How are watermelons racist, doesn't everyone enjoy watermelons, Second we have the short story of DeeDee Chandler the man who gave birth to the modern Drum set. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/ https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/popular-and-pervasive-stereotypes-african-americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/13/opini ..read more

Why Do Black Folks love Congac? The story once again dates back to Black GIs and the World Wars. Audio: Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/cognac-in-african-american-culture-the-long-history-of-black-consumption-of-the-french-spirit.html https://imbibemagazine.com/histocial-connection-between-black-americans-and-cognac/ https://madamenoire.com/329143/black-folk-love-cognac/ https://jezebel.com/cognac-is-french-but-here-s-how-it-became-black-a ..read more

Did you know that Coke heavily influenced by racism and marketed to premaitly to whites, while Pepsi established a division dedicated to targeting African American customers? Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/brief-history-racist-soft-drinks/318929/ https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2019/07/31/the-ugly-racial-history-of-americas-soft-drink-brands/ https://kottke.org/19/08/the-racial-history-of-soda-in-america ..read more

The short stories of the displacment of African Americans of three communities; Seneca Village, Mill Creek Valley and Bruce's Beach. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://www.centralparknyc.org/articles/seneca-village https://www.nps.gov/articles/seneca-village-new-york-city.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Creek_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%27s_Beach https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/us/bruces-beach-la-county.html https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show ..read more

Why Don't Black Folks eat Pumpkin Pie? How did we start eating Sweet Potato Pie? Join us while we detail the answer to this puzzling questions. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/how-sweet-potato-pie-became-african-americans-favorite-dessert/2015/11/23/11da4216-9201-11e5-b5e4-279b4501e8a6_story.html https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2013/11/21/thanksgivings-pie-dispute/15808489007/ https://www.northjersey.com/s ..read more

Oregon once had a set of laws in place that legally prohibited African Americans from entering the state. Although these laws were not actively enforced, they were incredibly effective in preventing Black people from settling in Oregon. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/exclusion_laws/#.Y8zoDXbMKUk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Oregon https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-white-history-racist-foundations-black-exclusion ..read more

As Black GIs were stationed in South Korea during the Korean War, they were able to introduce the Korean people to American Fried Chicken. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://www.mashed.com/899880/the-untold-truth-of-korean-fried-chicken/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_fried_chicken https://expatguidekorea.com/article/the-history-of-korean-fried-chicken.html https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3040904/how-korean-fried-chicken-other-kfc-became-huge-hi ..read more

Medgar Evers was Civil rights activist and the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. When he was assassinated outside of his Mississippi home in 1963. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/medgar-evers https://www.britannica.com/biography/Medgar-Evers https://www.biography.com/activist/medgar-evers ..read more

Freedom Riders were a group of activists who rode interstate buses to challenge the enforcement of two Supreme Court decisions, which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m In struggle : SNCC and the Black awakening of the 1960s by Carson, Clayborne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Riders https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/freedom-rides https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides#:~:text=Fre ..read more

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was the principal method for student involvement in the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Emerging in 1960 from the sit-ins movement at segregated lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m In struggle : SNCC and the Black awakening of the 1960s by Carson, Clayborne Civilities and civil rights : Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black struggle for freedom by Chafe, William Henry https ..read more