Slave Catchers/Resistors

This 2-hour special features stories about slave catchers and
slave resistance, from the colonial era through the Civil War
and its aftermath. Slavery was built on a brutal system of
slave policing--enforced by armed community patrols,
paid slave catchers, and federal law. And most of us think that
slave catchers were always successful. But the bounty hunters'
bloodhounds occasionally lost against the intelligence and
courage of the enslaved.

I don't know if the complete program is on youtube but you
can check it out while it is there. Here I've embedded 3
segments and if you find it interesting, you can view the rest.

You can see some comments on Assata Shakur's forum.

1 Slave Catchers Resistors Deal with the Devil



2 Slave Catchers Resistors Stono Rebellion



3 Slave Catchers Resistors  Poor Whites





Black History Month 2009

MLK Speaks out against the Viet Nam War

Martin Luthor King 

Speaks out against the Viet Nam War


Justice is indivisible
Injustice anywhere is a
Threat to Justice Everywhere

                                          -MLK

Many believe that Dr. King was murdered

because of his anti-war stance.

Black History Month 2009

African Historians - Dr. Ben, Ivan Van Sertima and Dr. J.H. Clarke

African Historians Dr. Ben, Van Sertima and Dr. Clarke Tell it.
Like it is Special. Dick Nobel hosts three Africans that have made
tremendous contributions to liberating the minds of Africans.
Dr. Ben, Ivan Van Sertima, and Dr. Clarke are intellectual giants
in the black liberation movement. Dr Ben talks about the
colonization of Africa.  Van Sertima talks about ancient  African
technology, and Dr. Clarke speaks the truth. Video from the early 1980s.

Dr. Ben, Ivan Van Sertima, Dr. Clarke-pt.1





Dr. Ben, Ivan Van Sertima, Dr. Clarke-pt.2





Dr. Ben, Ivan Van Sertima, Dr. Clarke-pt.3

This youtube series contains more than a dozen videos

click here to continue this informative program.

Do you want to know more about these Historians?

Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan
Ivan Van Sertima
Dr. John Henrik Clarke
Don't miss the John Henrik Clarke Virtual Museum

Black History Month 2009

Visual History Project of African American Communities

Prof Lewis Watts UC Santa Cruz - Guest at MIT

Part of MIT Open Courseware


A terrific Visual History Project covering African American
communities in Oakland and Bay Area as well as other cities
around the US. This is a very interesting presentation.

Lewis Watts taught at UC-Berkeley for 27 years before going to
UCSC about seven years ago. His academic career began in
political science and history, then meandered to achitecture and
finally design and photography.



View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/11-309S06
License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms
More courses at http://ocw.mit

Black History Month 2009