Season 3 Introduction: Durham’s Black Wall Street in the shadows of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre
LISTEN: OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Journalist, podcast host and producer, Nia Clark revisits often overlooked but important parts of...
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A podcast that takes a deep dive eploration into a period in history of great promise and great disappointment for Black Americans who dreamed of and struggled for the promise of community and full citizenship in America.
THIS SEASON
Dreams of Black Wall Street Season 3...
explores several important places in North Carolina's history during the 19th and 20th century, including Wilmington's African American community - the target of the nearly forgotten 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D'Etat - as well as the early 20th century community of Durham's Black Wall Street.
Season 3 Episodes
S3 E1: Wilmington, North Carolina Before the Insurrection of 1898
LISTEN: OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Journalist, podcast host and producer, Nia Clark, revisits often overlooked but important parts of...
S3 E2 The 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D'Etat Part 1
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The beginning of a deep dive into the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D'Etat. The massacre was...
S3 Commemorative Special: 123 Years after the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D'Etat
LISTEN: OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS A special episode commemorating the 123rd anniversary of the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup...
S3 E3: The 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D'Etat Part 2
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The continuation of a deep dive into the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D'Etat. The massacre...
S3 E4 The 1900 White Supremacist Campaign of 1900 - How Black Men Lost the Vote
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Almost immediately following the white supremacist campaign that culminated in the 1898 Wilmington...
S3 E5 Durham's Black Wall Street Part 1
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The beginning of an exploration into the community of Durham, North Carolina in the period following...
S3 E6 Durham's Black Wall Street Part 2
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Black Durham’s success did not end with Black Wall Street. Durham’ Black Wall Street was located in...
S3 E7 Race, Class and Politics in Black Durham
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS An exploration of the complicated intersection of race, class and politics in Durham, North Carolina....
S3 E8 Pioneering Black Durham: Success, Sacrifice and Setbacks
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The pioneers and leaders of Black Durham during the early 20th century are often lauded for steering...
S3 E9 Documenting Unsung Women Leaders of Black Durham and North Carolina
LISTEN Black women have often been omitted or written out of history. This much is true when it comes to many women leaders of Black...
S3 E10 Documenting Unsung Women Leaders of Black Durham and North Carolina Part 2
LISTEN Black women have often been omitted or written out of history. This much is true when it comes to many women leaders of Black...
S3 E12 Durham's BWS and Wilmington, N.C. More Than a Century After the 1898 White Supremacy Campaign
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Many experts view the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection and Coup D’Etat as a turning point in the fortunes...
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PREVIOUS SEASONS
Season 2 Episodes
- Jan 12, 2020
- 2 min
Season 2 Rosewood Introduction
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Dreams of Black Wall Street examines the course of once thriving predominantly Black communities that...
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- Jan 11, 2020
- 2 min
S2 E1 290 Years Before the Rosewood Massacre
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS In order to understand how an incident such as the Rosewood Massacre could occur, it is important to...
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- Jan 10, 2020
- 3 min
S2 E2: Road to Rosewood
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The predominantly African American Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was not the only...
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- Jan 9, 2020
- 2 min
S2 E3 3 Years Before the Rosewood Massacre: the Deadliest Election Day in U.S. History
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Exactly 100 years ago, what is known as the bloodiest election day in American history left a grave...
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- Jan 8, 2020
- 3 min
S2 E4: 3 Years Before Rosewood - the Deadliest Election Day in US History (Part 2)
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS A continuation of the exploration of the 1920 Ocoee Massacre. The Ocoee Massacre occurred three years...
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- Jan 7, 2020
- 3 min
S2 Ep 5 Eatonville, FL: One of America's first incorporated all-Black towns Endures Before and After
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Michigan state University English Professor, Julian Chambliss, explains that the idea of town or...
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- Jan 6, 2020
- 2 min
S2 E6 Perry, FL: One Month Before the Rosewood Massacre
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Throughout much of the 20th century, Florida had been a Ku Klux Klan stronghold. Klansmen found...
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- Jan 5, 2020
- 2 min
S2 E7 Rosewood: The Community
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Like atrocities of a similar nature, the tragedy of the Rosewood Massacre draws attention to the...
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- Jan 4, 2020
- 2 min
S2 E8 Rosewood: the Massacre
LISTEN TO EPISODE OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS It has been 98 years since Rosewood, Florida was destroyed. The first week of January...
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- Jan 3, 2020
- 3 min
S2 E9 Rosewood: Escape
Descendants of the Evans family at the Virtual Rosewood Family Reunion held July 2020 LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Despite the...
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- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
S2 E10 Rosewood: Justice for All
Gregory Black: descendant of Rosewood survivor Ruth Davis Bradley LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS In America, citizenship implies the...
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- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
S2 E11 Rosewood: House Bill 591
The signing of House Bill 591 - the Rosewood claims bill that let to the historic settlement paid to survivors and descendants of the...
