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Creating The Culture
April 18, 2022
- 01:33
For four seasons – that’s right, four seasons – we’ve learned histories hidden from us, challenged the systemic structures built to...
Black History Year Season 4: Unlearning The Myths
September 27, 2021
- 03:34
Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re left out of the history books. That the...
What Does Black Liberation Look Like?
September 17, 2021
- 45:57
It's a question that requires tapping into your imagination. A question that forces you to explore the possibilities within freedom. And...
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Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re left out of the history books. That the media images are skewed. That we need access to experts, information and ideas so we can advance our people. Black History Year connects you to the history, thinkers, and activists that are left out of the mainstream conversations. You may not agree with everything you hear, but we’re always working toward one goal: uniting for the best interest of Black people worldwide. BHY is produced by PushBlack, the nation’s largest non-profit Black media company - hit us up at BlackHistoryYear.com.
More Episodes
Creating The Culture
April 18, 2022
- 01:33
For four seasons – that’s right, four seasons – we’ve learned histories hidden from us, challenged the systemic structures built to...
Black History Year Season 4: Unlearning The Myths
September 27, 2021
- 03:34
Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re left out of the history books. That the...
What Does Black Liberation Look Like?
September 17, 2021
- 45:57
It's a question that requires tapping into your imagination. A question that forces you to explore the possibilities within freedom. And...
U.S. Police Ties In Haitian President’s Assassination
July 22, 2021
- 06:10
What’s up fam, thanks for tuning into another episode of Black History Year. On this show, we connect you to the history, thinkers, and...
Celebrating Juneteenth in the Carceral State with Ebony Underwood
June 7, 2021
- 28:03
Juneteenth is a special holiday for Black people - it commemorates when the last of our enslaved ancestors were freed. And yet, many...
Black Power and a Black Agenda with Candace Hollingsworth
May 24, 2021
- 49:46
You’ve heard us say it before. The Black vote is powerful. But the two-party system wasn’t designed to actively engage our needs. So how...
Slavemasters In Your Neighborhood with Clint Smith
May 17, 2021
- 47:07
The debates over U.S. monuments that celebrate Confederate generals, soldiers, and politicians show just how pervasive slavery's legacy...
From Slavery to Mass Incarceration with Dr. Byron Price
May 10, 2021
- 24:27
It's true: slavery never ended. It's a dehumanizing system that continues to enslave, exploit, and devalue Black people in one...
The Price of White Terror with Tracy Manning-Gibbs
May 3, 2021
- 37:08
White terrorism has lasting consequences. For the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the generational wealth they spent 15 years...
Defining Ourselves with Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems
April 26, 2021
- 37:08
Feminism, Black feminism, womanism. According to our guest today, author, literary scholar, and professor Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems, none...
Environmental Racism: A Hidden Threat with Dr. Dorceta Taylor
April 19, 2021
- 46:31
We're making a deadly mistake if we don't talk about environmental justice when we discuss racism and Black liberation. The lasting...
Black Art and Liberation with Rosalind McGary
April 12, 2021
- 37:35
They say that life imitates art. That's rarely as true when we consider the transformative, evocative, challenging, and inspirational...
The True Story Of Black Wall Street with Raven Majia Williams
April 5, 2021
- 38:05
White terrorists have devastated flourishing Black communities in the name of white supremacy from Rosewood, Florida to Elaine,...
How To Bend Reality with adrienne maree brown
March 29, 2021
- 42:05
Everything humanity has ever created – the good and the bad – started with imagination. But what if we could harness the power of...
The Killing of Patrice Lumumba with Dr. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja
March 22, 2021
- 47:18
He was a man of the people. A man who wanted one thing and one thing only: true independence for his country. But if the U.S. government...
Talking Black with Dr. Sharese King
March 15, 2021
- 38:36
Black people have always created beauty from the bleakest conditions. And to survive in America, we even had to create our own language....
Legacy of the Black Messiah with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.
March 8, 2021
- 39:20
“You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill the revolution.” Was it a prophecy, these words spoken by the gunned-down Black Panther...
