Before Central Park was built, a historic black community was destroyed. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy If you’ve been to New York, you’ve probably visited Central Park. But there’s a part of its story you won’t see. It’s a story that goes back […]
One hot, mosquito-filled summer, less than a decade after the birth of the US, yellow fever brought the capital city to the brink of collapse. As the Founding Fathers fled to safety, a small community of essential workers stepped up. Who are these unsung heroes, and how did Philadelphia bounce […]
The British government vowed freedom to enslaved people if they could escape and take up arms against their Patriot enslavers. But when the British failed to deliver promised land in Nova Scotia, the Black Loyalists needed a leader to step up, sail across the ocean, and demand a solution. That […]
White mobs destroyed “Black Wall Street” in 1921. But where are the victims’ bodies? Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy 100 years ago, a white mob destroyed an American neighborhood called “Black Wall Street,” murdering an estimated 300 people in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That incident […]
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Take the PBS Digital Studios Annual Survey! https://to.pbs.org/2024SurveyITM Patriots or loyalists: who did Black soldiers fight for in the Revolutionary War? We uncover the surprising answer, the broken promises made, and the fight for abolition that followed the American Revolution. Hosted by Harini Bhat, In The Margins covers the history […]
The hidden history of an American coup. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy Correction at 7:23: Cynthia’s ancestors lived in Wilmington, not her descendants. In November 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a mob of 2,000 white men expelled black and white political leaders, destroyed […]
How did the first Black VA Hospital spark the fury of the KKK? Established in 1923, the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital was the first and only hospital to provide equitable healthcare to African American Veterans returning from WWI. This historic institution faced fierce opposition from the KKK, who sought to […]
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PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Laws are intended to maintain order and promote justice, but what happens when those laws promote and spread discrimination and bigotry? Today Danielle analyzes the discriminatory history […]
