Cover image of The Gist of Freedom   Preserving American History through Black Literature . . .

The Gist of Freedom Preserving American History through Black Literature . . .

Join The Gist of Freedom for a live online discussion in celebration of the African American experience—honoring all the people, past and present, black and white—who have determined to preserve histo... Read more

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The Black Zionist Ethiopian Movement ~ Harry Matthews

The Black Zionist Ethiopian Movement ~ Harry Matthews

The Gist of Freedom is honored to interview Historian Harry Bradshaw Matthews. Mr. Matthews will lecture on  the African... Read more

25 Oct 2013

1hr 4mins

Ranked #2

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Speech, Founder of Arrested Development Lectures on his New Documentaries

Speech, Founder of Arrested Development Lectures on his New Documentaries

Speech, Founder of Arrested Development  Lectures on his New Documentaries, The N-Factory and 16 Bars!Arrested Developme... Read more

26 Nov 2018

42mins

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Fort Mose, Black Indians Seminole

Fort Mose, Black Indians Seminole

Forty-five minutes west of Walt Disney's make-believe history, archaeologists dig for real artifacts. Hunched over a sha... Read more

4 Nov 2013

49mins

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Marian Douglas-Ungaro,writer and founder of the international AFROAMERICA

Marian Douglas-Ungaro,writer and founder of the international AFROAMERICA

Join Mariam Guliams on The Gist of Freedom as she welcomes Marian Douglas-Ungaro! Mariam is a writer and journalist, an ... Read more

19 Feb 2017

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AUDIO BOOK READING SUMMER SERIES-BREAKING THE CHAINS, WM.L.KATZ

AUDIO BOOK READING SUMMER SERIES-BREAKING THE CHAINS, WM.L.KATZ

"Breaking The Chains: African-American Slave Resistance"“The compelling, provocative story of the resistance and courage... Read more

27 Jun 2014

42mins

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Cuba- Medical Scholarship For Black Youth Dr. Griffin

Cuba- Medical Scholarship For Black Youth Dr. Griffin

the Gist of Freedom host Shellie Gaines?  Welcomes Dr. Ishmael Griffin, Medical Doctor and Missionary of ELAM!   US Past... Read more

3 May 2013

49mins

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Madam CJ Walker's Legacy Preserved A Talk With her Descendant Alelia Bundles

Madam CJ Walker's Legacy Preserved A Talk With her Descendant Alelia Bundles

Alelia Bundles, Madam C.J. Walker's descendant and preserverationist gives The Gist of Freedom an update on Madam C.J. W... Read more

4 Feb 2019

11mins

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Queen Charlotte | Author Dr. Myers Lectures from her book The Invisible

Queen Charlotte | Author Dr. Myers Lectures from her book The Invisible

Author Dr. Myers Lectures from her book "The Invisible Queen" Queen Charlotte America's last Queen, The Queen of Color! ... Read more

31 May 2018

34mins

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Read The Book, Queen Charlotte The Invisible Queen, Charlotte Museum Curator

Read The Book, Queen Charlotte The Invisible Queen, Charlotte Museum Curator

Queen City Charlotte, North Carolina Honors Queen Charlotte England's First Black Queen!Listen to a Lecture by Adria Foc... Read more

22 May 2018

16mins

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A Lesson in Civics~ 2018 Midterm Election with Roy Paul on The Gist of Freedom

A Lesson in Civics~ 2018 Midterm Election with Roy Paul on The Gist of Freedom

A Lesson on Civics, The 2018 Mideterm Election with Roy Paul...This show is dedicated to Matthias de SousaMatthias de So... Read more

9 Nov 2018

24mins

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Wyatt Day Martin Luther King, Paul Robeson and The Parkland Survivors

Wyatt Day Martin Luther King, Paul Robeson and The Parkland Survivors

Wyatt Day Martin Luther King, Paul Robeson and The Parkland Survivors!

5 Apr 2018

54mins

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Slavery Survivors Purchased Slaver's Plantation- 130 yrs Descendants Own it!

Slavery Survivors Purchased Slaver's Plantation- 130 yrs Descendants Own it!

Genealogist, Ms. Bertha,  Seed For Deed, Land Grabbing During Post- Reconstruction.In 1875, developers began selling The... Read more

7 Mar 2017

42mins

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Anti N-Word Advocate, Garrett Fortner Filed A Complaint With The FCC

Anti N-Word Advocate, Garrett Fortner Filed A Complaint With The FCC

Hundreds of Authors who survived slavery, penned books, newspapers, pamphlets and speeches without using the N-Word, yet... Read more

22 Oct 2018

41mins

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Britain's Runaway Ads, J. Somersett Won His Freedom! ~Prof Newman Lectures

Britain's Runaway Ads, J. Somersett Won His Freedom! ~Prof Newman Lectures

Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome  Our Visiting Lecturer The University of Glasgow's Professor Simon P. Newton. The... Read more

11 Jun 2018

43mins

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Black Indians, Author & Historian William Katz

Black Indians, Author & Historian William Katz

Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Historian and Author, William Katz. Mr. Katz will discuss his latest book Black I... Read more

22 Apr 2013

1hr 16mins

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Freedom Summer 64' w/ Harvey Boyd formerly of The Washington Post!

Freedom Summer 64' w/ Harvey Boyd formerly of The Washington Post!

Summer of 1964Bob Moses created Freedom Summer to mobilize Whites and to gain mainstream media exposure for the Civil Ri... Read more

30 Jun 2014

33mins

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Harvard Sued by Descendant Tamara Lanier For Profiting from Slavery Images

Harvard Sued by Descendant Tamara Lanier For Profiting from Slavery Images

Join the Gist of Freedom and Kimberly Simmons as we welcome Tamara Lanier. Mrs. Lanier will give us an update on her law... Read more

27 Jun 2019

40mins

Ranked #18

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Harriet Tubman Memorial with World Renowned Actress Karen Jones Meadows

Harriet Tubman Memorial with World Renowned Actress Karen Jones Meadows

Harriet Tubman Memorial with World Renowned Actress Karen Jones Meadows

10 Mar 2017

42mins

Ranked #19

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50th Anniversary Of Detroit 'Riots' Kimberly Simmons, abolitionist descendant!

50th Anniversary Of Detroit 'Riots' Kimberly Simmons, abolitionist descendant!

The 50th Anniversary Of Detroit 'Riots' - With Survivor Kimberly Simmons!The Gist of Freedom as host, Mariam Guilliams w... Read more

19 Jul 2017

57mins

Ranked #20

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Madam CJ Walker's Theater, A'Lelia Bundles

Madam CJ Walker's Theater, A'Lelia Bundles

Join The Gist of Freedom as host ILYASAH SHABAZZ talks with A'Lelia Bundles about her latest book,  “Madam Walker Theatr... Read more

11 Nov 2013

36mins

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