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00:59Pre-recordings Maya, Freedom Riders)
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: maya angelou alex haley Leonard Jeffries Alex Haley reading Maya million man march lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
Due to Blog Talk Radio's Technical Difficulties- The Gist of Freedom is re-scheduling the interview with Dr. Ishmael Griffin, of ELAM a Cuban- International Medic Scholarship program!
Pre-recordings - Maya Angelou, Leonard Jeffries and Alex Haley!
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Black Indians, Pompey Fixico w/ historian & author Dr. Katz
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: William L Katz Pompey Fixico Wild Cat John Horse Katz black indians katz mexico underground juan caballo seminoles African lesley gist black history blog podcast freedomt
Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Pompey Fixico and William L. Katz. Pompey Fixico ancestors fought US slave-catchers and military units for 42 years in Florida. Mr. Katz and Mr.Fixico will discuss the three Seminole wars, their goals courage and achievements as seen through his ancestors. The legacy of Wild Cat and John Horse will also be discussed as it relates to how they brilliantly led the Seminoles! Mr. Katz's book Black Indians has three chapters on this unknown American story. Their current leader, William Dub Warrior, has said: "Black Indians is not only one of the most thoroughly researched and accurate book on the subject, it is he best written account I have come across." William “Dub” Warrior, Chief of the John Horse Band, Texas and Old Mexico Seminoles William Loren Katz williamlkatz.com
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Drapetomania- Slave Disease , Called Freedom!
by Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: william katz breaking the chains drapetomania drapetomania slave disease freedom runaway underground Railroad drapetomania cartwright black african american studies riots tulsa watts lesley leslie gist black history blog university
Courageous Freedom Seekers were said to have contracted a disease... Drapetomania! Drapetomania was a purported mental illness that caused enslaved black to flee captivity, described by American doctor Samuel Cartwright, in 1851. -------- Click & Listen to William Katz, author "Breaking The Chains" Thursday at 8pm WWW.BlogTalkRadio.com/BlackHistory -------- According to Cartwright, the illness resulted from masters who “made themselves too familiar with [slaves], treating them as equals” and prescribed “whipping the devil out of them” as a “preventative measure.” In his work, Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race, Cartwright’s justification for drapetomania is primarily Biblical, citing the idea that slaves must obey their masters. The title of the exhibition is taken from an article in the monthly Southern journal entitled The Georgia Blister and Critic, v. 1, #7 (Sept. 1854), p. 156 (exhibit #20). The journal dealt with the “diseases and physical peculiarities of the Negro race.” In the article, the word drapetomania was created by the noted Louisiana surgeon and psychologist Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright by combining the Greek words for runaway slave andmad or crazy. It was used to describe the mental disease that “induces the negro to run away from service, [and] is as much a disease of the mind as any other species of mental alienation, and much more curable, as a general rule.” Click & Listen Thursday @ 8pm ~ William Katz?, author, Breaking The Chains!"
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Hero Robert Smalls ~ Prof. Adrena Ifill, Double Back ~
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: Adrena Ifill Robert Smalls documentary Adrena Ifill doubleback filmmaker black history Ifill black african studies Films Robert smalls movie documentary ifill lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
Adrena Ifill has over 20 years of experience in marketing, public relations and documentary video production. In 2002, she founded DoubleBack Productions, LLC (www.doublebackproductions.com)
As a consultant, Ms. Ifill managed the creation of Avoice, the virtual library project of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
As a filmmaker, Ms. Ifill produced and directed a historical documentary chronicling the life of Congressman Robert Smalls, formerly enslaved in South Carolina, who served in the US Congress for five terms during the Reconstruction era.
This documentary, Congressman Robert Smalls: A Patriot’s Journey from Slavery to Capitol Hill, is one of the few productions that uncover the dynamics of the role of African Americans in the history of American political leadership.
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Book Reading :H.Box Brown & Peel~Wm Still UGRR
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: book william still henry box henry box brown william peel underground railroad book william still Book reading underground tubman still lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present to you the reading of William Still's Book The Underground Railroad. Part 2 Henry Box Brown and William Peel The White Abolitionist Who Boxed Henry Box Brown - Jailed for Boxing two additional Freedom Seekers For five long months, in hot weather, he was kept heavily chained in a cell, though he received five dreadful stabs, aimed at his heart, by a bribed assassin, nevertheless he still rejoices in the motives which prompted him to.. let the oppressed go free."
Henry Box Brown~ I was again placed with my head down, and in this dreadful position ... I felt my eyes swelling as if they would burst from their sockets; and the veins on my temples were dreadfully distended with pressure of blood upon my head. In this position I attempted to lift my hand to my face but I had no power to move it; I felt a cold sweat coming over me which seemed to be a warning that death was about to terminate my earthly miseries, but as I feared even that, less than slavery, I resolved to submit to the will of God, and under the influence of that impression, I lifted up my soul in prayer to God, who alone, was able to deliver me. My cry was soon heard, for I could hear a man saying to another, that he had travelled a long way and had been standing there two hours, and he would like to get somewhat to sit down; so perceiving my box, standing on end, he threw it down and then two sat upon -
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Cuba- Medical Scholarship For Black Youth Dr. Griffin
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: Elam Cuba medical students black cuba scholarships black medical students cuba elam ishmael medical students ishmael shellie cuba elam medical lesley leslie gist black history blog university
the Gist of Freedom host Shellie Gaines? Welcomes Dr. Ishmael Griffin, Medical Doctor and Missionary of ELAM! US Pastors for Peace Friend a Caravan, created in 1992 by the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro, trains very professional doctors with a high sense of solidarity and human sensitivity of which 34 American ELAM graduates are an example. Cuba is addressing the question of sustainability of its global health programs through scholarships to International students in its program. ELAM educates and trains youth from oppressed nations all across the world, mainly from Africa and Latin America, providing them with a free education in medicine. Upon graduation, ELAM students are not asked to pay back tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in debts, like most U.S. students. Rather they are merely asked to provide health care to those without access in their home countries.
