103 episodes
Remembering The Misremembered Monica
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Remembering The Misremembered is a podcast about famous people who are not necessarily forgotten, but who might be Misremembered.
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Dona Drake & Merle Oberon: Real-life Imitations of Life
The stories of performers Dona Drake and Merle Oberon who passed (Drake as Latina, Oberon as white) in order to succeed in Hollywood. In the end, was it even worth it?
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Like Father, Like Son: The Tragedy of Louis and Emmett Till
The murder of Emmett Till helped to spark the Civil Right movement, but what many people don't know is that Emmett's dad, Louis Till, died ten years before his son in eerily similar circumstances.
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Forgotten Acting Pioneer James Edwards
James Edwards, the precursor to Sidney Poitier, is remembered
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Who Was The Real Alex Haley
Author Alex Haley is credited with being the “Father of modern Genealogy” due to the meteoric success of his epic "Roots," but his since discovered plagiarism and manipulation of facts and fiction mar the legacy he strived to built
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Mary Woodson, Al Green, And The Night That Bullets And Hot Grits Flew
Remembering Mary Woodson, the woman who threw hot grits on soul legend, Al Green
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The Rodger Penzabene Story
Remembering Rodger Penzabene, the Motown songwriter whose painful relationship with his wife, Helga, inspired songs like "I Wish It Would Rain" and might have caused him to take his life at just 22.
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