down': the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death - The Guardian (2017) Beyond a history nerd's appreciation...

Wes Hazard

Apr 1, 20211 min

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...

Wes Hazard

Mar 31, 20213 min

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...

Wes Hazard

Mar 11, 20212 min

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...

Wes Hazard

Mar 11, 20211 min

Delicious & Enraging

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

Wes Hazard

Jan 28, 20211 min

I hope i don't need this but just in case...

There was a time in my life when fending off hordes of armed barbarians seemed like a distinctly remote possibility. But we live in...

Wes Hazard

Jan 5, 20211 min

Entire Length of Broadway in NYC Manhattan by E-Scooter (December 2020)

Excellent content. Exactly what the video title says. This dude rode a Segway electric scooter down the entire length of Broadway from...