Two magazines changed the mirror. Ebony and Jet put everyday Black life on the cover, turned a touring fashion show into a cosmetics empire, and forced Madison Avenue to see—then spend. This episode shows how pictures became power. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Substack: https://onemicblackhistorypodcast.substack.com/…
In 1968, Chicago after Dr. King’s murder. Windows are boarded. Stores sit dark. McDonald’s needs a plan. Operation Breadbasket has one: put Black owners in Black neighborhoods. In December, Herman Petty opens the first Black owned McDonald’s in Chicago. It works, More owners follow and a pipeline is created. But…
Why many Black viewers love Westerns: the real Black cowboys, the space to choose, and the Black stars who put us in the saddle. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Substack: https://onemicblackhistorypodcast.substack.com/ Follow me on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@onemic_history Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee…
Hot sauce isn’t just a condiment in Black kitchens, its a passport. From jars of pepper‑vinegar on the stove to a bottle parked on every table, here’s how heat became culture, comfort, and pride and why so many of us still put it on everything Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on…
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During the time period of segregated hospital wards and before highways, Black midwives did the work of catching babies, prepared the home, watched for danger, filed the birth certificate and stayed the night. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Substack: https://onemicblackhistorypodcast.substack.com/ Follow me on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@onemic_history…
Under Jim Crow, many venues refused Black performers. The Black community built the Chitlin’ Circuit, a network of church basements, barbershops, lodges, cafés, and juke joints that booked bands, paid cash, fed them, and found a safe bed. This episode shows how that route outsmarted Jim Crow, the people who…
The paper trail behind Black land loss: documents, timelines, and firsthand accounts show how Farm Service Agency loan delays and denials caused missed planting seasons, foreclosures, and the disappearance of thousands of Black‑owned farms. In this video, we break down how the process worked, who was affected, and what has…
On Jim Crow roads, the lifeline wasn’t a law, it was a gas station. Esso used maps, credit, and a nationwide dealer network to turn the Green Book into safe miles. This video traces how Victor Green’s community guide met corporate distribution, why James A. Jackson at Standard Oil of…
A Black‑owned brand financed Soul Train when others wouldn’t. This is the inside story of the Afro/Ultra Sheen sponsorship, the dollars behind it, and how it built an institution Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Substack: https://onemicblackhistorypodcast.substack.com/ Follow me on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@onemic_history Please support our Patreon:…
In the Jim Crow South, Black newspapers like the Chicago Defender were banned, seized, and silenced. But the porters found a way. Tucked in suitcases, hidden in stacks of linens, they smuggled news, hope, and opportunity across the South for just 2 cents. onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow…
Under Jim Crow, Pepsi did what others wouldn’t, hired a Black sales team and put Black folks in its ads. Sales soared but then came the internal backlash. How did a nickel soda become quiet powerhouse and who tried to kill it? This is why Pepsi became ‘the Black soda.…
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