BlackJacked
A weekly History podcast
BlackJacked
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Mark All
We have been duped into believing that Black progress doesn't require sacrifice and yes, suffering. This fantasy. Every inch of Black progress has been through pain and sacrifice and unless we cope with that today, our progress is effectively o
Black businesses have always been targets of terror. Black people had few defeneses for it earlier and as terror has evolved, Black leaders and organizations have failed to keep up with it. #civilrightsmovement #blackbusiness #blackpolitics
The civil rights movement helped white businesses more than Black businesses. Black entrepreneurs did a lot to fund the movement but they got little back in return. #atlanta #atlantalifeinsurance #mlk #martinlutherking #civilrightsmovement #
Is it fair to critique or criticize movement leaders? They literally put their lives on the line for future generations, should they be off limits? Let's talk about it. #civilrightsmovement #mlk #blackhistory #reparations #america #civilrigh
Hosea Williams helped organize a boycott of white businesses that cost them $1 million in the first month alone. But what happened to the million dollars? This episode examines that question and why our boycotts today are weak. #hoseawilliam
Let's chat about S.B. Fuller, the Black SUPER conservative who suggested to Dr. King that Negroes in Montgomery buy the busline.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott launched the movement but also some bad habits. S.B. Fuller, once thought to be the richest Black man in America, urged Dr. King to buy the bus line but King had no interest. That was a mistake and a bad precedent in
This chat dives in a little bit deeper on the activities of civil rights organizations, specific to economics.
The wealth gap persists despite advances in civil rights. Why? Civil rights organizations didn't have a unified, comprehensive plan for economic development. Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, on the other hand, did have a plan and it was
Negro Fireside Chat is a new feature where we share more intimately. I'll clean up things I've said, tell a cool story or two or something in the middle.
Dr. King is admired for speaking out against the Vietnam War but he probably shouldn't have. Bayard Rustin wanted civil rights leaders to stay focused on urgent domestic priorities like poverty and jobs; he had a point. Black leaders today are
"White allies" have always been seen as indispensable to the civil rights movement and the larger progression of Black people. But they have their limitations and no vibrant Black movement can depend on them for success. History is replete with
The politics of fear has driven Black politics since 1964. Dr. King broke from his longstanding practice of not endorsing candidates that year; he not only endorsed but campaigned for Lyndon Johnson. Rather than negotiate Black support, Dr. Kin
The civil rights movement was held back because no one wanted to submit to the expertise of a woman, Ella Baker. Not only were her organizing strategies better than the men, she also tried to warn movement leaders against top down leadership--
Dr. King had a longstanding beef with the President of the National Baptist Convention, Rev. Joseph H. Jackson. That beef effectively crippled the movement, with consequences that linger to this day.
The modern civil rights movement (1954 to 1968) won a number of things for Black folks...all of which were basically granted by the Civil Righs Act of 1866-- 100 years earlier. Should we have been fighting to get on paper what we got on paper 1
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