Black-owned banks were going to close the racial wealth gap—so what happened? Harini Bhat dives into the history books to explore the financial struggles faced by Black Americans from segregation to redlining and examines the role Black banks have played in the economic empowerment of the communities they serve. Editorial […]
Link to full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VydV9b_sn5o Matt Ehret walks Danny Jones through one of the darkest secret-society claims in American history: the Knights of the Golden Circle and their alleged role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The clip begins with Lincoln’s final day and the strange timing around the creation […]
If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://ForThePeople.com/PBS Ona Judge was born into slavery on George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation. After her escape in 1796, Washington became obsessed […]
Decades before abolition, enslaved people sued for their freedom in court and won. But today, the only freedom suit most people are familiar with is the case of Dred Scott. So why don’t we know more about these early lawsuits? From Massachusetts to Missouri, the history of freedom suits is […]
Deep in the Great Dismal Swamp, thousands of Black people created a hidden free society, one that defied slavery for centuries. This is the story of the rebels who turned a swamp into a sanctuary. This episode of In The Margins is part of PBS’ America@250 collection, celebrating the country’s […]
We’ve been learning about the 13 colonies all our lives, so why did no one think to mention the British Caribbean colonies? And why didn’t these colonies join the American Revolution? The answer has a lot to do with slavery. ***** Check out The Story in Us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWisXIT2Y8o ***** This […]
If God exists, why does he allow Black people to suffer the way that they do. For starters, Christianity has been used a brutal tool of oppression against Black folks for as long as this country has existed. Outside of the US, Christianity and the Bible motivated colonizers to commit […]
If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://ForThePeople.com/PBS In the 1800s, a powerful coalition of politicians, enslavers, and even some abolitionists backed a radical idea: send free Black […]
Weird History presents Timeline 1978. We’re going all the way back to 1978 to revisit the Blizzard of ’78, you know the one that your uncle still talks about to this day. Timeline will also cover 1978 highlights such as Animal House, the death of Keith Moon and the debut […]
The many histories of America’s Indigenous peoples are long and fascinating. From advanced horticulture to complex societies, from resisting foreign aggression to adapting to new opportunities, from asserting their humanity to moving boldly into the future, join me on a journey of over 20,000 years of history. If you like […]
