Black History Year
Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re often left out of the history books. That media images are skewed. That we need access to experts, information, and ideas so we can uplift our community. Black History Year connects you to the history, thinkers, and activists that are usually excluded from mainstream conversations. You might not agree with everything you hear, but we’re always working toward one goal: uniting for the best interests of Black people worldwide. BHY is produced by PushBlack, the nation’s largest non-profit Black media organization - contact us at BlackHistoryYear.com.
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They Invented This Cruel Plan To Keep Black Peo...
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The Juneteenth Message MLK Left Black People Be...
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Reconciling History As a Black Anarchist with A...
It was in Plainfield, NJ, in 1971 where our guest - Ashanti Alston - joined The Black Panther Party, radicalized in the wake of the 1967 Newark Riots and Malcolm X’s assassination years earlier.
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Pulling Back the Curtain on Police Propaganda w...
Social media posts showing police officers posing with Black protestors or hugging young Black kids who appear openly afraid are promoted, often by police departments themselves, to show their officers in a positive light.
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The History Behind The Black Holiday Tradition ...
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Though Held Captive In A Free State, She Plotte...
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The Power of Creating Our Own Media with Maori ...
The first great Black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux inspired the 70s revolution of urban dramas and comedies that served as the launchpad for the gritty hip-hop action pieces and soulful family romances of the 80s and 90s.
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They Canceled Della Reese's Show For An Absurdl...
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Medgar Evers' Dying Words Are Still True For Us...
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This Lie Still Harms Black Women Generations La...
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This Powerful Rebellion Sent A Clear Message To...
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Building Better Labor Unions with Bianca Cunnin...
The right to earn a living wage under just and safe work conditions is as inalienable a right as our freedom of speech.
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Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline with ...
Hundreds of thousands of Black students are trapped in schools where officers and authority figures unfairly police their behavior.
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This Legendary Singer's Most Famous Song Sparke...
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Why The KKK Was Sick of this Black Doctor
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Healing Generational Trauma in Your Own Backyar...
There are some wounds that no amount of antiseptic can heal, and these open wounds have, for generations, left Black folks traumatized. The antidote is right under our noses, however.
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A Brutal and Bloody Battle Of The Soul We Shoul...
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The Sour, True History Behind The Baby Formula ...
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Harry Belafonte Tricked A Racist Landlord In Th...
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The Fight for Food Justice with Cheryl Whilby
White supremacy is starving Black America, almost literally snatching food from its mouth.
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Blaxit to Africa and Redefining Freedom with To...
W.E.B. DuBois. Maya Angelou. Stockley Carmichael. Pauli Murray. These are just a few names of prominent Black activists who moved to the motherland during their lifetimes.
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Decolonizing How Kids Learn with Akilah Richards
There hasn’t been a time when learning wasn’t important to Black people, whether for enrichment or survival. Unfortunately, white supremacy has corrupted information and spread it through an anti-Black school system. Solutions exist, though, and one solution on the rise is unschooling young black people. Today’s guest is a leading voice in the unschooling movement.
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How Young, Black Voters are Transforming Black ...
For decades, Black people have fought to gain the right to vote. In racism's face, we've marched and protested.
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The Healing Art of Storytelling with Dr. Reva H...
Believe it or not, you’re an artist. You’re a writer, a creator. You’re storyteller with the power to craft the narrative of your life and your future.
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Towards a Liberated Future with Jay from PushBlack
Welcome to season six of Black History Year! For five seasons of Black History Year, thinkers, activists, and scholars have come through with hard-line answers
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