Just a heads up that there won't be a new feature episode this week as I'll be taking a two-week break to prepare content for the next quarter. I plan to be back on July 3rd, with a feature story about Reconstruction just in time for Independence Day. I hope you'll join me then.

In the meantime if you're new to the show or haven't listened to all of the episodes, I invite you to go back in the archives and check out some of the previous episodes. Maybe not the first few as they were a bit rough.

A profile of Frederick Douglass' life following his escape from slavery which includes his time as an abolitionist and early advocate for Black civil rights.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/frederick-douglass.

A discussion of Up From Slavery by Booker T Washington, an autobiography covering his experience as a child born into slavery, his struggle to obtain an education, and his time spent helping to establish what would become Tuskegee University. 

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/up-from-slavery-book-review.

A profile of Frederick Douglass' early life covering the period of his childhood to his escape from slavery.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/frederick-douglass.

A review of the 1989 classic, "Glory", a movie that tells the story of the formation of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and its activities during the Civil War.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/glory-movie-review.

A profile of the Buffalo Soldiers, a moniker used to describe the six all-Black regiments that were created after the Civil War who fought in the Indian and Spanish-American Wars and protected the national parks.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/buffalo-soldiers.