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Freed African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, conducted the earliest recorded Memorial Day observance in the country. This celebration, occurring in 1865 and at the time it was dubbed "Decoration Day" 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…

Freed African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, conducted the earliest recorded Memorial Day observance in the country. This celebration, occurring in 1865 and at the time it was dubbed "Decoration Day" 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…

A video about the History of the word Woke With all the talk around Woke, I thought this needed its own video. I also tell the story of the Colored Heavyweight Championship and the Orangeburg Massacre. Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow me…

Why did Civil Rights Leader wear Suits? wouldnt jeans have been more comfortable? Listen and enjoy while I explain the history of the fashion of the unheard. Audio: Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.vogue.com/article/rosa-parks-civil-rights-angela-davis-coretta-scott-king-civil-rights-movement https://www.teenvogue.com/story/a-brief-history-of-protest-fashion https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/to-fight-the-status-quo-the-activists-of-1968-harnessed-the-power-of-fashion/2018/05/23/1d2f2ad2-44dd-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.html

Why did Civil Rights Leader wear Suits? wouldn't jeans have been more comfortable? Listen and enjoy while I explain the history of the fashion of the unheard. Audio: Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistory Follow…

Why Do Black Folks love Cadillacs? When Cadillac was at their worse they turned to affluent African Americans for help, Listen and enjoy while I explain the series of events that led to Black folks being fans of Cadillacs. Audio: Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee…

Why Do Black Folks love Cadillacs? When Cadillac were at their worse they turned to affluent African Americans for help, Listen and enjoy while I explain the series of events that led to Black folks being fans of Cadillacs. Audio: Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee…

Why are so many black voters democrats, is their a historical reason behind this? Listen and enjoy while I explain the series of events that led to Black folks being democrats. Audio: Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/why-are-blacks-democrats https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/28/can-trump-win-black-votes-what-we-know-from-5-decades-of-black-voting-data/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/magazine/black-vote.html

Why are so many black voters democrats, is their a historical reason behind this? Listen and enjoy while I explain the series of events that led to Black folks being democrats. Audio: Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/why-are-blacks-democrats https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/28/can-trump-win-black-votes-what-we-know-from-5-decades-of-black-voting-data/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/magazine/black-vote.html

How are watermelons racist, doesn't everyone enjoy watermelons, Second we have the short story of DeeDee Chandler the man who gave birth to the modern Drum set 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.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/ https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/popular-and-pervasive-stereotypes-african-americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/13/opinion/fried-chicken-watermelon-origins-racist-food-stereotypes/ https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-spring-2015-the-birth-of-the-drum-set/article/smithsonian

How are watermelons racist, doesn't everyone enjoy watermelons, Second we have the short story of DeeDee Chandler the man who gave birth to the modern Drum set. 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.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/ https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/popular-and-pervasive-stereotypes-african-americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/13/opinion/fried-chicken-watermelon-origins-racist-food-stereotypes/ https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-spring-2015-the-birth-of-the-drum-set/article/smithsonian

Why Do Black Folks love Cognac? Have you ever wondered why Hennessy has a stranglehold on the Black community or how Woke became a curse word? Listen. enjoy and we will give the answers to both these burning questions. Audio: Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee…

Why Do Black Folks love Cognac? Have you ever wondered why Hennessy has a stranglehold on the Black community or how Woke became a curse word? Listen. enjoy and we will give the answers to both these burning questions. Audio: Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee…

Did you know that Coke heavily influenced by racism and marketed to premaitly to whites, while Pepsi established a division dedicated to targeting African American customers? Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/brief-history-racist-soft-drinks/318929/ https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2019/07/31/the-ugly-racial-history-of-americas-soft-drink-brands/ https://kottke.org/19/08/the-racial-history-of-soda-in-america

Did you know that Coke heavily influenced by racism and marketed to premaitly to whites, while Pepsi established a division dedicated to targeting African American customers? 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.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/brief-history-racist-soft-drinks/318929/ https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2019/07/31/the-ugly-racial-history-of-americas-soft-drink-brands/ https://kottke.org/19/08/the-racial-history-of-soda-in-america

The short stories of the displacment of African Americans of three communities; Seneca Village, Mill Creek Valley and Bruce's Beach. 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.centralparknyc.org/articles/seneca-village https://www.nps.gov/articles/seneca-village-new-york-city.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Creek_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%27s_Beach https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/us/bruces-beach-la-county.html https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-03-01/remembering-mill-creek-valley-once-home-to-20-000-black-st-louisans

The short stories of the displacement of African Americans of three communities; Seneca Village, Mill Creek Valley and Bruce's Beach. 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.centralparknyc.org/articles/seneca-village https://www.nps.gov/articles/seneca-village-new-york-city.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Creek_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%27s_Beach https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/us/bruces-beach-la-county.html https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-03-01/remembering-mill-creek-valley-once-home-to-20-000-black-st-louisans

Why Don't Black Folks eat Pumpkin Pie? How did we start eating Sweet Potato Pie? Join us while we detail the answer to this puzzling questions. 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.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/how-sweet-potato-pie-became-african-americans-favorite-dessert/2015/11/23/11da4216-9201-11e5-b5e4-279b4501e8a6_story.html https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2013/11/21/thanksgivings-pie-dispute/15808489007/ https://www.northjersey.com/story/food/2021/11/24/pumpkin-pie-thanksgiving-abolitionist-history-and/8667841002/

Why Don't Black Folks eat Pumpkin Pie? How did we start eating Sweet Potato Pie? Join us while we detail the answer to these puzzling questions. 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.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/how-sweet-potato-pie-became-african-americans-favorite-dessert/2015/11/23/11da4216-9201-11e5-b5e4-279b4501e8a6_story.html https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2013/11/21/thanksgivings-pie-dispute/15808489007/ https://www.northjersey.com/story/food/2021/11/24/pumpkin-pie-thanksgiving-abolitionist-history-and/8667841002/

Oregon once had a set of laws in place that legally prohibited African Americans from entering the state. Although these laws were not actively enforced, they were incredibly effective in preventing Black people from settling in Oregon. 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.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/exclusion_laws/#.Y8zoDXbMKUk…

Oregon once had a set of laws in place that legally prohibited African Americans from entering the state. Although these laws were not actively enforced, they were incredibly effective in preventing Black people from settling in Oregon. 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.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/exclusion_laws/#.Y8zoDXbMKUk…

As Black GIs were stationed in South Korea during the Korean War, they were able to introduce the Korean people to American Fried Chicken. 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.mashed.com/899880/the-untold-truth-of-korean-fried-chicken/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_fried_chicken https://expatguidekorea.com/article/the-history-of-korean-fried-chicken.html https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3040904/how-korean-fried-chicken-other-kfc-became-huge-hit-south-korea