Crash Course Black American History

  • Premiere: Mai 2021
  • Episoden: 51
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The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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Mai 07, 2021
Today we're learning about the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, which brought millions of captive Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries, with the largest number of .. show full overview
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Slavery in the American Colonies
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Mai 15, 2021
In the 17th century, as the British colonies in the Americas were getting established in places like Jamestown, VA, the system of chattel slavery was also developing. Today, we'll learn .. show full overview
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Elizabeth Key
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Mai 21, 2021
The legal system can seem like a complicated tangle of arcane rules and loopholes, and it can sometimes seem like it is designed to confuse. But it is possible, with the right .. show full overview
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Slave Codes
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Mai 29, 2021
Slave codes were a method of protecting the investment of white enslavers in the Colonies by restricting the lives of enslaved people in almost every imaginable way. The codes restricted .. show full overview
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The Germantown Petition Against Slavery
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Jun 05, 2021
In 1688, in Pennsylvania, a group of four men created the Germantown Petition, which made the case that slavery was immoral, and that it was inconsistent with Christian beliefs in .. show full overview
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The Stono Rebellion
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Jun 12, 2021
Enslaved people resisted their condition in a range of different ways. Oftentimes those ways were small and personal. There were also times when that resistance took on larger, more .. show full overview
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Phillis Wheatley
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Jun 18, 2021
Despite all the hardship of being a Black person in Colonial America, some Black people were able to defy the harsh conditions and create art. Today we're learning about a teenager who .. show full overview
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The American Revolution
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Jul 02, 2021
When we talk about the American Revolution and Revolutionary War, the discussion often involves lofty ideals like liberty, and freedom, and justice. The Declaration of Independence even .. show full overview
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The US Constitution, 3/5, and the Slave Trade Clause
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Jul 10, 2021
The drafting and adoption of the United States Constitution recalled many of the high ideals of liberty and freedom that were espoused during the Revolutionary War. But the compromises .. show full overview
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
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Jul 23, 2021
One of the ways that the US Constitution baked the institution of slavery into the very core of the new United States was through the fugitive slave clause. The clause required that .. show full overview
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Women's Experience Under Slavery
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Jul 31, 2021
very was inherently cruel and unjust, and it was cruel and unjust to different people in different ways. Today, Clint Smith teaches you about the experience of enslaved women, and how .. show full overview
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The Louisiana Rebellion of 1811
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Aug 06, 2021
Uprisings of enslaved people in the United States were not uncommon, and they had a big influence on how the institution of slavery evolved. One uprising that gets less attention, .. show full overview
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The Rise of Cotton
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Aug 13, 2021
Cotton is everywhere in our modern world, and it became a hugely important crop in the 19th century United States. Cotton was a huge economic boon to the US, and much of that wealth was .. show full overview
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Maria Stewart
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Aug 20, 2021
Clint Smith teaches you about Maria Stewart, a Black woman who lived in the 19th century, and was a pioneering abolitionist, writer, and orator. When studying history, we often focus on .. show full overview
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The Underground Railroad
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Aug 27, 2021
Escape was one of the many ways that enslaved people resisted their captivity in the system of American slavery. The Underground Railroad was not literally a railroad. It was a network .. show full overview
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The Dred Scott Decision
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Sep 04, 2021
In this video, we'll learn about the US Supreme Court decision in Scott vs Sanford, handed down in 1857. The case ultimately rejected the idea that Black people could be citizens of the .. show full overview
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Frederick Douglass
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Sep 10, 2021
Clint Smith teaches you about one of the most famous writers, orators, and advocates of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass. Douglass was born in slavery, escaped to the North, and .. show full overview
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Black Americans in the Civil War
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Sep 17, 2021
The American Civil War is one of the deadliest in US History, and let's just get this out of the way: it was about slavery. In the more than 150 years since the end of the Civil War, .. show full overview
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Reconstruction
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Sep 24, 2021
The American Civil War is one of the deadliest in US History, and let's just get this out of the way: it was about slavery. In the more than 150 years since the end of the Civil War, .. show full overview
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Ida B. Wells
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Okt 08, 2021
In this video, we'll learn about the life story of journalist, orator, teacher, suffragette, and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Ida B. Wells made her name writing and .. show full overview
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Plessy v Ferguson and Segregation
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Okt 15, 2021
The United States' Constitution is not a very detailed document. It lays out the basic structure of government, and the details are filled in with legislation, and clarified and .. show full overview
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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois
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Okt 23, 2021
As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, Black Americans were searching for ways to think about how and where they would fit into a post-slavery society. There were several competing .. show full overview
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The Black Women's Club Movement
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Okt 29, 2021
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Black American Women were struggling with both racism and misogyny as they fought for their rights. Black Women formed clubs and organized to .. show full overview
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The Great Migration
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Nov 06, 2021
In 1910, 90% of Black Americans lived in the South. By 1940, around 1.5 million Black Americans had left their homes, and 77% lived in the South. By 1970, 52% of Black Americans remained .. show full overview
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The Red Summer of 1919
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Nov 12, 2021
During the Red Summer of 1919 violence against Black people broke out across the United States. Black people and neighborhoods were attacked in Washington DC, Chicago, Tulsa, and many .. show full overview
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Arts and Letters of the Harlem Renaissance
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Nov 19, 2021
