This History of USPS: Creating a Black Middle Class & What's Going On With USPS?
Listen to this episode to learn 5 unknown facts about USPS, how USPS helped create a Black middle class and if we should be worried about our mail-in ballots.
This History of Libraries: The Original Search Engine with Librarian and Educator Jehan Giles
In this episode learn how the 17,000 libraries in the US came about. With special guest Librarian and Archivist Jehan Giles, we take a look at the relationship between libraries and Black folks and explore if we still need libraries today.
Episode 3—The History of Curating: Selecting & Collecting with Tyree Boyd-Pates
In the world where we are curating our feeds and at a time when quarantine that has brought some families closer than ever- it was pretty fitting to sit down with a curator to talk about the collection of art, not only just the fancy, pricey shit we use to see in art galleries and museum walls BUT to discuss the collections of art and archives that are in our own homes —like those family photos albums, books of recipes, and the various items that are apart of some of our own personal history.
Episode 2—History of July 4th: When Black Folks Celebrated July 4th
Did you know there was a time when July 4th was a Black Holiday? Learn all about it.
Episode 1—History of Juneteenth: 6 Facts You Should Know
June 19th, 1865, is a very important historical day for Blacks here in America- that should be in all of our textbooks. Here are 6 facts you should know about this historical day;
Welcome to That Wasn’t In My Textbook
Learn all that is in store for this season and get some fun facts about the woman behind the mic.
That Wasn’t In My Textbook Trailer
Learn all the exciting things that are in store for this season.