Pain and Power: Recent Episodes
Velma Hood
Mamie Till sent her only child, 14 year old Emmett to visit his family in the Delta, Mississippi for the summer in 1955, two weeks later his body was returned in a casket. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-murder-of-emmett-till-j6dpye/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/till-timeline/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till#cite_note-77 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Till Website: https://www.velmahood.com/--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support
Born into slavery; young Frederick Douglass realized that knowledge was his pathway to freedom he began his quest and never looked back. Instagram: painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick-douglass https://publicseminar.org/essays/frederick-douglass-on-multiracial-democracy/--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support
The Queen of Soul. American singer, pianist and civil rights activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Source: https://www.arethafranklin.net/ https://youtu.be/RKfkvbOP1sc https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aretha-franklin-tribute-cover-story-queen-729053/amp/
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American Singer and song writer. Aretha Franklin’s story part one discusses young Aretha personal and professional life. Instagram: painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Source: https://www.arethafranklin.net/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin
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American Abolitionist. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman https://www.businessinsider.com/8-amazing-facts-about-harriet-tubman-2016-4 https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman https://instagram.com/30seconds?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/litehousegrill?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com
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American abolitionist and political activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html
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Robert Smalls was an enslaved man who was captain of a confederate steamer CSS Planter during the civil war, he commandeered the CSS planter and steered past confederate flag post to freedom. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/which-slave-sailed-himself-to-freedom/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls
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American Minister. Malcolm Little ran the streets from city to city as Detroit Red and New York Red after serving time for grand larceny, he emerged as Malcolm X. A representative of The Nation of Islam and The Black Nationalist and Civil rights movement.
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Sources: Malcolm X: Quotes, Movie & Autobiography - HISTORY
Malcolm X Assassinated - HISTORY
Malcolm X
Biography – Malcolm X
Malcolm X - Wikipedia
The Lost Tapes: Malcolm X (Full Episode) - YouTube
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Malcolm X, American Minister.
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American Professor, Author.
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Sources: 12 Things You Need To Know About The Death Of Donda West | by Alfred Hood | Sociomix
Donda West - Wikipedia
The Suspicious Death of Donda West - YouTube
Donda West's Surgeon Blames Kanye's Cousin for Her Death - YouTube
Donda West Died of Heart Disease after Surgery | PEOPLE.com
Donda West Is the Heart and Soul of Kanye West Doc ‘Jeen-yuhs’ | Vanity Fair
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American Minister and Activist.
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Sources: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection | New York Heritage (nyheritage.org)
Freedom: The Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (youthforhumanrights.org)
Martin Luther King Jr. – Biography - NobelPrize.org
Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia
The King Center | The Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Martin Luther King Jr: Quotes, Assassination & Facts - HISTORY
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American Novelist, anthropologist, folklorist and story writer.
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Sources: About Zora Neale Hurston | Zora Neale Hurston
Biography: Zora Neale Hurston (womenshistory.org)
Black Excellist: 10 Things to Know About Zora Neale Hurston (Harlem Renaissance Writer) - YouTube
Zora Neale Hurston - Quotes, Books & Sweat - Biography
Zora Neale Hurston - Wikipedia
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American Writer.
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Sources: Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 78 (theparisreview.org)
James Baldwin | Poetry Foundation
James Baldwin - Wikipedia
James Baldwin - Quotes, Books & Poems - Biography
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American Chef.
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Sources: The Story of George Crum, Inventor of the Potato Chip (thoughtco.com)
The Potato Chip Was Invented by a Black Man Named George Crum | Black History
George Speck - Wikipedia
George Crum (1824-1914) • (blackpast.org)
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American Entrepeneur, philanthropist and activist.
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Sources: Madam C.J. Walker | African-American Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Activist (madamcjwalker.com)
Madam C. J. Walker - Wikipedia
MADAM by MCJW - Walmart.com
Madam C. J. Walker - HISTORY
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Womens' rights and anti-slavery activist.
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Sources: Biography: Sojourner Truth (womenshistory.org)
Sojourner Truth - Quotes, Facts & Speech - HISTORY
Sojourner Truth - Wikipedia
Sojourner Truth - Quotes, Speech & Facts - Biography
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American Musician.
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Sources: Jimi Hendrix | The Official Jimi Hendrix Site
Jimi Hendrix - Wikipedia
Jimi Hendrix: 1942-1970 - Rolling Stone
27 Club (27clubpod.com)
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American Poet.
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Sources: Maya Angelou | Poetry Foundation
Maya Angelou - Quotes, Poems & Books - Biography
Caged Bird Legacy (mayaangelou.com)
Maya Angelou - Wikipedia
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American Artist.
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Sources: Jean-Michel Basquiat - Wikipedia
The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean‐Michel Basquiat - Bio | The Broad
21 Facts About Jean-Michel Basquiat | Contemporary Art | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
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American Activist.
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Sources: Historic Monument | Save The Hampton House | United States
Fred Hampton’s childhood home to become community center, museum - Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com)
Fred Hampton - Wikipedia
Fred Hampton | Biography, Black Panthers, Death, Civil Rights, & Facts | Britannica
The Raid That Killed Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton - HISTORY
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Jamaican Activist.
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Jamaican Activist.
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American Tennis Player.
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Sources: Arthur Ashe - Quotes, Death & Facts - Biography
Arthur Ashe - Wikipedia
Life Story | Arthur Ashe Legacy (ucla.edu)
Tennis great Arthur Ashe dies of AIDS - HISTORY
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Neal F. Simeon, Educator. Administrator and specialist in vocational education.
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Sources: Simeon Career Academy
Purpose & History (simeonalumniassoc.org)
French Creole | Morton Downey Jr. (frenchcreoles.com)
Neal F. Simeon Papers | Chicago Public Library (chipublib.org)
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American Poet.
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Website: Counsel | Velmahood.com
Sources: Paul Laurence Dunbar | Poetry Foundation
Paul Laurence Dunbar - Wikipedia
Paul Laurence Dunbar | American writer | Britannica
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Introducing a Pain and Power an African American History Podcast.
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