02:31 Black History In Two Minutes The First Underground Railroad blackhistoryNovember 27, 2020 December 23, 2022 The Underground Railroad for many of us symbolizes the journey African slaves went on in the name of freedom. But, contrary to popul... 012.1K Continue reading
03:05 Black History In Two Minutes Second Middle Passage blackhistoryNovember 20, 2020 December 23, 2022 As the United States began to expand, the demand for cotton led to an increase of slave trades in the country. Eager to capitalize,... 016.2K Continue reading
02:52 Black History In Two Minutes Transatlantic Slave Trade blackhistoryNovember 13, 2020 December 23, 2022 In the early 1500s, the transatlantic slave trade commenced. Europeans invaded west and central Africa, capturing free people, ensla... 049.4K Continue reading
03:17 Black History In Two Minutes The Birth of Hip Hop blackhistoryNovember 6, 2020 December 23, 2022 In 1973, DJ Kool Herc set up his turntables and introduced a technique at a South Bronx house party that would change music as many... 0247.7K Continue reading
04:00 Black History In Two Minutes Obama’s 2008 Election blackhistoryOctober 30, 2020 December 23, 2022 During the 2004 Democratic National Convention, a first-term senator named Barack Obama from Illinois delivered a speech that exuded... 05.6K Continue reading
03:55 Black History In Two Minutes Marcus Garvey: Leader of a Revolutionary Global Movement blackhistoryOctober 23, 2020 December 23, 2022 Marcus Garvey was born in Jamaica and experienced the impacts of colonization at the hands of the British. As a result, he developed... 038.4K Continue reading
02:48 Black History In Two Minutes The Birth of a Nation & The Origins of the NAACP blackhistoryOctober 16, 2020 December 23, 2022 In 1915, D.W. Griffith, released a film that would go down as one of the most disturbing representations of black Americans ever, Th... 025.6K Continue reading
01:59 Black History In Two Minutes The Beginning of Black History: Juan Garrido blackhistoryOctober 9, 2020 December 23, 2022 In the early 1500s, a West African man named Juan Garrido joined the ranks of Spanish explorers who ventured out in hopes of discove... 012.6K Continue reading
03:09 Black History In Two Minutes Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball blackhistoryOctober 2, 2020 December 23, 2022 During a time when the game of baseball lacked diversity, America’s beloved sport was on the brink of a major change when black spor... 031.2K Continue reading
03:03 Black History In Two Minutes Soul Train blackhistorySeptember 25, 2020 December 23, 2022 Taking cues from American Bandstand, Soul Train became a black cultural phenomena. Created and hosted by Don Cornelius, a Chicago ra... 012.2K Continue reading