Happy Black History Month!! This year we decided to cover 100 years of black history, highlighting melanated people, places, and events from all over the world. In this episode, we discuss the 1950s and 1960s. We examine a variety of topics including the Algerian Liberation Front, the establishment of Jet and Ebony magazine, the celebration of several African countries being decolonized and so much more! Let us take you on an informational yet entertaining walk through melanated history by clicking on this episode!
Sources referenced in this episode
History Timeline Sites
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/jul/11/black-history-timeline
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history-timeline/
1950s
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bunche-receives-nobel-peace-prize
https://www.thoughtco.com/african-american-history-timeline-1950-1959-45442
1960s
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20670218
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malcolm-X#ref928937
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/organization-afro-american-unity-oaau-1965/
https://www.fbi.gov/history/directors/j-edgar-hoover
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Organization-of-Afro-American-Unity
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/fraught-friendship-susan-b-anthony-and-frederick-douglass.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/jul/11/black-history-timeline