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The revolutionary artist who propelled the Black Panther movement with imagery | Aeon Videos
How Emory Douglas, the revolutionary artist behind the Black Panthers, created an iconography of resistance and defiance Growing up Black in an era of social upheaval and tumult, Emory Douglas was on the verge of spending his young adulthood in … Continue reading
WW2 ‘Brown Babies’: A little-known part of British 20th Century history – BBC World Service podcast
“I just wanted to be accepted for who I was”: The story of the children born from relationships between British women and African-American soldiers during World War Two. Subscribe – https://www.youtube.com/bbcworldservice The US first began sending troops to the UK … Continue reading
Gone with the Wind: how a 1936 novel explains modern America | History Extra podcast
The latest news from the team behind BBC History Magazine – a popular History magazine. To find out more, visit http://www.historyextra.com Professor Sarah Churchwell discusses her new book The Wrath to Come, which re-examines the controversial legacy of Margaret Mitchell’s … Continue reading
Book Preview: Buses Are A Comin’ – Driving the Green Book
Although Driving the Green Book is over, today we’re sharing a clip from another powerful story about the fight for racial equality. The new book Buses Are A Comin’ by Charles Person is an account of the Freedom Riders movement, … Continue reading
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BBC Radio 3 – The Essay, New Generation Thinkers 2021, John Baptist Dasalu and Fighting for Freedom
Jake Subryan Richards reads the letter sent by a captured man who arrived in Cuba in 1854. An 1856 portrait shows a 40-year-old man from Benin who managed to secure his freedom after being captured. Dasalu was taken from Dahomey … Continue reading
As 26 Looted Treasures Go on View in Benin Republic, the West African Cultural Community Is Asking: What Happens Next? | Artnet News
Tobi Onabolu, March 11, 2022 A woman photographs anthropo-zoomorphic statues depicting King Glele (L)and King Behanzin (R) during an exhibition of returned looted Benin artefacts and exhibition of contemoprary artworks at the presidency in Benin’s capital Cotonou, on February 18, … Continue reading
Whitewashing 101: How To Rewrite Black History
It’s Black History Month, so it’s about time we talked about the recuperation of Black radicals like Dr. King and Nelson Mandela. Everyone and their mother likes to claim MLK as their own, and use his words as a rhetorical … Continue reading
Teacher Transforms Door To Celebrate Black History Month | My Modern Met
By Arnesia Young on February 17, 2022 “I wanted to create a door that represented the African American women that work in the class with me.“ Teachers are some of the most creative people on Earth. They come up with … Continue reading
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