BHMD expands it social media and website content with the addition of there podcast series. In 2013 award winning and legendary producer/director Neema Barnette and her husband filmmaker/actor, Reed R. McCants launched Black History Mini Docs in response to what they felt was a need to reacquaint the world about the tremendous contributions black people have made in history. Neema and Reed have been offering their mini history lessons for 7 consecutive years now, on all social media platforms absolutely free to the public. The podcast will rotate host with Barnette and McCants occasionally sitting in. Future show topics will range from science, literature, film, art, business, politics, economics, education, innovation, entrepreneurship and much more. Just like the social media post, the topics will focus on each months events throughout history and the birthdates of history's highest achievers. In addition, the show will have “History Now” segments that highlight current history makers in an effort to close the gap between “old-school” and “new school” with stories of inspiration as we all build building towards a better future. The BHMD Podcast has joined the BuzzSprout family of Podcasters and can be listen to on the BHMD website, social media pages and most of the popular podcast platforms streaming currently.
Send us a textThis BHMD Podcast final episode for season 4 hosted Reed R. McCants is a Mini Doc Review for 2024. #reedrmccants along with pop-up guest #neemabarnette talk about the wonderful things that happened for BHMD in 2024, which included an appearance at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, "the Oscars" Museum. The show also gives you preview of what's coming next year as BHMD enters its 12th year of productions on various social media platforms. Read and watch more stories at:
Send us a textExplore the stories of legendary business women and men in presentation, this audio podcast presentation of our powerful BHMD Maxi Doc. Featuring the fascinating stories of Elizabeth "Lisette" Forth the first black landowner in the United States. American businessman, whaler and abolitionist Paul Cuffe, Early Californian real estate entrepreneur Bridget "Biddy" Mason, #ClaraBrown was known as the “Angel of the Rockies", Sail-maker and social activist #JamesForten and more in this fascinating compilation of legendary heroes, you don't want to miss learning about. Featuring the narration by actor/filmmaker #JuneySmith and BHMD's curators #NeemaBarnette and #ReedRMcCants.Watch more videos at
Send us a textBHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette is back with Season 4, episode 5 featuring our “October Mini Docs Preview”, spotlighting our new doc on scientist George Carruthers, and Youtube premiers of our Dick Gregory, and Fannie Lou Hamer mini docs. Hosted by the curator of BHMD, #ReedRMcCants. Watch more videos at: blackhistoryminidocs.com#blackhistoryeveryday #blackhistory #blackexcellence #minidocs #NeemaBarnette #ReedRMcCants #BlackHistoryMiniDocs #freedomfighters #history #unsung #historyfacts #historylovers
Send us a textSeason 4, Episode 4 of BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette presents a special sit down interview with Professor Emerita, #VeraJKatz, who taught theater at HBCU's Howard University for over 30 years. Vera J. Katz's coaching and instruction has contributed to the growth of some of history's greatest actors and actresses including Lynn Whitfield, #WindyRaquelRobinson and Chadwick Boseman. Hosted by actress/entrepreneur #BonitaBrisker this is a fascinating interview that you don't want to miss.Watch more videos at
Send us a Text Message.BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette is back with Season 4 episode 3 and our “August Mini Docs Preview”, spotlighting the mini docs of James Baldwin, Annie Malone, Diana Sands and more. Featuring pop-up guest #BonitaBrisker as she talks about the upcoming podcast episode with Howard University Drama Professor, Vera J. Katz. Hosted by the curator of BHMD, #ReedRMcCants. Watch more videos at: blackhistoryminidocs.com#blackhistoryeveryday #blackhistory #blackexcellence #minidocs #NeemaBarnette #ReedRMcCants #BlackHistoryMiniDocs #freedomfighters #history #unsung #historyfacts #historylovers
Send us a Text Message.BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette is back with Season 4 episode 2 and our special July Preview. It's shaping up to be an exciting month featuring mini docs of Thurgood Marshall, Mary McLeod Bethune, Ida B. Wells, Nelson Mandela, Della Reese and more. Join host #ReedRMcCants as we explores the exciting programs BHMD has in store for the month of July. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/laaFC8jcgcoWatch more videos at: blackhistoryminidocs.com#ThurgoodMarshall, #MaryMcLeodBethune #IdaBWells, #NelsonMandela #Della Reese #BlackHistory #blackexcellence #minidocs #NeemaBarnette #ReedRMcCants #blackhistoryminidocs
BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette returns for Season 4 with a special June Preview Episode for the season opener. From Curtis Mayfield, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Laurence Dunbar to Lena Horne and Kwame Ture, it's shaping up to be an exciting month. Join host Reed or McCants as we dive into the exciting programs BHMD has in store for the month of June.Watch more videos at
BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette returns for Season 3 Episode 9 with a special conversation with comedian/actor, Brooklyn Jones, star of OWN's Flex & Shanice, TruTV's Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks and Black Girl Magic on NBC+. This episode is hosted by Rapper/Producer Eleven Ego Crusher.
BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette returns for Season 3 Episode 8 with a special conversation with DJ Lady Love. She is a pioneer DJ who has shared stages with Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the Grand Wizard Theodore and many other legends of Hip-Hop. She also taught DJing at the Universal Hip-Hop Museum in the Bronx, New York. Hosted by Rapper/Producer Eleven Ego Crusher.
BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette returns for Season 3 Episode 7 with a special conversation with #BTTaylor, who is an actor, writer, poet, and jewelry designer. Hosted by #BonitaBrisker, this podcast is on Apple Podcast, wherever you listen to podcast and at blackhistoryminidocs.com.
BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette returns for Season 3 Episode 6 with a special Hip Hop edition featuring a conversation with Judy Klein who has extensive experience launching new Brands, Online Services, Artists, Talent, and Entertainment properties to market, but the one thing she is most proud of is her lifelong love of music. Hosted by Rapper/Producer Eleven Ego Crusher.
BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette returns for Season 3 Episode 5 with a special Hip Hop edition featuring a conversation with Sha-Queen a.k.a. Ma Barker who at the age of 12 she began her rap career performing with artist such as LL Cool J, 50 Cent, NOE from ByrdGang , Kool G Rap. Hosted by Rapper/Producer Eleven Ego Crusher.
BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette returns for Season 3 Episode 4 with a special conversation with Dr. #EricJChambers, a 9-time Emmy & Golden Mike Award winning host/writer/producer. He is the Founder of The CUT Chronicles (The Chambers Urban TV Network). This episode is hosted actress and producer #BonitaBrisker. Watch a video preview of this show on Facebook, YouTube and at blackhistoryminidocs.com Listen to the entire episode on BuzzSprout, Apple Podcast and at all your favorite podcast locations.
BHMD Podcast presented by #NeemaBarnette returns for Season 3 Episode 3 with a special conversation with Julius Tillery, a 5th generation farmer from North Carolina and the founder of Black Cotton which received a 2022 William C. Friday Award for its role in advocating for and promoting black agriculture, farmers, and black cotton growers. This episode is hosted screenwriter, published journalist, actress and lifestyle editor Jená Lowe.
Podcast presented by Neema Barnette returns for Season 3 episode 2 with a special conversation with actor #JerisLeePoindexter star of Everybody Hates Chris, Akeelah and the Bee and The Color Purple. Hosted by @bonitabrisker. https://www.blackhistoryminidocs.com
#BHMDPodcast presented by #NeemaBarnette returns for Season 3 with a special conversation with actress #KellitaSmith star of The Bernie Mac Show and Z Nation The Podcast is hosted by #BonitaBrisker and Produced by #ReedRMcCants.
This episode of #NeemaBarnette presents BHMD Podcast features a conversation with filmmaker, artist and the creator of Black History Mini Docs, #ReedRMcCants. Hosted by Actress/Director/Producer #BonitaBrisker, McCants we'll talk about the origins of BHMD and what's in store for the future.
This episode of #NeemaBarnette presents #BHMD Podcast features Part 2 of our interview with independent filmmaker and actor Juney Smith and hosted by Actress/Director/Producer #BonitaBrisker. Smith has written and directed 35 independently produced Black feature films, all distributed in Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Amazon and digital markets worldwide.
This episode of #NeemaBarnette presents BHMD Podcast is hosted by Actress/Director/Producer #BonitaBrisker. Her guest is independent filmmaker and actor Juney Smith. Smith has written and directed 35 independently produced Black feature films, all distributed in Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Amazon and digital markets worldwide. #JuneySmith will discuss how he navigated his way through the challenging distribution world of Black independent filmmaking.
