A profile of the Tulsa Race Massacre which occurred on May 31 - June 1, 1921 and tore through the prosperous all-Black Greenwood District leaving a trail of murdered Black people, looted homes, and burned out buildings.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/tulsa-race-massacre-and-greenwood-district.
A review and analysis of The Hughes Brothers 1993 film "Menace II Society" which I consider to be a part of the classic 1990s Black film canon.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/menace-to-society-movie-review.
A profile of the Greenwood District, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Tulsa settled by formerly enslaved and free Black people who migrated to the area in pursuit of opportunities and hopes of acquiring land.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/tulsa-race-massacre-and-greenwood-district.
In the Noire News March episode I’ll discuss feature stories about Black people in West and Central Africa, the United Kingdom, and America. In addition there’s the regular monthly memorial and even a few positive stories some of which were inspired by the coronavirus.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/march-2020-noire-news.
A profile of John H. Johnson, the entrepreneur who founded Johnson Publishing Co. which publishes Ebony and Jet magazine.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/john-h-johnson.