One Mic Black History

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History is hard, with so many names and dates, Join us as we dive in little known persons and events from Black History every other Monday and learn more about the intricacies of Black History and its relationship with American History. If you want to have a better understand of African American History, don't miss an episode!

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Remembering the Legacy of Emmett Till

One Mic Black History

06/27/22 • 15 min

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Emmett Louis Till, was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Till
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-biography-mamie-till-mobley/
https://wams.nyhistory.org/growth-and-turmoil/cold-war-beginnings/mamie-till-mobley/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till

06/27/22 • 15 min

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Why is Oregon so White? (The History of Black Exclusion Laws in Oregon)

One Mic Black History

02/06/23 • 7 min

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Oregon once had a set of laws in place that legally prohibited African Americans from entering the state. Although these laws were not actively enforced, they were incredibly effective in preventing Black people from settling in Oregon.
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https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/exclusion_laws/#.Y8zoDXbMKUk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Oregon
https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-white-history-racist-foundations-black-exclusion-laws/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/oregon-once-legally-barred-black-people-has-the-state-reconciled-its-racist-past

02/06/23 • 7 min

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How Four Black Students Changed the World (The Story of the Greensboro Four)

One Mic Black History

12/12/22 • 13 min

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On February, 1, 1960, Four Black college students that sat at a "whites only" Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina and sparked a movement that would spread to towns throughout the South and forced Woolworth’s and other establishments to change their segregationist policies.
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Civilities and civil rights : Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black struggle for freedom
by Chafe, William Henry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_sit-ins
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/the-greensboro-sit-in
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/lessons-worth-learning-moment-greensboro-four-sat-down-lunch-counter-180974087/

12/12/22 • 13 min

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Ruby Bridges Goes to School (The 6 Year Old Activist)

One Mic Black History

11/28/22 • 11 min

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Ruby Bridges was a 6 year old African-American child, who desegregated the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1960.
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Through My Eyes
By Ruby Bridges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ruby-Bridges
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruby-bridges

11/28/22 • 11 min

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Brown vs The Board of Education of Topeka

One Mic Black History

06/06/22 • 14 min

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement. It helped establish the precedent that “separate-but-equal” was, in fact, equal at all.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483
https://www.britannica.com/event/Brown-v-Board-of-Education-of-Topeka
https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment

06/06/22 • 14 min

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Riding a Movement (The Story of The Montgomery Bus Boycott)

One Mic Black History

10/03/22 • 19 min

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama in protest of bus segregation laws. The boycott is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the United States.
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip Hoose
Rosa Parks: My Story
by Rosa Parks, Jim Haskins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott
https://www.britannica.com/event/Montgomery-bus-boycott
https://www.nps.gov/articles/montgomery-bus-boycott.htm

10/03/22 • 19 min

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The Dangerous Ride Towards Freedom (The Story of the Freedom Riders)

One Mic Black History

01/09/23 • 12 min

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Freedom Riders were a group of activists who rode interstate buses to challenge the enforcement of two Supreme Court decisions, which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.
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In struggle : SNCC and the Black awakening of the 1960s
by Carson, Clayborne
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Riders
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/freedom-rides
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides#:~:text=Freedom%20Riders%20were%20groups%20of,to%20protest%20segregated%20bus%20terminals.

01/09/23 • 12 min

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Bonus - The History of Juneteenth (Remastered)

One Mic Black History

06/19/22 • 12 min

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Juneteenth is annual holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States, its a mix of June and Nineteenth, Originating in Galveston, Texas, it is now celebrated annually on June 19 throughout the United States, with increasing official recognition. It is commemorated on the anniversary date of the June 19, 1865 announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army general Gordon Granger, proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas.
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African Americans : a concise history
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https://www.history.com/news/what-is-juneteenth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
https://www.nytimes.com/article/juneteenth-day-celebration.html
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-is-juneteenth/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Juneteenth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/juneteenth-holiday-five-myths/2020/06/18/4c19fff8-b0e1-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html

06/19/22 • 12 min

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A Hero's Journey (The Murder of Medger Evers)

One Mic Black History

01/23/23 • 10 min

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Medgar Evers was Civil rights activist and the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. When he was assassinated outside of his Mississippi home in 1963.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/medgar-evers
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Medgar-Evers
https://www.biography.com/activist/medgar-evers

01/23/23 • 10 min

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The Ugly Side of Coca Cola (The History of Racism and Soft Drinks)

One Mic Black History

02/27/23 • 6 min

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Did you know that Coke heavily influenced by racism and marketed to premaitly to whites, while Pepsi established a division dedicated to targeting African American customers?
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https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/brief-history-racist-soft-drinks/318929/
https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2019/07/31/the-ugly-racial-history-of-americas-soft-drink-brands/
https://kottke.org/19/08/the-racial-history-of-soda-in-america

02/27/23 • 6 min

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