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Feb. 2, 2024

The REMARKABLE Life of Malcolm X #blackhistorymonth

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, emerged as a pivotal Muslim minister and civil rights activist, vehemently combating the systemic racism rampant in mid-20th century America. His early years were laden with adversity, including racial discrimination and personal tragedies, these experiences forged his resolve…

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Jan. 29, 2024

Chitlins and Black people #foodhistory

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Jan. 28, 2024

January 28, 2024

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Jan. 27, 2024

Why do black folks eat Chitterlings? (Audio Only) #blackhistorymonth

How did why are chitterlings named chitterlings? How did black folks began eating pig intestines Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/02/16/275313723/the-origin-and-hot-stank-of-the-chitlin-circuit https://www.baystatebanner.com/2014/01/08/chitlins-from-slave-food-to-delicacy-the-black-american-kitchen/

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Jan. 19, 2024

Why do black folks eat Chitterlings? #blackhistory

How did why are chitterlings named chitterlings? How did black folks began eating pig intestines Audio: Onemichistory.com Second Channel: Historic Eats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMP3fc9Zag8y5rHluD_WQog Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/02/16/275313723/the-origin-and-hot-stank-of-the-chitlin-circuit https://www.baystatebanner.com/2014/01/08/chitlins-from-slave-food-to-delicacy-the-black-american-kitchen/

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Jan. 12, 2024

16th Street Church Bombing (Audio Only)

On September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, Four young girls were killed and many other people injured. Outrage over the incident and the violent clash between protesters and police that followed helped draw national attention to the…

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Jan. 5, 2024

The TRAGIC 16th Street Church Bombing #blackhistory

On September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, Four young girls were killed and many other people injured. Outrage over the incident and the violent clash between protesters and police that followed helped draw national attention to the…

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Dec. 29, 2023

The Black New Year (Audio Only) #blackhistory

How did African Americans go from dreading New Year's Day to observing Watch Night service with hope for the new year? Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/dining/black-eyed-peas-greens-new-years.html…

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Dec. 22, 2023

The History of The Black New Year's #blackhistory

How did African Americans go from dreading New Year's Day to observing Watch Night service with hope for the new year? Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/dining/black-eyed-peas-greens-new-years.html…

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Dec. 9, 2023

The Black Christmas

How did Black Folks come to celebrate Christmas? Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.essence.com/news/thanksgiving-dinner-black-food-origins/ https://www.ebony.com/should-black-people-celebrate-thanksgiving/

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Dec. 9, 2023

The History of The Black Christmas #blackhistory

How did Black Folks come to celebrate Christmas? Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.essence.com/news/thanksgiving-dinner-black-food-origins/ https://www.ebony.com/should-black-people-celebrate-thanksgiving/

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Dec. 2, 2023

Mississippi Burning

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. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me…

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Dec. 2, 2023

The True HORROR behind the Mississippi Burning Murders #blackhistory

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. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me…

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Nov. 24, 2023

The History of Black Folks and Thanksgiving

How did a holiday created to celebrate thankful of a bountiful harvest, come to be celebrated by enslaved African Americans? Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.essence.com/news/thanksgiving-dinner-black-food-origins/ https://www.ebony.com/should-black-people-celebrate-thanksgiving/

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Nov. 24, 2023

The Black Thanksgiving

How did a holiday created to celebrate thankfulness from a bountiful harvest come to be celebrated by enslaved African Americans? Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.essence.com/news/thanksgiving-dinner-black-food-origins/ https://www.ebony.com/should-black-people-celebrate-thanksgiving/

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Nov. 11, 2023

The History of Collard Greens

How did a plant originating from the Mediterranean become so beloved by black folks, Join us while we talk about the History of Collard Greens Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a…

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Nov. 11, 2023

The History of Collard Greens #blackhistory

How did a plant originating from the Mediterranean become so beloved by black folks, Join us while we talk about the History of Collard Grreens Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a…

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Oct. 28, 2023

What Schools DIDN'T Teach You About The Freedom Summer Project #blackhistory

Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a voter registration drive in 1964 aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a…

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Oct. 14, 2023

The History of Mac and Cheese

Have you ever wondered the history of Mac and Cheese and how it became so beloved with Black Folks? Join us while we talk about the History of Mac and Cheese Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support…

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Oct. 14, 2023

The History of Black Mac and Cheese

Have you ever wondered the history of Mac and Cheese and how it became so beloved with Black Folks? Join us while we talk about the History of Mac and Cheese Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support…

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Oct. 7, 2023

The 6 year old Civil Rights Icon #blackhistory

A compilation of Little Rock Nine and Ruby Bridges videos. Perfect for Binging. The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine Black students who enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957 in an attempt to challenge the segregation after Brown vs Board of Education.…

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Sept. 30, 2023

The History of Fried Chicken

What, does a fried chicken have to do with race? Don’t white people like watermelon too? What’s so offensive about liking fried chicken? Join us while we talk about the History of Fried Chicken. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook:…

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Sept. 30, 2023

The History of Racist Fried Chicken #blackhistory

What, does a fried chicken have to do with race? Don’t white people like watermelon too? What’s so offensive about liking watermelon? Join us while we talk about the History of Fried Chicken. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory…

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Sept. 28, 2023

The Freedom Summer Project

Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a voter registration drive in 1964 aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Onemichistory Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a…

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