Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

Black History in Two Minutes (or so)


Latest Episodes

Affirmative Action
January 24, 2020

President Lyndon B. Johnson made it clear that a shift was greatly needed in America. No longer could we preach about a land of opportunity, when minorities didn’t have the same foundation or access t

The Birth of Jazz
January 17, 2020

Born in the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz made its way onto the scene. With African-Americans at the helm, the red-light district housed this new genre of music and talented artists during wha

The Double V Campaign of World War II
January 10, 2020

The Double V Campaign was launched by a prominent black newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier, in 1942. The campaign came in response to buzz generated from a letter written by a young black man, James G.

Jesse Jackson’s Run for the Presidency (1984)
December 20, 2019

Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

The Birth of the Black Panthers
December 13, 2019

Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

The L.A. Riots
December 06, 2019

Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

Martin Luther King Jr. – Was his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech Improvised?
November 28, 2019

Martin Luther King Jr. - Was his 'I Have a Dream' speech Improvised?

Malcolm X – How Did He Inspire a Movement?
November 22, 2019

Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

Booker T. Washington
November 15, 2019

Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

Shirley Chisholm – The First Black Congresswoman
November 08, 2019

Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so)