Curated Video
Famous Black Women in History
A quick overview of famous Black women in history and a bit about what they have accomplished.
Biography
Ida B. Wells | Activist for African-American Justice | Biography
Ida Bell Wells (July 16, 1862 to March 25, 1931), better known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, abolitionist, and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She went on to found and...
Biography
Hattie McDaniel - The First African-American To Win An Oscar | Mini Bio | BIO
A mini-biography on the life of Hattie McDaniel. Actress Hattie McDaniel was born on June 10, 1895, in Wichita, Kansas. In 1925, she became one of the first African-American women on the radio. She became the first African-American to...
Biography
Jackie Robinson - The First African American to Play in the MLB | Mini Bio | BIO
While serving in the military, Jackie Robinson was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus. In 1947, he made history when his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended racial segregation in Major League Baseball....
Biography
Abraham Lincoln: African American Soldiers | Biography
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 to April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of the slaves. His rise from...
Curated Video
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century born on the 20th March 1915 in Arkansas, U.S. She was a talented singer, songwriter, and recording artist who attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s...
Curated Video
Black History Month Video: Black Inventors and Electricity
My son came home from school, told me that his school wasn't doing anything for Black History Month and then just stood there looking me in the eye like "So what you gonna do Dad." So I stepped up and recorded this episode about famous...
Curated Video
A Tribute to Virgil Abloh: Creative Director Louis Vuitton
Ghanaian-American creative director Virgil Abloh broke boundaries in the tradition-soaked fashion industry, bringing streetwear to the highest levels of the luxury market, as well as becoming one of the few Black designers to take the...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Public Speaking Anxiety Tips
These public speaking anxiety tips will help you overcome nervousness when giving a presenting.These time-tested tips will help take the edge off. This video looks at the both the mindsets and the practical steps to help you deal with...
Crash Course
Do the Right Thing: Crash Course Film Criticism
Mainstream American films don’t often tackle race and racism head-on, and when they do, they often end up trying to find easy answers. Which makes films like Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing all the more powerful. It’s an intimate portrait...
Curated Video
Della Reese: the First Black Woman to Host a Talk Show
Decades before Oprah, Della Reese was the first Black Woman to host a talk show. Born in Michigan in 1931, Della Reese began making records and performing on television variety shows in the 1950s. Reese was the first black woman to host...
The Cynical Historian
The History of American Veterans
Veterans’ part in American history has been more important than you would typically think, and I’m not talking about their time during war. That’s military history. It’s when they return, what veterans have done to shape this country. In...
Biography
Montgomery Bus Boycott |American Freedom Stories | Biography
For 382 days, almost the entire African-American population of Montgomery, Alabama, including leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, refused to ride on segregated buses, a turning point in the American civil rights movement....
Biography
Nat King Cole - American Jazz Pianist & Vocalist | Mini Bio | Biography
Born on March 17, 1919, in Montgomery, Alabama, Nat King Cole was an American musician who first came to prominence as a jazz pianist. He owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big...
Professor Dave Explains
Rutherford B. Hayes: His Fraudulency (1877 - 1881)
Rutherford B. Hayes is a rather obscure president, but his election was a pretty famous one. He won on some contested electoral votes, something called the "Corrupt Bargain", and it stained his presidency. People called him...
Biography
Zora Neale Hurston - American Folklorist | Biography
Watch a video about the life and work of African-American author and Harlem Renaissance figure Zora Neale Hurston. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our site:...
Curated Video
The March That Led to MLK's Arrest and Famous Letter
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy led a march through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. Both were arrested and placed in solitary confinement. There, MLK penned his famously stirring letter defending African-American...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 Famous Firsts Achieved By Women | Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pioneers in their own right, these aren't the first women to achieve a milestone, they were just first. #EB100Women #WomensHistoryMonth 1. Ada Lovelace: World’s First Computer Programmer (1843) 2. Zora Neale Hurston: First Anthropologic...
Curated Video
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
MLK Day takes place every year on the third Monday of January. It's a time to celebrate the life and work of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who brought Americans together in the name of racial equality.
Curated Video
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
MLK Day takes place every year on the third Monday of January. It's a time to celebrate the life and work of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who brought Americans together in the name of racial equality.
Mr. Beat
Why Don't the U.S., Myanmar, and Liberia Use the Metric System?
The story of the metric system begins in Belgium, where this dude, Simon Stevin came up with the idea.The British philosopher John Wilkins expanded on Stevin's idea and helped promote it further, but it wasn't until the French Revolution...
Red Rock Films
What was the March on Washington?
How a much-feared gathering of 250,000 demonstrators became a shining example of peaceful protest and set the stage for one of the world's most famous speeches.
Weatherthings
Storms: Weather jokes and credits
Children on a playground use creativity and their imaginations to simulate the many different types of storms found on Earth. From thunderstorms to wind storms, to snow storms and rain storms, to hurricanes and tornadoes, the children...
National Geographic
Watch: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Up Close | National Geographic
Forty-three years after his death, Martin Luther King, Jr., became the first African American and fourth non-president to be honored with a memorial on the National Mall. The memorial, which overlooks the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.,...