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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This little slip tucked in Grandma’s Bible, an old postal money order beat Jim Crow. The Postal service turned your porch into power, money orders that bypassed hostile banks, Rural Free Delivery that brought letters and catalogs to your door, Parcel Post with C.O.D. so you only paid when the…
Dive into Black history with Today at 3pm 3/30 We going to be talking about the sears catalog accidently fought Jim Crow, then talk about the this week in black history Afterward we be taking questions and thoughts
This book sold the same stove, suit, or pair of boots to anyone at the same printed price. When Rural Free Delivery brought it to the mailbox, the Sears, Roebuck catalog landed on Black families’ porches it turned shopping from a ritual of humiliation into something closer to dignity. Here’s…
In 1985, In a stand off with the Black organization MOVE. Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a Black neighborhood, killing 11 people and leveling an entire city block. 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:…
What’s in a pot of jambalaya? Way more than rice, sausage, and spice—this dish is a living memory of survival, Black ingenuity, and cultural fusion that helped shape Louisiana and the American South. Even the name “jambalaya” likely comes from African roots. From plantation quarters to Mardi Gras, jambalaya has…
In 1866, Congress decided to form the first all-Black Army regiments in peacetime: the 9th and 10th Cavalry, and the 24th and 25th Infantry. For many Black men, especially those just freed from slavery or who’d worn Union blue during the war, the military offered something rare: steady work, a…
Going live to discuss historically why you cant swim, an issue that dates back to years of racial segregation, that prevented generations of Black Americans from learning to swim, leaving them unable to teach their kids Join the discussion!
Imagine calling an ambulance and the police show up instead. No paramedics. No medical gear. Just badges and a squad car. For Black communities, that was reality just 60 years ago. In Pittsburgh’s Hill District, everyday people got tired of watching their neighbors die and decided to change the system.…
Dive into Black history with us, Now that Sinners is finally streaming, it’s the perfect time to break down the Black history behind the story on live I was going to plans for this on the first live stream, but Today is a good day. After the breakdown, I’ll be…
On June 21st, 1964, three activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were kidnapped and killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign. This is a live retelling of this story from my Live Chat Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Substack: https://onemicblackhistorypodcast.substack.com/…
Ever noticed the cheerful, devoted Black maid character who always puts everyone's needs before her own? She's not real, she's a carefully crafted stereotype called the "Mammy." Designed during slavery to mask harsh truths, this image portrayed Black women as joyfully obedient servants, hiding their true struggles and exploitation. Shockingly,…
Got a burning Black history question? I'm going to answer them live. We are going to talk about the Mississippi burning case and afterwards. I’m going to answer your your questions about Black history live on Saturday. Drop your questions below and if you see one you like? Give it…
For over a century, Black bodies were used—examined, experimented on, and exploited in the name of science. From plantation doctors perfecting procedures on enslaved women without anesthesia, to the government letting Black men die slow deaths in Tuskegee, to the stolen cells of a unsuspecting Black women changing medical history.…
Imagine waking up to helicopters buzzing overhead, soldiers marching down your streets—not because of war or disaster, but because your own voice became too powerful. Recently, former President Trump deployed 2,000 federal troops to California, labeling immigration protests an "insurrection." But ask Black activists and community leaders—it felt painfully familiar:…
