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To be Great model great people. SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/477th_Fighter_Group https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/107298/general-benjamin-oliver-davis-jr/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr. Music By: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4628-willow-and-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

Great people leave great examples to follow SOURCES: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/benjamin-o-davis-sr https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1999/summer/gold-star-mothers-1.html https://history.army.mil/html/topics/afam/davis.html Music By: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4628-willow-and-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

Make moves until you make a mark. Persistence Tenacity Continuous Action Music By: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4628-willow-and-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: https://learn.org/articles/Justice_of_the_Peace_Your_Career_and_Salary_Questions_Answered.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/macon-bolling-allen-important-figures-in-u-s-history.html https://www.encyclopedia.com/african-american-focus/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/allen-macon-bolling --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

The law man who rather use keening and cutting over his gun. Who was he? Music By: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4628-willow-and-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://www.history.com/news/bass-reeves-real-lone-ranger-a-black-man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Reeves --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

Do you know who founded the Chi? Music By: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4628-willow-and-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Be sure to check out this first video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zev0IPgHbDo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOu_npCWkXM&t=19s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bVY5nYVfmU Sources: https://www.dusableheritage.com/history https://www.infoplease.com/people/jean-baptiste-point-du-sable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Point_du_Sable --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

Ever heard of the ship captain who became a steward and then a history making ship captain? Music By: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4628-willow-and-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SOURCES: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mulzac-hugh https://owlcation.com/humanities/Hugh-Mulzac-First-Black-Captain-of-a-WW2-Liberty-Ship https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2017/2/2017-02-03-nk-bhm-captain-hugh-mulzac-cl.html https://unionislandhistory.website/index.php/captain-hugh-mulzac-the-untold-truth/ https://aaregistry.org/story/seafaring-pioneer-hugh-mulzac-born/ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/mulzac-hugh-1886-1971/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

Ever heard of flying hobos? Music By: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4628-willow-and-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/banning-allen-transcontinental-flt-180967706/ http://jhbanning.com/james-herman-banning/ https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/banning-allen-transcontinental-flt-180967706/ https://www.greateststoriesnevertold.org/flying-hobos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnstorming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Film_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Eaglerock --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

Do you love your job so much that you would work for free? Music By: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4628-willow-and-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: https://www.encyclopedia.com/african-american-focus/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/purvis-charles-burleigh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burleigh_Purvis https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/purvis-charles-burleigh-1842-1929/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

Find out who is noted by  the California State Legislature as the "African Founding Father of California", Music By: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4628-willow-and-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leidesdorff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cox Black Firsts by Jessie Carney Smith: Ingham and Feldman, African-American Business Leaders, pp. 424—29; Logan and Winston, Dictionary of American Negro Biography, pp. 392—93; Katz, Ihe Black West, pp. 117 19; Smith, Notable Black American Men, pp. 711 13. officialdate.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

Who were the first known free blacks and the first black landowners? Music by: Kevon Macleod Adding The Sun Willow and the Light Sources: https://www.facinghistory.org/reconstruction-era/anthony-johnson-man-control-his-own https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Free_Blacks_in_Colonial_Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_(colonist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

Find out who is referred to as "the first great black man in America" Names: Pánfilo de Narváez Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Andrés Dorantes de Carranza Alonso del Castillo Maldonado Estevanico Mustafa Azemmouri Marcos de Niza Culiacan Hawikuh Culiacan Cibola Music by: Kevon Macleod Adding The Sun Willow and the Light Sources: http://www.famous-explorers.com/explorers-by-location-of-exploration/estevanico/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevanico https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/esteban-1539/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support

In 1526 or so a rebellion and alliance happens to create first slave revolt. Music by: Kevon Macleod Adding The Sun Willow and the Light --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eog/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eog/support