sitting bull, a four-part documentary series about the legendary Lakota chief, is headed to The History Channel. The series began production with Appian Way Productions, Stephen David Entertainment, and IllumiNative as the lead production companies. Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull led the Lakota tribe in the resistance struggle against yearsRead More →
Washington CNN — A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every week, subscribe for free here. The aggressive behavior of police officers toward a black teenager in New Jersey was not abnormal – it was part of an age-old patternRead More →
The HISTORY channel spends President’s Day weekend with abraham lincoln through a three-night documentary event at 8/7c from Sunday to Tuesday February 20-22. “We like to use all the storytelling tools we can for a series like this, and that includes what we call ‘cinema documentaries,’ because we think it’sRead More →
“LBJ: Triumph and Tragedy” is CNN’s four-part documentary examining the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. CNN Summer of Soul (8 p.m., ABC) – In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and moving documentary that is both musical film and historic record, and created aroundRead More →
Rich and shameless (TNT at 10:30 a.m.) A preview of an upcoming true-crime anthology about the stories behind the scandals sheds light on the sordid affairs of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Caught in its web (Lifetime at age 8) An anonymous cyberbully hacks into the digital world of threeRead More →
Some residents of the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta want a divorce. For more than a year, a secessionist movement has been brewing in Buckhead, a wealthy neighborhood of about 100,000 people on the north side of Atlanta. The movement claims to have raised millions of dollars, secured the support ofRead More →
February 15, 2022 ASU scholars salute trailblazers and trailblazers who paved their way Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali and Maya Angelou are among the notables frequently mentioned in conversations related to Black History Month — and rightly so. But what do we know about other black changemakers;Read More →
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Art in its many forms serves many purposes. The “Talking Wall” sculpture on the campus of Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis is a large snapshot of Indiana’s black history. Even the “Talking Wall” location has a story. A school named after Mary Cable, a black educator, once stoodRead More →
February 8, 2022 Cornell College Professor of Story Catherine Stewart’s research provides new clues about how black domestic workers in Southern households during the Great Depression found ways to survive their jobs and enjoy their lives. History teacher Catherine Stewart And what she found was not what many historians assumedRead More →
Cruz was referring to Biden’s vow to appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court for the first time in American history. But that same sense of grievance propels the drive of Republican state and local officials to protect the psyche of white students through constraints on what schools teachRead More →
Critical race theory is a buzzword that is at the center of a heated debate about what children learn in classrooms. The only problem – what does it mean? Some Republican parents and lawmakers say educators are “indoctrinating” students with certain lessons about race that make students feel “uncomfortable” orRead More →
The HISTORY® Channel announces its new twelve-part non-fiction series “I Was There,” produced by ABC’s “Good Morning America” and “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos and hosted by Theo EJ Wilson, the little -son of a Tuskegee airman. Premiering over two nights on Sunday, February 20 and Monday, February 21 atRead More →
A new organization called the Association for Mathematical Research (AMR) has sparked fierce debate in the mathematics research and education communities since its launch last October. Its declared mission is to “support research and scholarship in mathematics” – a goal similar to that proclaimed by two long-standing groups: the AmericanRead More →
[01/10/22 – 11:01 AM]The History Channel presents “Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War” executive produced by NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Deborah Morales on Monday, February 21 at 11 p.m. ET / PT“The civil war was not only waged against black Americans, it was also waged by them,” Abdul-JabbarRead More →
The White House on Saturday shared statistics claiming that US President Joe Biden has created the maximum number of jobs during his tenure so far, which is more than any US president in history. Speaking to Twitter, the president said that “we have created more jobs in the first eightRead More →
Biden’s speech Thursday – from where Donald Trump’s mob sullied America’s tradition of peaceful transfers of power a year ago – was by far his most authoritative moment as president. He redefined himself against the ex-president’s extremism after struggling to project control for brutal months when a resurgent pandemic andRead More →
