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.
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How Henrietta Lacks' Death Changed Medical History
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The FBI’s Obsession with Aretha Franklin
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She Saved Thousands Of Black Infants With Her A...
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This Sacred Practice Will Make You Reconsider W...
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They Kept A Dangerous Secret For Black Liberation
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Grits, Gumbo, and Grandmothers: A Roundtable on...
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Black People Saved This Brazilian Rainforest
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This Historically Black Town has an Important L...
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How This Library Paved The Way For Black Educat...
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How a Village Beat White Supremacy—Lessons from...
If you loved Sinners, you'll wanna tune in. This week on Black History Year, we're asking, "What happens when a whole town decides the map no longer defines them--and then proves it?"
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Black, Brilliant, and... Canceled? When Black I...
This week, we’re stepping into sacred but complicated terrain: Black cultural icons and the legacies they leave behind.
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What Does Black Quantum Futurism Teach Us About...
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Why Jamaican Black Castor Oil Is Rich In Black ...
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Introducing: Aspire with Emma Grede
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How Jesus Became an Anarchist (and What That Me...
This week, we’re pulling back the curtain on morality—and asking who it really serves.
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The History They Didn't Tell You About the Blue...
This week, we’re pulling back the curtain on American music history—and asking who really gets to define it—with Grammy-winning Blues musician and cultural historian Chris Thomas King.
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MLK Owned Weapons Despite Preaching Nonviolence
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3 Essential Ways Black Travelers Protected Ours...
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African-Born Men Once Ruled What Was Considered...
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The Systematic Miseducation of America with Dr....
This week, we’re pulling back the curtain on public education in America—and asking if it was ever really meant for us in the first place.
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How Chaka Khan Went From a Young Organizer to a...
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These Iconic Cookbooks Hold Some Of The Best Bl...
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The City Burst Into Flames When They Crossed He...
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Why Black Imagination Is A Blueprint of Liberat...
From Harriet Tubman’s vision of The Promised Land to Octavia Butler’s Earthseed philosophy, this Black History Year episode explores the powerful ways Black folks have used imagination—not just to escape oppression, but to turn freedom dreams into homes, communities, and whole new worlds.
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How Black Mourning and Communal Grief Keep Us A...
This week, we're getting into the inherited, collective, and often unspoken legacy of Black grief with award-winning author, activist, and scholar Dr. Leslie T. Grover.
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