Dreams of Black Wall Street
A look back in history at a time of great promise and great disappointment for Black Americans who dreamed of and struggled for the promise of community and full citizenship.
History
SE04 EP08 The 1863 New York Draft Riots and Massacre
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln's government pass...
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Sep 28 2023 25m
SE 04 EP 07 WESTCHESTER (THE BRONX)
By 1840 there were nearly 190 African Americans out ...
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Sep 21 2023 56m
SE04 EP06 WEEKSVILLE (BROOKLYN)
WEEKSVILLE
The predominantly African American settle...
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Sep 14 2023 1h 1m
SE04 EP05 NEWTOWN (QUEENS)
Newtown was settled by free African Americans in 182...
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Aug 31 2023 27m
SE 04 EP 03 SANDY GROUND (STATEN ISLAND)
Sandy Ground was settled in 1833 by African-American...
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Aug 23 2023 55m
SE 04 EP 03 SENECA VILLAGE
An exploration of what was once the 19th century set...
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Aug 15 2023 1h 21m
SE 04 EP02 THE BLACK ELITE IN ANTEBELLUM NEW YORK CITY PART 2
Part 2 of an introduction to the Black elite or &quo...
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Aug 3 2023 43m
SE 04 EP02 THE BLACK ELITE IN ANTEBELLUM NEW YORK CITY PART 1
An introduction to the Black elite or "the colo...
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Jul 27 2023 34m
SE 04 EP1 PART 2 - BLACKS ON WALL STREET: HOW BLACK PEOPLE HELPED BUILD WALL STREET AND NEW YORK
Part 2 of an exploration of Black neighborhoods and ...
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Jul 20 2023 28m
SE 04 EP1 PART 1 - BLACKS ON WALL STREET: HOW BLACK PEOPLE HELPED BUILD WALL STREET AND NEW YORK
An exploration of Black neighborhoods and enclaves i...
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Jul 14 2023 34m
S3 E12 Durham's Black Wall Street and Wilmington, N.C. More Than a Century After the 1898 White Supremacy Campaign
Many experts view the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection a...
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May 20 2022 1h 5m
SE3 E11 Pauli Murray: Durham native and Unsung Heroin of the Civil Rights Movement
Not only was Pauli Murray was one of the most import...
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Apr 22 2022 1h 15m
S3 E10 Documenting Unsung Women Leaders of Black Durham and North Carolina Part 2
Black women have often been omitted or written out o...
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Mar 31 2022 46m
S3 E9 Documenting Unsung Women Leaders of Black Durham and North Carolina
Black women have often been omitted or written out o...
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Mar 17 2022 58m
S3 E8 Pioneering Black Durham: Success, Sacrifice and Setbacks
The pioneers and leaders of Black Durham during the ...
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Mar 4 2022 59m
S3 E7 Race, Class and Politics in Black Durham
An exploration of the complicated intersection of ra...
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Feb 10 2022 1h 11m
S3 E6 Durham's Black Wall Street Part 2
Black Durham’s success did not end with Black Wall S...
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Jan 28 2022 52m
S3 E5 Durham's Black Wall Street Part 1
The beginning of an exploration into the community o...
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Jan 12 2022 52m
S3 E4 The White Supremacist Campaign of 1900: How Black Men Lost the Vote
Almost immediately following the white supremacist c...
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Dec 29 2021 59m
S3 E3 The 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D'Etat Part 2
The continuation of a deep dive into the 1898 Wilmin...
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Dec 9 2021 43m
S3 E2 The 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D'Etat Part 1
The beginning of a deep dive into the 1898 Wilmingto...
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Nov 24 2021 39m
S3 Commemorative Special: 123 Years after the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D'Etat
A special episode commemorating the 123rd anniversar...
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Nov 24 2021 1h 11m
SE03 EP1: Wilmington, North Carolina Before the Insurrection of 1898
Journalist, podcast host and producer, Nia Clark, re...
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Nov 10 2021 50m
Season 3 Introduction: Durham’s Black Wall Street in the shadows of the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup d’Eta...
Journalist, podcast host and producer, Nia Clark int...
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Nov 10 2021 16m