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- Dec 31, 2019
- 2 min
S2 E12 Season Finale - Rosewood: 5 Acres of Land
LISTEN: OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS In studying the systemic devaluing of Black life, it is important to understand how Black life is...
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Season 1 Episodes
Introduction: Black Wall Street 1921
Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress. Title: Ruins after the race riots, Tulsa, Okla. Created / Published June 1921. Photographer name or...
Ep 1: The "Five Civilized Tribes" And The Complicated History Between Blacks and Native Americans
Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress. Title: Map of the Indian and Oklahoma territories.Created / Published[S.l.], 1892.Call...
Ep. 2: Oklahoma: A Promised Land
Title [An oil well, Oklahoma] Created / Publishedc1922. Notes- J253614 U.S. Copyright Office.- Copyright by G.H. Farnum, Okeman,...
Ep. 3: Black Wall Street is Born
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS A special thanks to the National African American...
Ep. 4: Red Summer of 1919
Photo Courtesy: The Schomburg Center LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The Red Summer of 1919 refers to the period between the spring...
Ep. 4 The Red Summer of 1919 (Part 2)
Photo Courtesy: The Schomburg Center LISTEN: OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The Red Summer of 1919 refers to the period between the spring...
Ep. 5: Rumors of Lynching "Diamond Dick"
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Title: [Truck on street near Litan Hotel carrying soldiers and African Americans during Tulsa, Okla.,...
Ep. 6: Black Wall Street Burning
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN Overview Between May 31st and June 1st of 1921, what the Oklahoma Historical...
Ep. 6: Black Wall Street Burning (Part 2) - A Descendant's Story
Dr. A.C. Jackson: the most prominent person killed in the Tulsa Race Massacre. Photo courtesy: Ruth Sigler Avery Collection held at the...
Ep. 7 BONUS EPISODE: A Black Wall Street Legend-the story of Peg Leg Taylor and the legacy of trauma
"Stories also have been passed down over the years about Peg Leg Taylor, a legendary black defender who is said to have fought off rioters.
Ep. 8: When The Smoke Cleared
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS When the mayhem ceased, and the smoke cleared,...
Ep. 9: Ashes And The Fight For Greenwood
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum Title: Portrait of Buck Colbert B. C. Franklin, father of Mozella Franklin Jones and...
Ep. 10: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Despite potentially thousands of potential perpetrators of numerous crimes and potentially hundreds or...
Ep. 11: Black Wall Street Reborn
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS While some African American survivors of the 1921...
Ep. 12: "Tulsa's Terrible Secret" and the Erasure of Black History
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum Listen OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Up until the later part of the 20th century, there...
Introduction: Black Wall Street 1921
Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress. Title: Ruins after the race riots, Tulsa, Okla. Created / Published June 1921. Photographer name or...
Ep 1: The "Five Civilized Tribes" And The Complicated History Between Blacks and Native Americans
Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress. Title: Map of the Indian and Oklahoma territories.Created / Published[S.l.], 1892.Call...
Ep. 2: Oklahoma: A Promised Land
Title [An oil well, Oklahoma] Created / Publishedc1922. Notes- J253614 U.S. Copyright Office.- Copyright by G.H. Farnum, Okeman,...
Ep. 3: Black Wall Street is Born
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS A special thanks to the National African American...
Ep. 4: Red Summer of 1919
Photo Courtesy: The Schomburg Center LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The Red Summer of 1919 refers to the period between the spring...
Ep. 4 The Red Summer of 1919 (Part 2)
Photo Courtesy: The Schomburg Center LISTEN: OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The Red Summer of 1919 refers to the period between the spring...
Ep. 5: Rumors of Lynching "Diamond Dick"
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Title: [Truck on street near Litan Hotel carrying soldiers and African Americans during Tulsa, Okla.,...
Ep. 6: Black Wall Street Burning
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN Overview Between May 31st and June 1st of 1921, what the Oklahoma Historical...
Ep. 7 BONUS EPISODE: A Black Wall Street Legend-the story of Peg Leg Taylor and the legacy of trauma
"Stories also have been passed down over the years about Peg Leg Taylor, a legendary black defender who is said to have fought off rioters.
Ep. 8: When The Smoke Cleared
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS When the mayhem ceased, and the smoke cleared,...
Ep. 9: Ashes And The Fight For Greenwood
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum Title: Portrait of Buck Colbert B. C. Franklin, father of Mozella Franklin Jones and...
Ep. 10: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Despite potentially thousands of potential perpetrators of numerous crimes and potentially hundreds or...
Ep. 11: Black Wall Street Reborn
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS While some African American survivors of the 1921...
Ep. 12: "Tulsa's Terrible Secret" and the Erasure of Black History
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum Listen OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Up until the later part of the 20th century, there...
Ep. 13: Where Are The Bodies Buried?
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS A significant number of African American residents of Tulsa’s predominantly black Greenwood District...
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