This episode of Neema Barnette presents BHMD Podcast is hosted by Actress/Director/Producer Bonita Brisker. Her guest is Manager/Producer/Director Franklin Lett. He was the husband of the late legendary Singer/Actress @DellaReese. Watch a live video preview of this podcast on Facebook and the full episode blackhistoryminidocs.com
This episode of Neema Barnette presents Black History Mini Docs Podcast is hosted by actress and producer Bonita Brisker. Her guest will be actress, dancer and designer, Conni Marie Brazelton star of the horror classic, “The People Under the Stairs” and the hit television series, “ER”. Brazelton also designs jewelry for her company Banji Face Jewelry, which she co-owns with fellow actress and friend, CCH Pounder.
Neema Barntette presents BHMD podcast hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder Ah-Keisha McCants. Her guest is MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Dr. Lisa D. Delpit, the principal of the consulting firm Delpit Learning. Recently retired Felton G. Clark Distinguished Professor of Education at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dr. Delpit is author of one of the best selling education books of 2013, “Multiplication is For White People”: Raising Standards for Other People's Children.
Neema Barnette presents BHMD podcast hosted by actor, producer Bonita Brisker. Her guest is singer, comedian and actor Roxanne Reese Best known for her role as Shirley Dupree classic comedy series “Martin”. Roxanne has also appeared in the films, Big Mamas House 2, Speed Dating and TD Jakes' Woman Thou Art Loosed. The podcast premiers Friday, June 18, 2021 at 8 PM EST.
Neema Barntette presents BHMD podcast hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder Ah-Keisha McCants. Her guest is Regina Bain, an artist and educator serving as the Executive Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum.
#NeemaBarnette presents #BHMD Podcast hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (#WHBLE) founder #AhKeishaMcCants. Her guest is Dr. #JoyceEKing, Georgia State University’s Benjamin Mays Endowed Chair, received a BA (Sociology) and PhD (Social Foundations of Education) from Stanford University and Stanford’s Graduate School of Education 2018 Alumni Excellence Award. Her publications on “dysconscious racism,” “diaspora literacy” and “heritage knowledge” include 8 books. Watch the Video Version of the podcast on Facebook and at blackhistoryminidocs.com Listen to the show on Apple Podcast, Amazon Podcast, iHeartRadio and everywhere you get your favorite podcast.
BHMD Podcast returns for Season 2 hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder #AhKeishaMcCants. Her guest is Dr. Patricia (Akosua) Lesesne is an Educational Design Leader. Lesesne specializes in developing and leading the implementation of educational leader and instructional coaching, curriculum, programs, and pedagogy that employ an African American education for liberation approach to inspire Black learners. Her work leverages the transformative characteristics of the Black Teaching Tradition. Akosua is also the founder of Sisters in Education Circle (SIEC) and Lesesne Learning. You can listen to the BHMD Podcast wherever you get your podcast or watch the Video Version of the podcast on our Facebook page at: facebook.com/BlackHistoryMiniDocs and on our website at blackhistoryminidocs.com
Continuing in our holiday celebration of the Queens and Kings of Comedy featuring Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx and Flip Wilson who all have birthdays in December, BHMD podcast is delighted to announce this upcoming episode. Comedian/actor Kevin Kevin and his special comedy guest, Mark Overton and Craig “Fig” Figueiredo will discuss the significance of history's great black comedians and their contributions to paving the way for the successes of today's popular comedy stars. Watch the show live on Facebook or on our website at blackhistoryminidocs.com . Also available on bus route and wherever you get your podcast.
Neema Barnette presents BHMD Podcast hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder, Ah-Keisha McCants. Her guest is Alisha B. Wormsley, an interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer based in Pittsburgh PA.Her work is about collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color. She states her work is "the future, and the past, and the present, simultaneously. Wormsley has an MFA in Film and Video from Bard College and was awarded the Postdoctoral Research fellowship in art at Carnegie Mellon University.
Neema Barnette presents BHMD Podcast features contributing writer for its Music Mondays post series, Greg Mickens as host of this episode. Greg's special guest is musician, singer, and songwriter Bruce Mack. Bruce Mack, aka B-Mack is a Be-bop style vocalist that incorporates vocal improvisation into funk and other forms of music. Bruce is also the band leader and vocal arranger for legendary filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles’ band "Laxative".
