That Wasn't In My Textbook

Did you know there was a time when July 4th was a Black holiday? Yep! Listen to find out when, why, and how Black folks made July 4th their own holiday, while also learning the remarkable ways movements and activists have used America's Birthday to continue the ongoing fight for equality.

In this quick 30-minute solo episode , you'll learn:

• What does July 4th truly represent? And why do we celebrate it?
• How July 4th became a platform for challenging America's institution of slavery and calling for its abolition.
• When July 4th became a Black holiday? And the ways Black folks use to go hard and turn up on the July fourth.
• the remarkable ways movements and activists have used America's Birthday to continue the ongoing fight for equality.
  

Press play on this episode, if you're ready to kick off July 4th weekend with history, facts and receipts on how America's birthday meaning has changed throughout time.

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Where I get my info from:

• Too-la-Loo for the Fourth of July
• People’s History of Fourth of July
• When the Fourth of July Was A Black Holiday
• A Nation's History: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
• https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/peoples-history-of-fourth-of-july/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/07/fourth-of-july-black-holiday/564320/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/07/02/fourth-july-is-black-american-holiday/
• https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/07/july-fourth-and-early-black-americans-its-complicated#:~:text=Throughout%20the%201800s%2C%20Black%20Americans,of%20happiness%20as%20white%20people.
• https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/too-la-loo-fourth-july
• https://medium.com/@marthajones/before-frederick-douglass-william-watkins-speaks-for-black-americans-on-independence-day-598582f4f7d9https://thereconstructionera.com/when-southern-whites-boycotted-and-blacks-embraced-the-fourth-of-july/#:~:text=The%20dance%20was%20so%20popular,a%20commemoration%20of%20black%20liberty

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Did you know that this year is the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance? Prior to the pandemic, there was BIG plans to celebrate this important time in history where Blacks changed the music, art, theater and literature game.

Listen to the episode to join in on a virtual celebration of a historic time period, where Black folks moved to Harlem, New York, created community, and changed the art, music, theater and literature in the 1920s and beyond.

Learn about how this Black Mecca, that changed American history forever, came and went. Learn things like:

What is the Harlem Renaissance?
How the Harlem Renaissance popped off?
How the Harlem renaissance impacts us today?
How it all came to an ended?

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

Where I get my info from:

• A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance
• The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great Migration
• Harlem Renaissance
• The Harlem Renaissance

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In the world where we are curating our feeds and at a time when quarantine that has brought some families closer than ever- it was pretty fitting to sit down with a curator to talk about the collection of art, not only just the fancy, pricey shit we use to see in art galleries and museum walls BUT to discuss the collections of art and archives that are in our own homes —like those family photos albums, books of recipes, and the various items that are apart of some of our own personal history.

The root of the Curating means to ‘take care of.’ Back in the day when museums were created, curators' roles were established as the keeper and collector. Curators select, organize, and look after items in a collection or exhibit often in galleries and museums.

Understanding that, we sit down with Associate Curator of Western History at the Autry Museum Tyree Boyd Pates to discuss:

• What issues came up when people watched the infamous Museum Heist scene in the Black Panther Movie
• Whether we all are curators as we curate our lives on the 'Gram and Twitter- and how it may go down in our textbooks
• Learn about Tyree’s really dope COVID-19 items collection project- where people can submit their COVID-19 photos, writings, etc.as apart of his role at Autry Museum
• Get some tips and resources on how you can collect your family history
• And much more

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your favorite podcasts

Where I get my info from:

• A Brief History of Curating
• The story behind the world's oldest museum, built by a Babylonian princess 2,5000 years ago
• The Cabinet of Curiosities

Things Tyree Mentioned:

• KEITH HARING | JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: CROSSING LINES virtual exhibit
• Submit to The Autry’s Collecting Community History Initiative: The West During COVID-19 —Black Lives Matter Protests in the West

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• To learn more about Tyree Boyd Pates, visit http://www.tyreebp.com. Connect with Tyree on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn
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Did you know that the US has 17,000 libraries? That's more than the amount of Starbucks in the US.

Tune into today's episode with special guest Librarian and Archivist Jehan Giles to uncover how libraries have changed and evolved throughout history, find out about the racist practices that are apart of libraries, and join the conversation about whether we still need libraries today.

Click 'play' on whatever streaming platform you use to listen to podcasts and let's learn together.

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• To learn more about Jehan and her work visit JehanGiles.com or connect with Jehan on Instagram
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It is believed that there are as many ways of preparing tea as there are cultures around the world—which may be the reason tea is the SECOND most popular drink in the world after water.

When the tea plant first arrived on the scene, tea trees were treated as a veggie, overtime is was discovered that leaves from the tea plant, make a tasty beverage. Listen to this episode to learn how tea trees grew in China 6,000 years ago and ended up in our cups. With special guest LaTonia Cokely, from Adjourn Teahouse to talk about the history of tea and how we use it today during COVID-19 and beyond. We discuss things like:

• Where tea originated
• How colonizers ruined China's monopoly on tea
• How and why tea is so popular today
• What's some of the best teas from our immune system
• And more

Where I get my info from:

• Tea 101
• The History Of Tea
• Has the US Been a Tea-Drinking Country
• Tea Tuesday: What's the Difference Between Tisane and Tea?

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• To learn more about Toya, visit ToyaFromHarlem.com. Connect with Toya on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn
• To learn more about LaTonia and her teas visit Adjourn Teahouse. Connect with LaTonia on Instagram and Facebook.
• Visit our website. Follow the podcast on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook and watch episodes on Youtube