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 1990s and 2000s. We examine a variety of topics including Rodney King, Liberia’s 1st Civil War, Surya Bonaly, Sarah Baartman, Voting Rights 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/
1990s
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nelson-mandela-released-from-prison
https://www.achievementfirst.org/what-greatness-looks-like-celebrating-surya-bonaly/
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Eritrean_War_of_Independence
https://www.history.com/topics/africa/rwandan-genocide
2000s
https://blog.socialstudies.com/a-timeline-of-african-american-history-in-the-united-states
https://www.cirsd.org/en/horizons/horizons-winter-2015--issue-no2/the-rise-of-africa-in-the-twenty-first-century?__cf_chl_tk=9OGT55YXdizYedMAhqEpkiuA1JivBYMNyyxll_PLC3s-1643213888-0-gaNycGzNI9E
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35240987
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/imagination-violated-france-return-african-art-80480317
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/freedom-vote-act
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-09-27/police-reform-failure-congress
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/11/rand-paul-lynching-hate-crime-bill-limbo

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