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The digital video series features dozens of short, engaging and factually accurate videos about important historical events or people who have shaped American history.
While history celebrates the explorations of many white voyagers, there are multiple black people who successfully explored sea, land, and space, and in many instances, are often overlooked. Spanish conquistadors brought an enslaved African by the name of Esteban on a failed trip to the US mainland.
Jun 3, 2019 · Black History in Two Minutes (or so): With Henry Louis Gates Jr.. It's Black History delivered in short, lively, fact-packed stories accessible to people of all ages and education levels. It's fast, accurate U.S. history describing major historical events and introducing less well-known experiences involving Black Americans.
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- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- 2019-06-03
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Apr 8, 2022 · With the Supreme Court on their side, many states began to roll back the rights of Black people. It would be nearly 100 years before legislation would come to pass that would protect many of the rights promised in the constitution.
Fresh off an oil-boom, the black residents of Greenwood, Okla. built a booming community known as The Negro Wall Street. But in May of 1921, that all changed...
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- Black History in Two Minutes or so
Two historically black colleges and universities made national headlines as a result of multiple deaths and injuries at the hands of Black protesters. The fight in the 1960s still lives on today, with much of the same obstacles in place.
Feb 11, 2022 · Focused on self-determination and control, Black student activists followed the Black Power Movement and disrupted traditional “white” spaces while doing so. As a result, college admissions of Black people increased, Black faculty hiring rose, and a formal Black Studies curriculum was created.
