Episodios

  • Dona Drake & Merle Oberon: Real-life Imitations of Life

    Dona Drake & Merle Oberon: Real-life Imitations of Life
    Mar 19 2024
    The stories of performers Dona Drake and Merle Oberon who passed (Drake as Latina, Oberon as white) in order to succeed in Hollywood. In the end, was it even worth it?
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    20 m
  • Like Father, Like Son: The Tragedy of Louis and Emmett Till

    Like Father, Like Son: The Tragedy of Louis and Emmett Till
    Feb 25 2024
    The murder of Emmett Till helped to spark the Civil Right movement, but what many people don't know is that Emmett's dad, Louis Till, died ten years before his son in eerily similar circumstances.
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    10 m
  • Forgotten Acting Pioneer James Edwards

    Forgotten Acting Pioneer James Edwards
    Feb 20 2024
    James Edwards, the precursor to Sidney Poitier, is remembered
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    11 m
  • Who Was The Real Alex Haley

    Who Was The Real Alex Haley
    Feb 12 2024
    Author Alex Haley is credited with being the “Father of modern Genealogy” due to the meteoric success of his epic "Roots," but his since discovered plagiarism and manipulation of facts and fiction mar the legacy he strived to built
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    18 m
  • Mary Woodson, Al Green, And The Night That Bullets And Hot Grits Flew

    Mary Woodson, Al Green, And The Night That Bullets And Hot Grits Flew
    Jan 29 2024
    Remembering Mary Woodson, the woman who threw hot grits on soul legend, Al Green
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    17 m
  • The Rodger Penzabene Story

    The Rodger Penzabene Story
    Jan 15 2024
    Remembering Rodger Penzabene, the Motown songwriter whose painful relationship with his wife, Helga, inspired songs like "I Wish It Would Rain" and might have caused him to take his life at just 22.
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    15 m
  • Teresa Graves: Was She The Biological Mother of Whitney Houston

    Teresa Graves: Was She The Biological Mother of Whitney Houston
    Jan 1 2024
    Remembering the beautiful and talented 1970’s actress Teresa Graves and exploring the theory that she might have been the biological mother of Whitney Houston.
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    29 m
  • Alan Freed: The Man Who Died For Rock N Roll

    Alan Freed: The Man Who Died For Rock N Roll
    Dec 24 2023
    Alan Freed, known as the Father of Rock N Roll. A payola scandal served as his ultimate downfall.
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    17 m
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