The Evolution of Sammy Davis, Jr.
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It's 1983 and Sammy Davis reflects on his television interview with me in 1971. Sammy Davis says, "I’ve survived where other cats would have been down the tubes. A lot of people don’t like themselves. I’ve stopped t...
Who Was Stepin Fetchit?
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Who was the real man behind one of Hollywood’s most negative images, Stepin Fetchit? Author Mel Watkins explains that Lincoln Perry was very different from the lazy, bug-eyed buffoon on screen. (2905)
Black Farmers: A Dying Crop
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A landmark $3-billion court settlement was reached between Black farmers and the U. S. Department of Agriculture to compensate Black growers for decades of unequal treatment. Dr. John Boyd, president of the National ...
White Man’s Burden
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Harry Belafonte talks about the movie he starred in with John Travolta
A Lasting Partnership
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Bernard Kinsey and Shirley Pooler Kinsey discuss their lasting partnership. 1917
The Tuskegee Airmen – Pt. 3: Jim Crow’s Graveyard
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The Tuskegee Airmen -- Part 3 – Jim Crow’s Graveyard. Shooting down #German airplanes, rather than effectively carrying out the assigned duties of close ground support and bomber escort, emerged as the criterion for ...
A King Holiday
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The legacy of civil rights activist Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. is indelibly etched in the fabric of American history. (507)
The Art of Culture
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If every group has a culture, then every group has a body of art that represents its innermost meaning. While on an individual level, art has a specific meaning. On a national level, it represents the fears and aspir...
Great Men of Color
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Dr. John Henrik Clark discusses J. A. Rogers’ book “Great Black Men of Color” and other important and historical works by Rogers. Rogers spent the majority of his lifetime pioneering the field of Black Studies with hi...
