Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
The Land of Our Fathers, Part 2
12 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Provosts, a family of sugar-cane farmers in Louisiana, had worked the same land for generations....
The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1
05 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
More than a century and a half after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land own...
How the Bad Blood Started
14 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Black Americans were denied access to doctors and hospitals for decades. From the shadows of this ex...
The Birth of American Music
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Black music, forged in captivity, became the sound of complete artistic freedom. It also became the ...
The Economy That Slavery Built
31 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The institution of slavery turned a poor, fledgling nation into a financial powerhouse, and the cott...
The Fight for a True Democracy
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
America was founded on the ideal of democracy. Black people fought to make it one.“1619” is a Ne...
Introducing ‘1619’
17 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of V...