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One Mic Black History Countryboi
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History is hard, with so many names and dates, Join us as we dive in little known persons and events from Black History every other Monday and learn more about the intricacies of Black History and its relationship with American History. If you want to have a better understand of African American History, don't miss an episode!
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Bonus: The FORGOTTEN History of Memorial Day #blackhistory
Freed African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, conducted the earliest recorded Memorial Day observance in the country. This celebration, occurring in 1865 and at the time it was dubbed "Decoration Day"
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https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/
https://www.insider.com/black-history-of-the-first-memorial-day-2022-5 https://www.history.com/news/memorial-day-civil-war-slavery-charleston https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/05/25/freed-slaves-started-first-memorial-day-in-the-us -
Why did Civil Rights Leader wear Suits?
Why did Civil Rights Leader wear Suits? wouldnt jeans have been more comfortable? Listen and enjoy while I explain the history of the fashion of the unheard.
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https://www.vogue.com/article/rosa-parks-civil-rights-angela-davis-coretta-scott-king-civil-rights-movement
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/a-brief-history-of-protest-fashion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/to-fight-the-status-quo-the-activists-of-1968-harnessed-the-power-of-fashion/2018/05/23/1d2f2ad2-44dd-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.html -
Why do Black People love Cadillacs?
Why Do Black Folks love Cadillacs? When Cadillac was at their worse they turned to affluent African Americans for help, Listen and enjoy while I explain the series of events that led to Black folks being fans of Cadillacs.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1995/12/24/cadillacs-cultural-turn/7374f4c7-b78f-4007-9938-51ab24bf3522/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/490070
https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/nicholas-dreystadt-ended-racism-at-cadillac-in-the-1930s/ -
Why do Black Folks Vote Democrat?
Why are so many black voters democrats, is their a historical reason behind this? Listen and enjoy while I explain the series of events that led to Black folks being democrats.
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https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/why-are-blacks-democrats
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/28/can-trump-win-black-votes-what-we-know-from-5-decades-of-black-voting-data/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/magazine/black-vote.html -
How Did Watermelons Become Racist?
How are watermelons racist, doesn't everyone enjoy watermelons, Second we have the short story of DeeDee Chandler the man who gave birth to the modern Drum set.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/popular-and-pervasive-stereotypes-african-americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/13/opinion/fried-chicken-watermelon-origins-racist-food-stereotypes/
https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-spring-2015-the-birth-of-the-drum-set/article/smithsonian -
Why do Black People love Hennessy?
Why Do Black Folks love Cognac? Have you ever wondered why Hennessy has a stranglehold on the Black community or how Woke became a curse word?
Listen. enjoy and we will give the answers to both these burning questions.
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https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/cognac-in-african-american-culture-the-long-history-of-black-consumption-of-the-french-spirit.html
https://imbibemagazine.com/histocial-connection-between-black-americans-and-cognac/
https://madamenoire.com/329143/black-folk-love-cognac/
https://jezebel.com/cognac-is-french-but-here-s-how-it-became-black-americ-1476730852
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