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.

The Black History Year feed connects you to the history, thinkers, and activists that are usually excluded from mainstream conversations, through must-hear interviews and 2-Minute Black History stories. 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.

History
Society & Culture
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His Honesty Helped Raise Awareness Around AIDS
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How This Great Inventor Called Out Thomas Jeffe...
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Black People Found Hope In This Black Mecca Dur...
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These Incarcerated Revolutionaries Found Libera...
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The Black Origins Of House Music
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How This Janitor Defied Medical History In The ...
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Despite The Racism He Faced, Basquiat Stayed Co...
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Why Did A White Doctor Give Fannie Lou Hamer A ...
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Is “Whooping” Children Just A Part Of Black Cul...
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The Top Three Myths Told About Nat Turner
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How This Brilliant Inventor Transformed Black H...
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This Black Economic Tradition Apparently Never ...
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They Lied About This Massacre To Protect A Raci...
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The True History Behind Billie Holiday's Most I...
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This Rare Version Of The Bible Reveals An Uncom...
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The Racist, Not-So-Sweet Origins Of The Ice Cre...
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The Undeniable Black Roots of ‘Sesame Street’
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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.
40 min
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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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