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About a month after the Jan. 6 Capitol uprising, and with the indictment suddenly in the rearview mirror, President Joe Biden indicated he was “tired” of talking about Donald Trump. A month later, he answered a question about Trump by sarcastically saying that “my predecessor” was missed. Biden largely avoidedRead More →
By Brian McNeill Annette Gordon-Reed, the first African-American recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in history and one of the most authoritative voices on race and history in America, will deliver the 21st annual Black History Month of VCU libraries. Gordon-Reed, professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and SciencesRead More →
JMU alumnus (then student) Norman Jones III presenting as part of the Innovating Archives class at the Furious Flower Poetry Center 25th Anniversary Celebration at the National Museum of African American History in September 2019. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded James Madison University $ 2 million over fourRead More →
Committee chairman Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, told CNN’s “State of the Union” panel that the panel had “important testimony” that shows the White House was asked to “do something. As the crowd of Trump supporters ignited for his election. fantasies made their way to the Capitol. Vice PresidentRead More →
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia – A scenic pedestrian bridge connects the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center to the meticulously recreated historic site approximately one mile away. And every step is a step back in our tangled, confused and often painful history as a nation. At regular intervals, plaques embedded in the concrete remindRead More →
WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut. – The Hartford men’s basketball team welcome Saint Francis (PA) to their second – and final – non-conference home game on Tuesday. The game is part of the Jack Phelan Classic, both teams celebrating the life of Jack Phelan, who was a Hawks Hall of Fame coachRead More →
December 11 – ALBANY – They called Alcatraz prison “The Rock”. They said it was a must see, located on an island in the San Francisco Bay Area, a mile and a quarter off the California coast. That all changed, however, when two brothers from southwest Georgia – Clarence andRead More →
07/12/2021 Sheila Myers ’85 did not set out to become an expert on the family of one of the most famous magnates of the Golden Age, Dr. Thomas C. Durant. But she did. By serendipity closely associated with SUNY Cortland, Myers is now a source of information and commentary onRead More →
A program on The History Channel recently featured a professor from Cayuga Community College. Professor Sheila Myers was shown speaking about Thomas Durant, a historical railroad tycoon, in an episode of “The Engineering That Built the World,” a press release from the CCC said. Myers has written three novels aboutRead More →
The toys that built America | Source: History Channel/A+E Networks A new four-part docuseries from Historic Channel will dive into the stories behind some iconic American toys and games. The toys that built America premieres Sunday, Nov. 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with an episode that explores the story behindRead More →
HISTORY® is unveiling the next installment of its popular “That Built” franchise with the new four-part “The Toys That Built America” docuseries premiering on Sunday, November 28 at 9 p.m. ET / PT. Watch a promo for the new series below! “The Toys That Built America” tells the story ofRead More →
Professor Sheila Myers AUBURN, NY – A professor from Cayuga Community College was recently featured to discuss historic railroad magnate Thomas Durant in an episode of History Channel’s “The Engineering That Built the World”. Professor Sheila Myers, who has written three novels focusing on Durant, his family, and their historicalRead More →
The History Channel will honor Juneteenth’s vacation by showing an executive-produced documentary narrated by NBA champion and social justice advocate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Title Fighting Power: The Movements That Changed America, the hour-long documentary chronicles the social justice movements that have helped reshape American History, The root reports. Deborah Morales ofRead More →
For most of American history, black children rarely saw themselves in children’s literature, and even when they did, the portrayals were generally patronizing, paternalistic, or downright racist. Amanda Gailey, associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, traces her interest in this topic to her time at Washington UniversityRead More →
An iconic ice cream brand from central Pennsylvania will be featured in an upcoming episode of “Modern marvels. Cameras will take viewers behind the scenes of Turkey Hill in Lancaster County for The History Channel broadcast at 10 p.m. on March 7. The show is hosted by food writer andRead More →
The History Channel commissioned a two-hour documentary film titled “Tulsa Burning” on the Greenwood Massacre of 1921 in Tulsa, one of the worst acts of racist violence in American history. The documentary will be directed by “Freedom Riders” filmmaker Stanley Nelson with Bridge Award winner Marco Williams, and NBA superstarRead More →