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"American Maroon communities weren’t as large as their counterparts in Central and South America, she writes, and they didn’t wage wars against enslavers; their settlements weren’t well documented, and, whereas everyone has heard of the Underground Railroad, marronage “lacked the high drama of the escape to the North.” Diouf also argues that the Maroons’ “narrative of autonomous survival without benevolent white involvement” probably lacked mass appeal."

Very Unique Nightline that introduces us to voices from the past. These are actual slave recordings done in the 1930's and recently digitized. Crafted beautifully by Producer Karen Dewitt. Field Producer & Camera-Fletcher Johnson, Audio- Wayne Boyd

"These people were our forefather. And we are the children. And the ones who came before, they were our ancestors, the first ones on the shore. I said we are the children of those who had the courage to survive. Their spirit was never broken. They gave us the vision to keep their dreams alive." ~Jeffrey Littlejohn's 'Somerset Theme, The Children'

[Frederick] Douglass had the audacity to believe that America's story was not finished until the country kept all her promises. There is a hidden affection in the stinging words of rebuke."

“Oh can you see by the blood in the streets, this place doesn’t smile on you colored child. Whose blood built this land with sweat and their hands. But we’ll die in this place and your memory erased. Oh say, does this truth hold any weight. This is not the land of the free but the home of the slaves!!!!”

~Martha Jones

Reconstructing Rights: The Reconstruction Amendments Featuring Dr. Allison Dorsey

Weight For It unpacks the nuanced thoughts of fat folks, and of all folks who think about their weight all the time. Through narrative storytelling, host, Ronald Young Jr. hopes to have the conversations that we tend to avoid when it comes to our bodies.