Curated Video
Pauli Murray: Breaking Barriers of Race and Gender
As a queer Black lawyer, poet and civil rights activist, Pauli Murray understood how our different identities can overlap to create multiple levels of discrimination. Her groundbreaking work in championing equality for all helped change...
John D Ruddy
Civil Rights in America Part 1 - Manny Man Does History
Explore the history of the African American struggle within the United States.
John D Ruddy
American Civil War (Remastered Edition) - Manny Man Does History
What happened when America went to war against itself.
One Minute History
052 The Courageous Escape of Robert Smalls - One Minute History
Born into slavery, Robert Smalls earned the trust of his captors on the waterways of Charleston, South Carolina. HIred as pilot and chief crewman of an armed Confederate transport named the Planter, his meager wage was not enough to buy...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nuri Ansari - The Lynching of Elbert Williams
On June 20, 1940, NAACP leader Elbert Williams was abducted from his home in Brownsville, Tennessee, by a group of white men led by the local sheriff and the night marshal. Three days later, Mr. Williams’s lifeless and brutalized body...
Curated Video
High Five Facts - Black History
This video explores five fun facts about black history.
Curated Video
Queen Nzinga part 8: Later Years and Legacy
In her later years, Nzinga focused less on military training and more on education in her lands. This video delves into the complexities of her legacy, as she ruled with violence and advanced the slave trade in the area but also...
Curated Video
Queen Nzinga part 7: Embracing Christianity and a Peace Agreement at Last
Nzinga negotiated strategic alliances with the Dutch and the Christian missionaries to legitimize her rule and resist the Portuguese. This video delves into the slave trade and the political tensions between rival African rulers....
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Queen Nzinga part 6: New Alliances and a New Image
Queen Nzinga continued to fight to be recognized by the Portuguese as a legitimate ruler and resist the colonization of her land. The video details her diplomatic efforts, military strategy, and struggles against rebel nobles and other...
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Queen Nzinga part 5: Problems with the Portuguese
This video explores the political and military battles between Queen Nzinga of Angola and the Portuguese in the early 17th century. The video describes how she defied Portuguese colonial attempts to subjugate her kingdom, fought against...
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Queen Nzinga part 4: Revenge and Rise to Power
As the political situation in Ndongo worsened, Mbandi slipped into a deep depression and relied on Nzinga more and more for personal and political advice. Nzinga used this as an opportunity to weaken her brother's rule and solidify her...
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Queen Nzinga part 3: a Diplomatic Win in Portugal
This video highlights Nzinga's diplomatic skills and tells the famous story of Nzinga and the chair in context. Nzinga became ambassador to the Portuguese in an attempt to negotiate peace with her brother's kingdom. Despite her rivalry...
Curated Video
Queen Nzinga part 1: Difficult Birth and Early Life
This video tells the story of Queen Nzinga Mbandi, a renowned queen from Southwest Africa who was known for her intelligence, political aptitude, and military skills. The video explores her background, including her difficult birth and...
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Queen Nzinga part 2: Mbandi Takes the Throne
This video explores the political and social climate of Ndongo at the time and the struggles faced by Nzinga. When Nzinga's father died, and her brother, Mbandi, seized power by violently eliminating his competition. Nzinga and her...
Step Back History
I Ruin Apartheid by Making it Political
Apartheid remains one of the darker chapters of the human experience. Today, our voyage is into this horribly oppressive set of laws designed to maintain white supremacy in South Africa. What was it? Who supported and opposed it? And how...
PBS
Is This Ratchet Or Runway? Fashion trends to Ghetto Fabulous
What makes a fashion trend go from lowbrow to high class? How does the person wearing the style change its perception? And whose taste gets to be respected? Hang on to your boxer braids for this one, from the ghetto to ghetto fabulous...
Step Back History
The Poor People's Campaign
Martin Luther King Jr was a more radical figure whose history has been whitewashed. This is the story of his last days fighting for economic justice in the Poor People's Campaign.
Curated Video
Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy
She’s known as a savior of the enslaved – but few know that during the American Civil War, Harriet Tubman was an exceptionally capable Union Army spy.
Science360
I am Black History - Erica Robinson
The National Science Foundation recognizes our very own Black History makers - advancing science and impacting their communities in outstanding ways!
Curated Video
Black Republicans: They Exist(ed)
Did Republicans lead the charge in electing Black politicians? We don’t need to know who you’re voting for but we are interested in how the end of the Civil War meant the start of Black people in US Government and the resilience required...
Weird History
When the Seminole Indians Aligned With Escaped Slaves
The Black Seminoles were a group of people that history, for the most part, forgot about. Their alliance with the native Seminole tribes resulted in a unique relationship that had never been seen before, and that changed the course of...
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The African Origin of Mathematics
Perhaps the oldest known mathematical device in the history of mankind was created in Central Africa and could potentially be the originator of Egyptian and Greek mathematics.
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Alice Coachman: the First Black Woman to Win an Olympic Gold Medal
Alice Coachman Davis was an athlete who specialized in the high jump. She was the first black woman selected for the U.S. Olympic team and went on to become the first black woman of any nationality to win a gold medal at the Olympics...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ian Manuel - Poetry Behind Bars
When Ian Manuel was 13 years old, he was directed by some older juvenile boys to participate in an armed robbery. During the botched robbery attempt, a Tampa, FL woman (Debbie Baigrie) suffered a nonfatal gunshot wound. When Ian later...