dopeitshistory: Recent Episodes
Whitney Brantley
Brownsville Raid and the adoption of the Declaration if Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World -- UNIAs Chief Policy statement
Camille Billops, Ralph Boston, August Wilson, Benty Gladys, Frederick Douglas,Lillian Evans, 1890 systematic exclusion of African Americans at the Mississippi constitutional convention.
Ranting Episode ; Happy Birthday Whitney Houston, Happy Birthday Deion Sanders, RIP Bernie Mac, Dope History Facts and The murder of Mike Brown
The oldest Black church in Massachusetts was founded
The first Person to reach the North Pole
Carl Lewis
Whitney does a short and sweet episode by honoring two Dope History Month Birthdays -- Singer Abbey Lincoln and George Hickman Jr. of the Tuskegee Airmen.
In this short episode Whitney highlights birthdays and sports facts with highlighting Toni Morrison and some of her works.
In this episode Whitney highlights many Dope History sports facts as well celebrating the birthday of Louis Armstrong, Edwin Taylor, and telling the story of the missing bodies of the three CORE workers in 1964 that were discovered August 4th, 1964.
In this episode Whitney discusses Edward Blydens 'A Voice From Bleeding Africa on Behalf of Her Exiled Children' (1856) and the famous Frederick Douglas speech given August 3rd, 1857 in New York in regards to West Indian Emancipation.
In this second episode of Dope History Month, Whitney discusses the need for Black nationalism and unity amongst the black community. Whitney honors the memory of James Baldwin by dedicating the episode to him in celebration of his birthday and all of the accolades he has received.
Whitney goes on to the main focus of this podcast, making a change. In this episode she shines light on the effects of Marcus Garvey and the UNIA (United Negro Improvement Association).
August 1, 2020 Dopeitswhit launches Dopeitshistory with Dope History Month. Where she talks about all dope history in relation to the African diaspora.