A review of "They Can't Kill Us All" by Wesley Lowery which details incidents of police and White vigilante shootings of Black people in America. It also discusses the rise of the Movement in response to the killings of unarmed Black people.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/they-cant-kill-us-all-book-review.
If you're interested in learning about the folk musician who some referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement", then my Odetta Black History Facts profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/odetta/
A review of "Descendant", a 2022 documentary about the past and present history of the Clotilda and Africatown.
If you're interested in learning about the first recorded person to reach the North Pole, then my Matthew Henson Black History Facts profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/matthew-henson.
"Song Yet Sung" by James McBride is a story about the Underground Railroad but also much more. The story takes place in 1850 about a decade before the start of the Civil War and follows a young woman, Liz Spocott, who has escaped from the plantation where she grew up. What follows is a thrilling chase and scavenger hunt of sorts as Liz seeks to understand the code of the Underground Railroad in hopes of escaping the pursuing bounty hunters.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/song-yet-sung-movie-review.
If you're interested in learning about the second Black woman to receive a doctorate, the first Black person to receive a doctorate in economics, and the first Black woman to enroll at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Law, be admitted to Pennsylvania's state bar, and obtain both a Ph.D. and J.D. My Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Black History Facts profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/sadie-tanner-mossell-alexander.