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Latest Episodes

017 – Great Black Heroes – Wendell Scott
February 12, 2016

This podcast focuses on race car driver Wendell Scott. - Despite obstacles from racist drivers, fans and executives as well as financial limitations, Wendell Scott became a winner and a NASCAR Hall of Fame member. -

016 Great Black Heroes – Percy Julian
January 27, 2014

This podcast focuses on a pioneering scientist Percy Julian. - Percy Julian had a huge impact with his work in the field of chemistry, developing synthetic hormones to provide affordable health remedies. -

015 Great Black Heroes – Hank Aaron
January 23, 2014

This podcast focuses on all time baseball great Hank Aaron. - Hank Aaron was one of the greatest players in Major League history and is thought of as an even greater person. - He not only produced at the highest levels in baseball history,

014 Great Black Heroes – Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
January 19, 2014

This podcast focuses on the political giant Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.. - Adam Clayton Powell looms large in the history of the United States House of Representatives. He had the greatest impact of any Black politician in the 20th Century. -

013 Great Black Heroes – Wilt Chamberlain
March 23, 2013

This podcast focuses on the great athlete Wilt Chamberlain. - Wilt Chamberlain is viewed by many as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but he may be under-rated. Statistics like scoring 100 points in one game or grabbing 55 rebounds i...

012 Great Black Heroes – Garrett Morgan
February 15, 2013

This podcast focuses on the great inventor Garrett Morgan. - Garrett Morgan was a man of many interests and the ability to create innovative devices in different fields. He is credited with creating the first hair straightener and an improved traffic ...

011 Great Black Heroes – Rosa Parks
February 08, 2013

This podcast focuses on the civil rights icon Rosa Parks. - Many consider Rosa Parks to be the woman who started the civil rights movement by her act of civil  disobedience in her refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus.

010 Great Black Heroes – Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
February 05, 2013

This podcast focuses on Air Force General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. - Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. is remembered for many things. Being the first Black Air Force General, leading the Tuskegee Airmen flight squadron during World War II and standing up to the mi...

009 Great Black Heroes – Lewis Latimer
February 02, 2013

This podcast focuses on inventor and draftsman Lewis Latimer. - Lewis Latimer is considered one of the 10 most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and patents secured but also for the magnitude of...

008 Great Black Heroes – Charles Drew
February 01, 2013

This podcast focuses on the innovative doctor Charles Drew. - Charles Drew was one of those exceptional individuals who seemed to excel at everything he did and  would go on to become great pioneer in the field of medicine. Dr.