11 | The Marathon Continues | Mansa Musa and The Mali Empire
Feeling immense shame and regret for killing his mother, Mansa Musa seeks counsel from his Imam. The religious leader advises the king to seek peace in the Muslim holy land of Mecca. Musa embarks on t...
15 Apr 202446min
10 | Watch The Throne | Mansa Musa and The Mali Empire
Had there been a version of the Forbes list in the early 14th century, a 20-something-year-old Malian king would reign supreme. Dubbed the “richest man of all time," Mansa Musa’s wealth is unmatched t...
8 Apr 202441min
9 | Truth Hurts | For Real, For Real
W.E.B. Du Bois and Countee Cullen were, no question, pivotal pillars during the Harlem Renaissance. Du Bois’s philosophy of race and Cullen’s masterful poetry defy the status quo of the early 1900s; h...
1 Apr 202459min
8 | The Fall Off | The Talented Tenth
As Countee Cullen tries to recover from his divorce from Yolande DuBois, his career begins to falter. The Great Depression has rolled in and Black art is one of the first things to suffer. White patro...
25 Mar 20241h 2min
7 | Dilemma | The Talented Tenth
To save his public image, Countee Cullen marries W.E.B. Dubois’ daughter, Yolande. The wedding is the merger of the century. All of Black high society is in attendance to celebrate this high profile m...
18 Mar 202450min
6 | A Star is Born | The Talented Tenth
In the early 1900’s, Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen went from an orphan to one of the most celebrated literary figures of his time. But his reluctance to introduce Blackness into his art threa...
11 Mar 202453min
5 | What’s Beef? | The Talented Tenth
In the early 1900s, NAACP co-founder W.E.B. DuBois is at the top of his game, as the first Black person to earn a PhD from Harvard and as editor of a successful magazine. He believes he has a way to a...
4 Mar 202448min
4 | Red Flags | The Women of the Black Panther Party
As the first ever woman in the Black Panther Party’s decision-making body, Kathleen Cleaver played a large role in shaping and influencing the Party’s views on gender roles. Her drive to live a life o...
26 Feb 202451min
