The Noire Histoir Podcast will be on a holiday hiatus until January 2021. I invite you to check out the archives while the show is on break. May you and your loved ones have peace and joy in the remaining days of the year. And have a happy and healthy 2021.
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If you're interested in learning about a playwright who created a body of work that told the story of the Black experience and helped to launch the careers of several famous Black actors and actresses then my August Wilson Black History Short is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/august-wilson.
If you’re interested in reading a book that explores racism, sexism, and identity through the lens of a Black boy coming of age in Mississippi then my review of "Heavy: An American Memoir" by Kiese Laymon might be for you.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/heavy-an-american-memoir-book-review.
If you're interested in learning about an organization that helped Black citizens overcome entrenched voter suppression and intimidation to become the majority of registered voters in their county and establish an independent political party then my Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) Black History Short is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/lowndes-county-freedom-organization.
A brief overview of the history of the Black Panther Party which discusses the organization's ideology, programs, and controversies.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/history-of-the-black-panther-party.
If you're interested in learning about a writer, poet, and activist who penned “The Color Purple” which spent 25 weeks on the New York Times’ bestseller list and won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction then my Alice Walker Black History Short for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/alice-walker.
A review of Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste", a book about the structure of caste systems and their impact on three societies.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/caste-book-review.
If you're interested in learning about the plans and realities of creating a multi-faceted civil rights campaign aimed at an entire state then my Freedom Summer Black History Short for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/freedom-summer.