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 […]
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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 […]
The hidden history of a Florida witch hunt. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy Starting in the 1950s, a Florida state committee spent years stalking, intimidating, and outing hundreds of LGBTQ people. And they got away with it. Amid a national witch hunt for […]
The biggest radioactive spill in US history. As World War Two was ending, the growing nuclear arms race put the US in need of uranium. It turned to Navajo Nation, where the uranium mining industry thrived for four decades — but left disease, pollution and the biggest radioactive spill in […]
What we aren’t taught about the Black Panther Party. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On December 4th, 1969, the Black Panther Party’s Illinois Chairman Fred Hampton was murdered by police. But his story is about much more than the raid that took […]
The Palestinian catastrophe, explained. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Around the time that Israelis celebrate Independence Day, Palestinians commemorate “The Nakba,” or “The Catastrophe.” The Nakba was a series of events, centered around 1948, that expelled hundreds of thousands Palestinians from their […]
