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In 1919, shortly after the ending of world war 1. A group of Black Floridians in Jacksonville established these educational meetings for Black Floridians. These meetings centered on voting and the importance of voting. In the 19th and throughout the 20th century, much of the south had a one-party rule. Southern Democrats had control and, this made it harder for Black Americans' lives regarding economic stability, education, health care and protection from violence like lynchings. And so this group in Jacksonville was like enough is, we are going to participate in the voting process whether they like it or not. And this is what starts the voter registration movement or what historian Paul Ortiz, who wrote a book about this movement, calls The Florida Movement. A campaign made up of Black Floridians and white republicans (the parties were different back then) to register as many Black Floridians as possible. This is the story of the Florida movement and Mary McLeod Bethune's pivotal role in the movement.  To read the transcript of the show, click here The History Of Mary McLeod Bethune and The Florida Movement 

In the 1930s, southerners started to get unconfrontable with lynchings and were getting bad press for not doing anything to stop lynchings. And that is when they did something dramatic. They substituted lynchings for the death penalty. The death penalty became a way to avoid lynchings. On this episode, I tell the story of how the south in the 1930s substituted lynchings for the death penalty.   

Ida B. Wells was at the height of her career. She was a well-established journalist, she had her own newspaper and she was respected by many journalists both black and white. But when three really good friends of hers were lynched, Ida decided to report on lynchings. Due to her reporting, she became a primary target for white supremacists.  Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or any other podcast app of your choice. If you like the podcast, leave us a review and rate us on iTunes. Follow us:  Twitter: @TheHistoryOf4 Instagram: @thehistory.radio  Check out the NYTimes Obituary project of women and people of color called Overlooked and check out The Daily podcast. 

This is the second episode of our four-part mini-series. This episode we tell the tale of Ida B. Wells's. From her happy childhood to being the sole breadwinner to the discrimination that she faced on a train which lead her to journalism and to the start of her crusade to end lynchings.     Follow us:  Twitter: @TheHistoryOf4  Instagram: @thehistoryof.radio  Facebook: The History Of...    

WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXTREME VIOLENCE In the first episode of our four-part mini-series, We tell the story of the early days of lynchings.  Follow us on: Twitter: @TheHistoryOf4 Instagram: @thehistoryof.radio Facebook: The History Of   To read the script of this episode: The History of Lynchings in America Script Resources that we used for this episode:  The Press and Lynchings of African Americans Equal Justice Initiative, Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror 

In a galaxy far far away lies an American Space Shuttle. 7 crew members are living and conducting experiments on the shuttle. One of the crew members is Dr. Mae Carol Jemison, the very first black woman to go to space. This episode tells the story of Dr. Mae Jemison and her road to becoming an astronaut.    Follow us on:  Facebook: @TheHistoryOfw Twitter: @TheHistoryOf4  Instagram: @thehistoryof.radio

From the Harlem Renaissance to the Great Depression to housing segregation during the 1940s. Harlem's history is filled with black culture, literature and music, but it is also filled with terrible housing conditions, income inequality and riots. No one told the story of Harlem better than Ann Petry. Petry was an African American female author that wrote stories about Harlem at it's truest, rawest and most vulnerable form. This episode we tell the story of Ann Petry.  Follow the show on:  Twitter: @TheHistoryOf4  Facebook: @TheHistoryOfw  Instagram: @thehistoryof.radio

It's been almost 38 years since the Center for Disease Control published a report of rare cancer found in gay men called Kaposi Sarcoma. Throughout the 80s and 90s, 1,000s of AIDS patients and gay people died. Nowadays AIDS as a crisis is gone and recently there were reports that found a second HIV patient fully cured of HIV. But in this bonus episode, we revisit the AIDS CRISIS and tell the story of when AIDS was first discovered, the lack of treatment,  and how a group of AIDS activist and Gay Activist fought back and formed ACT UP.    Follow us on:  Facebook: The History Of   Twitter: @TheHistoryOf4  Instagram: @thehistoryof.radio    Sign up for our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gcDL2T

In part 2 of Shirley Chisholm Story, Chisholm makes a very historic decision and no one saw it coming.    Follow us on:  Twitter: @TheHistoryOf4 Facebook: The History Of Instagram: @thehistoryof.radio    Sign up for our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gcDL2T

This season we tell the stories of black women, who were forgotten and weren't given a spotlight in our history textbooks. But this season we change that and tell the stories of black women who have made history in the fields of politics, music, literature and fashion. In a series we're calling: The History Of Black Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling!   We kick start this season with the story of Shirley Chisholm. Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman to very win a seat in Congress. Throughout her career, she would experience sexist and racist comments. Even when she had to deal with these comments, she still succeeded and was an extremely effective politician. She was a hardcore progressive. And before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came into the political scene, It was Chisholm who was the talk of the town.   Follow us on:  Facebook: The History Of Twitter: @TheHistoryOf4 Instagram: @thehistoryof.radio   Sign Up for our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gcDL2T 

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