A Slave's Christmas What In The Black History podcast

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Allegedly the first African-American in the United States to graduate from College * SOURCES* • Middlebury: https://www.middlebury.edu/library/people/alexander-twilight • BLACKPAST: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/twilight-alexander-1795-1857/

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1921 Tulsa Race Riots 8:33

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The destruction of Tulsa, Oklahoma's "Black Wall Street" (TRIGGER WARNING INCLUDED) * SOURCES* • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2019/12/24/little-known-black-history-fact-1921-tulsa-race-riots/ • NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES: https://www.neh.gov/article/1921-tulsa-massacre • BRITANNICA: https://www.britannica.com/event/Tulsa-race-massacre-of-1921…

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African Cemetery at Higgs Beach in Key West, FL 5:06

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The only known cemetery of African slave refugees (MILD TRIGGER WARNING INCLUDED) * SOURCES* • AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND AT HIGGS BEACH: https://www.africanburialgroundathiggsbeach.org/place • MEL FISHER MUSEUM: https://www.melfisher.org/copy-of-african-cemetery-1860 • ATLAS OBSCURA: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/key-west-african-cemetery-higgs-beach • KEY WEST AFRICAN FESTIVAL: https://www.keywestafricanafestival.com/key-west-african-cemetery-higgs-beach/ • AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND AT HIGGS BEACH: https://www.africanburialgroundathiggsbeach.org/people…

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Sigma Pi Phi 5:48

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The first Black Greek Letter Organization ****SOURCES**** • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2015/05/18/little-known-black-history-fact-sigma-pi-phi/ • BLACKPAST: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/sigma-pi-phi-fraternity-the-boule-a-brief-overview-1904/ • UNITYFIRST: https://web.archive.org/web/20040529202002/http://www.unityfirst.com/pressreleaseboule.htm…

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Negro History Week 15:49

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How Black History Month started * SOURCES* • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2021/02/01/black-history-month-origin/ • ZINNED PROJECT: https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/carter-woodson-black-history-month/ • NYTIMES: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/history-of-black-history-month.html…

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Alain Locke 4:48

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Recognized as one of the leading black philosophers and educators, and was instrumental in bringing attention to the Harlem Renaissance and first African-American awarded the Rhodes Scholarship. * SOURCES* • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/11/19/little-known-black-history-fact-alain-locke/ • BIOGRAPHY: https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/alain-leroy-locke • BLACKPAST: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/locke-alain-1886-1954/…

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Madame Abomah 5:04

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Famously Tall Black circus performer ** SOURCES* • THE AMERICAN BLACK HISTORY: https://theamericanblackstory.com/2023/02/06/d62023/ • UNCLE JUNIOR PROJECT: https://www.unclejrproject.com/ella-williams

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William Edward White & Moses Fleetwood Walker 4:49

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A pair of forgotten Black Baseball players that might have some right to Jackie Robinson's historic claim * SOURCES* • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/04/20/little-known-black-history-fact-major-league-baseball-firsts/

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23rd Regiment of the United States Colored Infantry 6:34

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First Colored Troops to engage General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in direct combat * SOURCES* • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/05/29/little-known-black-history-fact-23rd-regiment/ • BATTLEFIELDS: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/23rd-united-states-colored-troops

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Alice Ball 9:58

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African American chemist who developed the first successful treatment for Hansen's disease (leprosy). * SOURCES* • BIOGRAPHY: https://www.biography.com/scientists/alice-ball • SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trailblazing-black-woman-chemist-who-discovered-a-treatment-for-leprosy-180979772/…

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A Slave's Christmas 4:10

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What Christmas was like for Slave's ( SLIGHT TRIGGER WARNING INCLUDED) * SOURCES* • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2012/12/23/little-known-black-history-fact-a-slaves-christmas/

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Comer Cottrell 5:22

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Created a hair company that made the jheri curl affordable to the masses * SOURCES* • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/10/12/little-known-black-history-fact-comer-cottrell/ • BLACKPAST: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/cottrell-jr-comer-joseph-1931-2014/ • THEHISTORYMAKERS: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/comer-joseph-cottrell-40…

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Alfred Hair and the Highwaymen 5:03

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Black artist known for painting Florida landscapes and selling them on the side of the highway * SOURCES* • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2012/07/05/little-known-black-history-fact-alfred-hair-and-the-highwaymen/ • FLORIDA HIGHWAYMEN PAINTINGS: https://www.floridahighwaymenpaintings.com/highwaymen/alfred-hair/ • DIVISION OF ART AND CULTURE: https://dos.fl.gov/cultural/programs/florida-artists-hall-of-fame/alfred-hair-and-the-florida-highwaymen/…

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Jackie Ormes 6:47

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First known and syndicated black woman cartoonist * SOURCES* • BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2013/08/18/little-known-black-history-fact-jackie-ormes/ • BLACKPAST: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/ormes-zelda-jackie-1911-1985/ • AMERICA COMES ALIVE: https://americacomesalive.com/jackie-ormes-1911-1986-first-african-american-female-cartoonist/ • BLACK HISTORY HEROES: https://www.blackhistoryheroes.com/2014/11/jackie-ormes-first-african-american.html?m=1 • BLACK ART HISTORY: https://blackartstory.org/2020/09/01/profile-jackie-ormes-1911-1985/…

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Thomas Fuller 4:33

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