Before 1967, calling for an ambulance in Pittsburgh meant waiting for a police wagon or a hearse. We are looking at the story of Freedom House Ambulance, a group of local medics who built the blueprint for modern emergency medical care from the ground up. You will see how they overcame systemic neglect to implement […]
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New York City physician Yves Duroseau and his wife Claude were hosting a party at their home recently when their white neighbor became annoyed with the festivities and allegedly picked up the water hose to attack the doctor and his guests, who were mostly Black. In a lawsuit filed after the incident, the Black couple […]
A report by host Lou House on the inadequate medical care accorded most blacks today, a situation that is aggravated by a current decline in blacks entering medical and dental schools. Also, the report notes efforts being made to encourage blacks into these fields by the Council for Bio-Medical Careers in Chicago, the American Medical […]
The civil rights movement’s most prominent leaders, Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) and Malcolm X (1925–1965), represent two wings of the revolt against racism: nonviolent resistance and revolution “by any means necessary.” This volume presents the two leaders’ relationship to the civil rights movement beyond a simplified dualism. A rich […]
A sermon given by Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on November 5, 1967. The title, “But if Not”, comes from Daniel chapter 3, verse 18 in the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Audio is from the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/MlkButIfNot Picture is from the Library of Congress via wikipedia: […]
Nsé Ufot, the founder of the advocacy group New South, said the bill “is a direct attack on our democracy and on Georgians, who deserve to have their votes counted and voices heard.” “Republicans know that their only hope to win our state is to silence the voices of Georgians of color. That’s why they are […]
As Black History Month reminds so many Americans of just how far Black people have come, it also prompts reflections on the storied past of the ancestors — of the nation that they built, brutally and without thanks. For playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith, the month conjures up memories of a time of assassinated Black […]
Extract from Black Muslims (1963). Watch the complete programme on BFI Player (UK only): http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-black-muslims-1963/ In a groundbreaking report for current affairs series This Week, Malcolm X is interviewed about his beliefs during a trial following the shooting of seven black men by the LAPD at a Los Angeles mosque. Though the report couches the […]