Black Love Stories
This episode spotlights stories of enduring love among African American couples. We dive into the history of marriage among black Americans...
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Historically Black
Objects hold history. They're evocative of stories stamped in time. As part of The Washington Post's coverage of the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture...
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9 episodesThe Path to Founding an HBCU
Born into slavery, William Hooper Councill founded one of the nation's first HBCUs, Alabama A&M University. Negotiating the racial politics...
The Question of Black Identity
Racial identity in the U.S. is complicated because race is an invented category rooted in slavery. This episode explores the question of bla...
Harlem Through James Van Der Zee's Lens
James Van Der Zee was a celebrated African American photographer who documented black New York for much of the 20th century. Van Der Zee was...
The Fiddler who Charmed Missouri
A young musician and actor discovers that his great, great grandfather was Bill Driver, a celebrated fiddler in Missouri. Family members rec...
Tracking Down a Slave's Bill of Sale
Members of an extended Tennessee family talk about their great, great grandfather, a slave owned by his white, biological father. After eman...
The Spirit of the Million Man March
The Million Man March of 1995 is recreated through the conversation between a young woman and her father, who attended it. He talks about ho...
NASA's Human Computers
During World War II, a labor shortage obliged the military to hire African American women with mathematical skills to help make complicated...
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Each week, Historically Black will feature one object in black history and the story behind it.