Neema Barnette presents BHMD Podcast premieres a new episode hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder, Ah-Keisha McCants. Her guest is Spirit Tawfiq, founder of Roots of the Spirit, an organization created to uproot racism through Storytelling, Education and the Arts. Spirit is also daughter of Minnijean Brown-Trickey, one of the Little Rock Nine. Join us as she shares her story of learning about her mother’s legacy, her own experiences with racism as a child growing up in Canada, and the power in reclaiming Black history and the stories of resistance often left out of textbooks.The Little Rock Nine desegregated their school following the passing of Brown vs Board of Education in 1957. Brown-Trickey, a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine Black teenagers who integrated Little Rock Central High School followed the Brown v. Board of Education decision which required public schools to be desegregated in 1957. This episode marks the 63rd anniversary of that event.Listen on BuzzSprout, TuneIn Radio, Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify and where ever you get your podcast watch the video version exclusively on our Facebook page and our BHMD website at: blackhistoryminidocs.com
Neema Barnette presents BHMD Podcast hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder, Ah-Keisha McCants. Her guest will be Director and Executive Producer, Oji Singletary. Son of famed television director, Tony Singletary, Oji has forged his own path in the industry, with an impressive 15 year career as a director and producer of shows like, "The Braxton Family Values" and the documentary, 'Misguided Altruism." Oji's new special, "They Call Me Dad" premieres on OWN on Tuesday, September 15th at 9pm.
Neema Barnette presents BHMD Podcast premieres a new episode hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder, Ah-Keisha McCants.Her guests will be Dr. Kelli Morgan is a curator, author, educator, and activist who specializes in critical-race curatorial analyses. She’s held curatorial positions at the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.This conversation will premiere Saturday August 22, 2020 at 8:00pm EST on BuzzSprout, TuneIn Radio, Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify, where ever you get Europe podcast with the video version exclusively on BHMD’s website at blackhistoryminidocs.com
In this episode of BHMD Podcast, Ah-Keisha McCants, founder of WHBLE, talks with Hisham Tawfiq, star of NBC’s hit show “The Blacklist”. Tawfiq talks about his powerful journey as a Harlem-born, Black, Muslim, who served as a Marine in Desert Storm, and as a 20-year New York City Firefighter during 9/11, all while pursuing his career as an actor. He also shares some of his wisdom about Black history, and self-love.
In this second episode of a two parter hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder, Ah-Keisha McCants continues her conversation with guests Nia Evans, Director of the Boston Ujima Project and Cierra Michele Peters, their Director of Communications. The Ujima Project is a cooperative business, arts and investment ecosystem, including a democratically governed investment fund based in Boston, MA. Featured in Inside Philanthropy and Forbes for their revolutionary approach to business investment meets community growth, The Ujima Project is a cooperative business, arts and investment ecosystem, including a democratically governed investment fund.
In this first of a two-parter hosted by Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder, Ah-Keisha McCants welcomes Nia Evans, Director of the Boston Ujima Project and Cierra Michele Peters, their Director of Communications. The Ujima Project is a cooperative business, arts and investment ecosystem, including a democratically governed investment fund based in Boston, MA. Featured in Inside Philanthropy and Forbes for their revolutionary approach to business investment meets community growth, The Ujima Project is a cooperative business, arts and investment ecosystem, including a democratically governed investment fund.
Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE) founder, writer, Ah-Keisha McCants, guest hosts this conversation with Erika L. Ewing, CEO, Founder and Creative at Got To Stop, LLC. Got To Stop is a social impact consulting company and fashion lifestyle brand that uses the arts, advocacy, and education to raise awareness about injustice.In this History Made episode, Erika speaks about the monumental Black Lives Matter Mural Event happening in Harlem beginning Wednesday, July 2nd, through Saturday, July 4th, Got To Stop, LLC will join a number of outstanding community organizations in Harlem to line Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard with the words, Black Lives Matter.
Neema Barnette presents Black History Mini Docs Podcast. Actor, Filmmaker, Former Miss Black America and Co-Founder of Light the Path Home, a Juneteenth Candlelight Commemoration Event, Amina Fakir host the premiere episode. Her guest will be Ellen Dunbar, Co-Founder of Light the Path Home, a Juneteenth Candlelight Commemoration Event. Shahida Mauisi, President and CEO of The Right Productions which manages and operates the Aretha Franklin Outdoor Amphitheater on the Riverfront in Detroit and former Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. Kofi Tonto, Head of Information and Public Affairs to the Ghanaian Embassy to the United States in Washington D.C.
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