The Harlem Renaissance was one of the richest, most vibrant, and most culturally generative artistic periods in American history and the work that emerged from that period continues to .. show full overview
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Political Thought in the Harlem Renaissance
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Dez 04, 2021
When we think about the Harlem Renaissance, the arts come immediately to mind. But new political theories were also blossoming during this time. We'v talked about Booker T. Washington .. show full overview
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The Great Depression
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Dez 11, 2021
During economic crises, marginalized communities are more susceptible to the harms and struggle that come with these downturns. Today we'll talk about the Great Depression, which lasted .. show full overview
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The Tuskegee Experiment
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Dez 24, 2021
From 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention operated an extremely unethical medical experiment on the effects of .. show full overview
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Jan 08, 2022
The Harlem Renaissance produced many remarkable artists, writers, and thinkers. Today we'll talk about one of the most interesting minds of the time, Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston was an .. show full overview
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World War II
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Jan 15, 2022
Black Americans have long fought in America's wars, very often fighting for a country that doesn't always fight for them. Today we'll learn about the experience of Black Americans in .. show full overview
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Randolph, Rustin, and the Origins of the March on Washington
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Jan 28, 2022
The March on Washington of 1963 is an enduring and widely-known event of the Civil Rights movement. But the March has its roots in an earlier planned March on Washington that didn't .. show full overview
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School Segregation and Brown v Board
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Feb 11, 2022
In 1955, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that public schools should be racially integrated, and overturned the separate but equal doctrine established in Plessy v Ferguson decades .. show full overview
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Emmett Till
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Mär 12, 2022
In 1955, a 14 year old boy named Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi. The white men who murdered him killed him for being Black. Emmett Till's mother chose to have an .. show full overview
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Mär 25, 2022
For 381 days in 1955 and 1956, the Black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama boycotted the city bus system. Black riders had been mistreated on public transit all over the country for .. show full overview
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Martin Luther King, Jr
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Apr 09, 2022
Today we're going to learn about perhaps the best-known leader in the Civil Rights Era, Martin Luther King, Jr. From his rise to notoriety during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, his .. show full overview
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Student Civil Rights Activism
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Apr 23, 2022
A wide range of Americans contributed to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Students and young people were a prominent group of activists within the movement. Today, we'll .. show full overview
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Malcolm X and the Rise of Black Power
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Mai 10, 2022
In the late 1950s and the early to mid-1960s, a Muslim minister named Malcolm X rose to prominence in the United States during the struggle for Civil Rights. Malcolm X was a member of .. show full overview
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The Black Panther Party
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Mai 24, 2022
Many organizations have made it their mission to expand the rights of Black Americans. The NAACP and the Urban League are examples of influential organizations with long histories. But a .. show full overview
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Women and the Black Power Movement
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Jun 14, 2022
Women have been a powerful (and largely underappreciated) force in the movement for Black equality in the United States. The Black Power Movement is no exception to that trend. Today, .. show full overview
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Marsha P. Johnson and the Stonewall Rebellion
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Jun 30, 2022
Today we’re learning about Marsha P. Johnson and the Stonewall rebellion. Serving as a pivotal moment in the modern Gay Rights Movement, Stonewall began on June 28th 1969 and lasted six .. show full overview
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The War on Drugs
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Jul 13, 2022
The War on Drugs is a decades-long United States policy intended to curb illegal drug use and trafficking. Long story short: it has not worked to reduce drug use or trade, and the policy .. show full overview
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Shirley Chisholm
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Jul 27, 2022
In 1972, Shirley Chisholm ran for president of the United States of America as a Democrat. She didn't win, but this was not the beginning or the end of her career in politics. She held a .. show full overview
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Jesse Jackson
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Aug 09, 2022
Today, Clint Smith is teaching you about the Civil Rights activist and Icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson. Jackson began his career working with Martin Luther King in the 1960s, and in the .. show full overview
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Los Angeles Uprisings
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Aug 26, 2022
In this episode of Black American History, Clint Smith teaches you about the complicated history of racial tension in South Central Los Angeles. You'll learn about the Watts Rebellion of .. show full overview
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Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas
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Sep 06, 2022
Today, Clint will teach you about the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Clarence Thomas. During the screening process, Anita Hill came forward alleging that Thomas had sexually .. show full overview
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Rap and Hip Hop
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Sep 20, 2022
Music is an integral part of Black American culture. Today, Clint Smith will teach you about rap & hip hop, and the cultural significance of artists including Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, .. show full overview
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Toni Morrison
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Okt 05, 2022
Today, Clint Smith will teach you about the legendary writer Toni Morrison. Morrison is best known for her novels which chronicle the experiences of Black Americans throughout history. .. show full overview
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Hurricane Katrina
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Okt 19, 2022
In this episode, Clint Smith details his experience as a teenager in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005. The widespread devastation of Hurricane Katrina was a .. show full overview
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Barack Obama
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Nov 02, 2022
Barack Obama was the first Black man elected President in the United States in 2008. In this episode, Clint Smith will explore the early life, political career, presidential campaign, and legislative milestones of Barack Obama.
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Black Lives Matter
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Nov 09, 2022
In the final episode of Crash Course Black American History, Clint Smith teaches you about the Black Lives Matter movement. We'll discuss some of the major events that contributed to the .. show full overview

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