Black History Year Season 3: Fighting Forward
March 1, 2021
- 02:25
Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re left out of the history books. That the...
Building Black Futures with Kamau Franklin
January 1, 2021
- 38:11
Sculpting our future in the present is the only way we'll gain the power we need to make the idea of Black liberation a reality....
What You Need To Know About Medical Racism with Harriet Washington
December 25, 2020
- 39:02
Racism is a public health crisis. In the age of COVID-19, we've witnessed this firsthand as Black people perish at disproportionate...
The Psychological Effects of White Supremacy with Dr. Kevin Cokley
December 18, 2020
- 39:59
White supremacy is a horror you'll find at every turn. It’s the foundation of governmental policies that disadvantage us. It lives in...
Shifting the Balance of Power with Dr. Joy James
December 11, 2020
- 20:48
Forget everything you think you know about power and control. On this episode of Black Hisory Year, abolitionist scholar Dr. Joy James...
Real Talk about Reparations with Dr. William Darity
December 4, 2020
- 38:06
American history is a litany of lies about Black people. One of the most egregious is that slavery's end opened the door to equality and...
The Power of Black Cooperative Economics with Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard
November 27, 2020
- 59:44
Credit unions, housing co-ops, CSAs... Black folks have been building and benefitting from cooperative economics for decades,...
God Talk and the African Roots of Faith with Dr. Anthony Browder
November 20, 2020
- 45:45
Black people are a spiritual people. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the concept of God was first birthed in Africa, but that didn't...
Africatown and the Essence of Black Power with Dr. Natalie S. Robertson
November 13, 2020
- 54:45
Black power has many forms: a fist in the air, a liberated mind, or the ownership of the ground upon which you stand. The founders of...
Decoding the Racism in Advertising and Entertainment with Professor Gene Shelton
November 6, 2020
- 41:02
Advertising, marketing, the entertainment industry and even the news media are selling us something. And what they’re selling usually...
Liberation, Fried Chicken and Owning our Culture with Adrian Miller and Chef Rock Harper
October 30, 2020
- 1:04:28
Food is family, culture and LIFE! As food writer Adrian Miller and Chef Rock Harper remind us, African food traditions are healthy,...
The African Foundations of Civilization with Dr. Runoko Rashidi
October 23, 2020
- 54:23
In this episode, our story begins in Nubia and the Nile Valley, the Kingdom of Kongo, the Mali Empire, and the Great Zimbabwe. Dr....
The Power of the Black Voter with Nse Ufot
October 16, 2020
- 47:53
Welcome to Season 2 of Black History Year.In everything we do at PushBlack, we’re always asking, “How do we work together to make things...
Black History Year Season 2: Working Together
October 9, 2020
- 02:52
Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re left out of the history books. That the...
Black Motherhood with Kerry Washington & Gabrielle Union
August 14, 2020
- 36:15
Kerry Washington and Gabrielle Union bring an inspiring level of wisdom, humility, humor and Black pride to this conversation on Black...
Fear of A Black Woman's Body
May 19, 2020
- 26:36
Medical treatment disparities for Black women is as old as America. Dr. Dorothy Roberts, a professor of Africana Studies, Law, and...
Is There Black Power In A Loaded Gun?
May 19, 2020
- 40:15
Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. DuBois, even Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. all have a place in one of the most obscured parts of our history -...
Is This The Blueprint for Black Liberation?
May 19, 2020
- 37:42
American history is a mess. We’re taught our ancestors were docile, child-like beings who were too incompetent to find a way out of...
Destroying the Narrative White Hollywood Created
May 19, 2020
- 39:24
No matter how many tickets we buy, or how many hours we watch, Black Americans still have very little influence over what film or...
A Young Black Millionaire Forced Into Hiding
May 19, 2020
- 32:57
“I remember hearing somebody describe freedom as the ability to wake up in the morning and decide what you want to do with your day.”...
Reclaiming The Prophecy: Religion In Black America
May 19, 2020
- 46:55
“We must face the fact that in America,” said MLK, ”the church is still the most segregated major institution.” For Black people, the...
Welcome to Black History Year
May 11, 2020
- 01:13
Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re left out of the history books. That the...