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May 22, 2022

Who was the 761st BLACK PANTHER Tank Battalion? #onemichistory

This video is about the All Black 761st Tank Battalion The 761st Tank Battalion known as the “Black Panthers” were one of the three United States Army segregated combat tank battalion to serve during World War II. The unit spend over 183 consecutive days in combat. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support…

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May 9, 2022

Red Tails: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group African Americans who enlisted to become America's first black military airmen, during a time when there were many people who thought that black men lacked the intelligence courage and skill for military service. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee…

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May 8, 2022

Who were the EXTRAORDINARY Tuskegee Airmen? (The Red Tails) #onemichistory

This video is about the Tuskegee Airmen during World War 2 The Tuskegee Airmen were a group African Americans who enlisted to become America's first black military airmen, during a time when there were many people who thought that black men lacked the intelligence courage and skill for military service.…

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April 24, 2022

The ATTACK on Black Veterans Pt. 2 (The World War 2 Years)

21 years after the end of the first great war with a new great war looming. A new generation of African Americans had to decide if fighting for democracy abroad would offer them another chance for equality at home. This is a episode about the experiences of 1.2 million African…

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April 24, 2022

The ATTACK on Black Veterans Pt. 2 (The World War 2 Years) #onemichistory

21 years after the end of the first great war with a new great war looming. A new generation of African Americans had to decide if fighting for democracy abroad would offer them another chance for equality at home. This is a story about the experiences of 1.2 million African…

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April 10, 2022

The Founding of the NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. This is the story of how that organization was created. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me…

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April 10, 2022

What Does The NAACP Do? - The History of the NAACP #onemichistory

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. This is the story of how that organization was created. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy…

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March 27, 2022

The Lost Story of America's Coup D'État - The Wilmington riot

On November 10, 1898 a mob angry over what they called “Negro Rule” overthrew the elected government in Wilmington, North Carolina. This is the story of the only successful coup d’état ever to take place on American soil. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m…

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March 27, 2022

The Lost Story of America's Coup - The Wilmington riot

On November 10, 1898 a mob angry over what they called “Negro Rule” overthrew the elected government in Wilmington, North Carolina. This is the story of the only successful coup d’état ever to take place on American soil. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m…

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March 27, 2022

Who is Bayard Rustin? - Short Black History

Bayard Rustin worked with A. Philip Randolph and helped to organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to strengthen Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership and taught King about nonviolence; he later served as an organizer for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914…

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March 20, 2022

The Lynching of Thomas Moss.

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March 13, 2022

The Amazing Life of Ida B. Wells

Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She went on to become an integral in the early civil rights movement. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: To…

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March 12, 2022

The AMAZING life of Ida B. Wells #onemichistory.com

Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She went on to become an integral in the early civil rights movement. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: To…

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Feb. 28, 2022

What is Plessy v Ferguson?

Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” Plessy is widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m…

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Feb. 21, 2022

Bonus - The Origins of Black History Month (Remastered and Rereleased)

Black History Month is an annual celebration of the study and achievements of African Americans and a time when they weren't being recognized their central role in U.S. history. It was the predecessor to “Negro History Week,” which was the brainchild of the black historian Carter G. Woodson. Audio Onemichistory.com…

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Feb. 20, 2022

SEPARATE BUT EQUAL? (The Case of Plessy v Ferguson) #onemichistory

Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” Plessy is widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m…

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Feb. 14, 2022

Who was Jim Crow?

Jim Crow were state and local laws and etiquette that enforced racial segregation and affected every aspect of African American's lives. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/who/index.htm https://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/a-brief-history-of-jim-crow https://www.britannica.com/event/Jim-Crow-law https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws

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Feb. 12, 2022

How did the HORRIBLE legacy of Jim Crow start? #onemichistory

This video is an explanation of Jim Crow in American Jim Crow were state and local laws and etiquette that enforced racial segregation and affected every aspect of African American's lives. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/who/index.htm https://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/a-brief-history-of-jim-crow https://www.britannica.com/event/Jim-Crow-law https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws

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Jan. 31, 2022

Reconstruction and The Freedmen

Reconstruction was a time period from around 1865-1877, it was an effort to reintegrate Southern states back in the union as well as define 4 million newly-freed African Americans’ place in American society. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://www.americanyawp.com/ Robin D. G. Kelley,…

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Jan. 29, 2022

What HAPPENED To African Americans During Reconstruction? #onemichistory

Reconstruction was a time period from around 1865-1877, it was an effort to reintegrate Southern states back in the union as well as define 4 million newly-freed African Americans’ place in American society. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://www.americanyawp.com/ Robin D. G. Kelley,…

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Jan. 12, 2022

The SHOCKING Injustice of Emmett Till #onemichistory

This video is an explanation of the death Emmett Till Emmett Louis Till, was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were…

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Jan. 5, 2022

How Mamie Till Mobley SPARKED The Civil Rights Movement. (Mother of Emmett Till) #onemichistory

This video is an explanation of the death Emmett Till and the fight for justice for Mamie Till Mobley Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley was an American educator who was forced in to life as an activist, after her son Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955. #blackhistory #history…

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Dec. 21, 2021

One of The FIRST African American Mountain Men (The Life of Jim Beckwourth) #onemichistory

An Explanation of the life of Jim Beckwourth James Pierson Beckwourth was an American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beckwourth https://www.legendsofamerica.com/james-beckwourth/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Beckwourth https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-beckwourth-is-born https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-11-04/the-harder-they-fall-netflix-real-people

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Dec. 19, 2021

Where is Lloyd Gaines?

Lloyd Lionel Gaines was the plaintiff in Gaines v. Canada, one of the most important early court cases in the 20th-century U.S. civil rights movement, later he would go missing never to be seen again.

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