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00:59Pre-recordings Maya, Freedom Riders)
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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by The Gist of Freedom in Education
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Black Indians, Author & Historian William Katz
Black Indians
Author, William L. Katz is the radio interview guest on The Gist of Freedom's American History through the Black Experience series, www.blackHistoryBLOG.com, on May 8 at 8 p.m. EDT. William L. Katz will discuss his book Black Indians as it relates to African and Indian resistance to colonization and slavery. ------------ Don't forget to VOTE TO SAVE THE CARTER G. WOODSON HOME, FOUNDER OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH!! https://www.preservedmv.com/ ------------ Topics -Republic of Palmares, Genga
-Pope’s Revolt,
-Pueblos unite
Santa Fe statue The Black Seminole Mexican President Vicente Guererro,
Tags: william katz black indians author freedmen black indians Vicente Guererro Freedmen black african american studies katz author book black indians katz lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
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Cuba- Medical Scholarship For Black Youth Dr. Griffin
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.
Tags: Elam Cuba medical students black cuba scholarships black medical students cuba elam ishmael medical students ishmael shellie cuba elam medical lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
by The Gist of Freedom in Culture
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Black Indians, Pompey Fixico w/ historian & author Dr. Katz
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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by The Gist of Freedom in Education
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Black Indians, Author & Historian William Katz
Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Historian and Author, William Katz. Mr. Katz will discuss his latest book Black Indians and the Afro Mexicans in who fought in the Mexican American War like Colonel Carmen Amelia Robles. Mexico, what is now known as Texas was a safe haven for escaping enslaved Africans from America.
Learn More about William L Katz's 40 books at http://williamlkatz.com!
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by The Gist of Freedom in Education
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00:38
Banished, Thievery, historical Black Towns & Land!
Filmmaker, Marco Williams will join the Gist of Freedom and talk candidly with guest host Dr. Walter Greason about his groundbreaking film Banished! BANISHED tells the story of three counties that violently expelled African American families from their towns a century ago-- and the descendants that return to learn a shocking history. Screening Scheduled for Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center This Summer! The Gist of Freedom and Marco Williams topic of discussion: Byrd Case, Arizona Immigration, (Undocumented) Latest project, Banished and Two Towns of Jasper.
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by The Gist of Freedom in Education
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Benjamin Quarles & John Brown Lecturer: Jean Libby
Jean Libby is the radio interview guest on Lesley Gist's American History through Black Literature series, The Gist of Freedom, on May 9 at 8 p.m. EDT. Jean Libby will reprise the reading of the last chapter of Benjamin Quarles' Black Abolitionists discussing John Brown . Libby will describe how Professor Quarles research and encouragement was formative in her John Brown studies beginning in 1977 and continuing with naming the ad hoc group which wrote and published John Brown Mysteries in 1999 Allies for Freedom in his honor.
Tags: Benjamin Quarles John Brown Libby Black Abolitionist Jean Libby Brown benjamin quarles chapter 7 abolitionist Benjamin Quarles Audio john Brown lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
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00:43
Book Reading :H.Box Brown & Peel~Wm Still UGRR
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 uponTags: 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
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
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D.C. -Black Memorabilia, Art & Doll Show
Greater D.C. Black Memorabilia, Art & Doll Show (Gaithersburg, Maryland) The educational exhibits will include slavery artifacts, Marcus Garvey, Black Panther Party, Tuskegee Airmen, Malcolm X, George Washington Carver, Dorothy Dandridge, Madame C. J. Walker Jim Crow era, the Buffalo Soldiers, Negro League Baseball, r and others. There will be autograph sessions with Negro League Baseball Players and other celebrities. There will be onsite verbal black memorabilia appraisals for a fee of $5 per item. The show is indoors and will be held rain or shine. Vendor space still available. (301)649-1915 or view the website www.johnsonshows.com. The 29th annual National Black Memorabilia, Art & Doll Show will be April 20-21, 2013 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 16 Chestnut Street, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This is located in the Greater Washington, DC area. Show hours are Saturday, 10 am - 7 pm, and Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm. Admission is $7.
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by The Gist of Freedom in Education
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Remind+
Evening with Ella Curry: Lit News and Books
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
Tags: Book clubs Ella D Curry Black Pearls Magazine Sankofa Literary Society EDC Creations Media
by Black Author Network in Books
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William Still 1- Book Reading - Underground Railroad
The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present to you the reading of William Still's Underground Railroad, 1871! William Still was the Black abolitionist from Philadelphia who was described by the New York Times as "The Father of the Underground Railroad". He commissioned Harriet Tubman's rescue missions. This famous abolitionist literally wrote theUnderground Railroad book. The book which explained the story, narratives often in the words of the participants in the effort to escape slavery. This first reading of William Still's Book The Underground railroad, will recount the story of his reunion with his long lost enslaved brother Peter Still, formerly known as Peter Gist. It will also tell the story of Peter's very own John Brown like martyr, Seth Conklin. Still also campaigned for an end to racial discrimination in Philadelphia. In 1859 he organized the effort to end black exclusion from Philadelphia streetcars. This campaign was described in Still’s first publication, Struggle for the Civil Rights of the Coloured People of Philadelphia in the City Railway Cars in 1867.
Tags: william still audio book peter gist peter still william still seth Underground railroad book William Still Audio William Still underground audio lesley gist black history blog podcast freedomt
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
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Remind+
Evening with Ella Curry: Lit News and Books
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
Tags: Book clubs Ella D Curry Black Pearls Magazine Sankofa Literary Society EDC Creations Media
by Black Author Network in Books
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