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Book Reading: Underground Railroad~ Shoot Out Wesley Harris
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: William still audio wesley Harris shoot out underground Railroad william still gunfight gunfight shoot out slaves wesley william still gunfight audio runaway lesley leslie gist black history blog university
The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present you the William Still Underground Railroad book reading… Part 3~ The Shoot out of Wesley Harris and the Matterson Brothers! and The Penniless Former Slave-holder: James Mercer, William H. Gilliam and John Clayton. The young aspirants for liberty were betrayed, and in an attempt made to capture them a most bloody conflict ensued. Both fugitives and pursuers were the recipients of severe wounds from gun shots, and other weapons used in the contest.
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Maya Angelou on Quilts & Slavery
by The Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: Maya angelou slavery quilts underground railroad lesley gist maya angelou gist of freedom maya angelou black history blog podcast maya angelou quilts underground railroad lesley gist black history underground railroad
Maya Angelou on Quilts & Slavery- Lesley Gist, the producer of The Gist of Freedom was blessed with the opportunity to call in on the Rolanda Watts Blog Talk Radio Show and talk with Maya Angelou. Maya explained why she decided to donate her work to the Schomburg Library.
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Foster Care Advocate, Sylvia Hooper!
by Gist of Freedom in Religion
Tags: Foster children slavery by another name Sylvia hooper foster care aged out 80 prisoners foster children hooper FPA sylvia hooper foster care prison pipeline lesley leslie gist black history blog university
Slavery By Another Name….. Join The Gist of Freedom as we talk with Sylvia Hooper, Foster Parent Advocay Foundation Inc. Assistant Director
According to national statistics provided by Arrow and confirmed by Sylvia Hooper 40 to 50 percent of foster children will never complete high school. Sixty-six percent of them will be homeless, go to jail or die within one year of leaving the foster care system at 18.
Sylvia also said 80 percent of the prison population once was in foster care, and that girls in foster care are 600 percent more likely than the general population to become pregnant before the age of 21.
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Join The Gist of Freedom as we talk with Sylvia Hooper, Co-Founder, Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation
Sylvia was an adoptive child who went back into the system after her adoptive parents passed away at age 15. Sylvia has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Adephi Unversity and has her Masters in Social Work . She is also working with the Administration for Children Services as a Child Protective Specialist.
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Historic Eden Cemetery- Mina Cockroft
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: Eden cemetery black history tourism philadelphia black history african american history eden eden cemetery marian anderson burial grounds african american studies cemetery burial grounds lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
Join us Sunday night on The Gist of Freedom with host PrestonWashington as we welcome, Mina Cockroft the General Manager of The Historical Eden Cemetery.
Eden is the oldest public African-American burial ground in the United States!
Underground Railroad agent, Henrietta Bowers Duterte, Philadelphia's first female undertaker who hid freedom seekers in coffins and funeral processions to safely transport them without any detection from the bounty hunters.
Located on the former Bartram Farm in Collingdale,PA the 108-year-old “Eden Memorial Park” — the inscription over the Gothic-style gray stone gates indicates — is the oldest public African-American burial ground in the United States. Among its famous residents are abolitionist William Still, father of the Underground Railroad, and contralto Marian Anderson, .
Marian Anderson - Renowned Opera Singer
Chris J. Perry - Founder of the Philadelphia Tribune
William and Letitia Still - Author of "The Underground Railroad"
Dr. Caroline Still-Anderson - Philadelphia's first Black female
physician. Daughter of William and Letitia Stil
Dr. Rebecca Cole - Another female physician John Taylor - First African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal
Ms. Caroline Lecount- Principal of O. V. Catto School Francis Harper - Noted Author
Mrs. Henrietta S. Bowers-Duterte - First female Undertaker in the country & Undergroun -
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Evening with Ella Curry: Lit News and Books
by Black Author Network in Books
Tags: Book clubs Ella D Curry Black Pearls Magazine Sankofa Literary Society EDC Creations Media
Join BAN Radio Show host Ella Curry, president of EDC Creations, as she celebrates Black Books with the most talented authors on the planet. We will learn more about the featured books and hear the authors read from their new releases. Share this #BANRadioDish with at least 10 of your friends! Give the Gift of Knowledge by purchasing multiple copies of the featured books. Authors, visit the EDC Creations website for more book promotion opportunities: http://www.edc-creations.com. Become a featured author on the BAN Radio show by visiting this link today: http://www.edc-creations.com/banradiopromo.htm
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Rescue: Jane Johnson ~Wm. Still's Book ~ w/ Dr. Jackson
by Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: jane johnson William Still wheeler african american studies underground Railroad underground Railroad rescues jane johnson book william still book audio jane johnson leslie lesley gist black history blog podcast
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