Rare History

Freedom Summer

This is how Freedom Summer got started (Mississippi, 1964)

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White Citizens Council

The White Citizens Council’s mission (aka the ‘knockoff-KKK’)

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Boston Busing Crisis

The crazy story of the 1974 – 1975 Boston Busing Crisis

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FBI Informant Fred Hampton

How much did an FBI informant get paid for “valuable” info to get Fred Hampton?

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Attica Prison Incident

HARD TO WATCH: The Attica State Prison incident (1971)

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Two Societies Report

The Infamous 1968 “Two Societies Report” that Lyndon Johnson didn’t present to congress

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Peoples Grocery 1892

Ida B. Wells really knew why lynchings started, based on the 1892 People’s Grocery Massacre

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How COINTELPRO got discovered

Here’s the story on how COINTELPRO got discovered (1971)

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Calvin got a job

Who remembers those “Calvin got a job” commercials back in the 1990s?

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Rosewood Story

The 1923 Rosewood story…in their own words

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Resurrection City

The story about Resurrection City, which took place right after Dr. King’s assassination (1968)

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Civil Rights Movement Changed

This is the moment the Civil Rights Movement changed – 1966

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Freedmens Bank tragedy

The Freedman’s Bank: The story one of the worst robberies in American history

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Original Black Panther party

The RARE story on how the Original Black Panther Party started

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Black inventions toilet

Why Black inventions weren’t patented

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The Black 14

Never forget about “The Black 14”, college players who were banned for taking a stance

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Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt nearly married into the family that owned MGM Studios and Paramount

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Oprah Forsyth county 1987

The time Oprah went to Forsyth County, where no Black person had stepped foot in 75 years

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Surya Bonaly

She was the Serena Williams of figure skating…and they never gave her credit…

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Slaves talk about slavery

RARE Footage: Ex-Slaves talk about slavery in America

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Black_Wall_Street

VERY RARE Footage of Black Wall Street, Before The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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