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An African American History Podcast Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

Velma Hood


    • Mar 10, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 26 EPISODES


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    Emmett Till

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 23:29


    Mamie Till sent her only child, 14 year old Emmett to visit his family in the Delta, Mississippi for the summer in 1955, two weeks later his body was returned in a casket. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-murder-of-emmett-till-j6dpye/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/till-timeline/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till#cite_note-77 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Till Website: https://www.velmahood.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support

    Frederick Douglass, Pt.1: American Reformer, Abolitionist, Orator, Writer and Statesman.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 23:23


    Born into slavery; young Frederick Douglass realized that knowledge was his pathway to freedom he began his quest and never looked back. Instagram: painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick-douglass https://publicseminar.org/essays/frederick-douglass-on-multiracial-democracy/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support

    Aretha Franklin Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 10:29


    The Queen of Soul. American singer, pianist and civil rights activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Source: https://www.arethafranklin.net/ https://youtu.be/RKfkvbOP1sc https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aretha-franklin-tribute-cover-story-queen-729053/amp/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Aretha Franklin Pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 22:39


    American Singer and song writer. Aretha Franklin's story part one discusses young Aretha personal and professional life. Instagram: painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Source: https://www.arethafranklin.net/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Harriet Tubman Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 15:47


    American Abolitionist. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman https://www.businessinsider.com/8-amazing-facts-about-harriet-tubman-2016-4 https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman https://instagram.com/30seconds?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/litehousegrill?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Harriett Tubman pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 16:52


    American abolitionist and political activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

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    Dr. Robert Smalls

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 14:51


    Robert Smalls was an enslaved man who was captain of a confederate steamer CSS Planter during the civil war, he commandeered the CSS planter and steered past confederate flag post to freedom. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/which-slave-sailed-himself-to-freedom/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Malcolm X pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 24:14


    American Minister. Malcolm Little ran the streets from city to city as Detroit Red and New York Red after serving time for grand larceny, he emerged as Malcolm X. A representative of The Nation of Islam and The Black Nationalist and Civil rights movement. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: Painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Malcolm X: Quotes, Movie & Autobiography - HISTORY Malcolm X Assassinated - HISTORY Malcolm X Biography – Malcolm X Malcolm X - Wikipedia The Lost Tapes: Malcolm X (Full Episode) - YouTube --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

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    Malcolm X part 1.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 12:54


    Malcolm X, American Minister. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Dr. Donda West

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 17:08


    American Professor, Author. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: 12 Things You Need To Know About The Death Of Donda West | by Alfred Hood | Sociomix Donda West - Wikipedia The Suspicious Death of Donda West - YouTube Donda West's Surgeon Blames Kanye's Cousin for Her Death - YouTube Donda West Died of Heart Disease after Surgery | PEOPLE.com Donda West Is the Heart and Soul of Kanye West Doc ‘Jeen-yuhs' | Vanity Fair --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 31:13


    American Minister and Activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection | New York Heritage (nyheritage.org) Freedom: The Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (youthforhumanrights.org) Martin Luther King Jr. – Biography - NobelPrize.org Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia The King Center | The Center for Nonviolent Social Change Martin Luther King Jr: Quotes, Assassination & Facts - HISTORY --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Zora Neale Hurston

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022 16:36


    American Novelist, anthropologist, folklorist and story writer. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: About Zora Neale Hurston | Zora Neale Hurston Biography: Zora Neale Hurston (womenshistory.org) Black Excellist: 10 Things to Know About Zora Neale Hurston (Harlem Renaissance Writer) - YouTube Zora Neale Hurston - Quotes, Books & Sweat - Biography Zora Neale Hurston - Wikipedia --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    James Baldwin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 23:07


    American Writer. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 78 (theparisreview.org) James Baldwin | Poetry Foundation James Baldwin - Wikipedia James Baldwin - Quotes, Books & Poems - Biography --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    George Crum

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 12:37


    American Chef. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: The Story of George Crum, Inventor of the Potato Chip (thoughtco.com) The Potato Chip Was Invented by a Black Man Named George Crum | Black History George Speck - Wikipedia George Crum (1824-1914) • (blackpast.org) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Madam C.J. Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2022 11:49


    American Entrepeneur, philanthropist and activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Madam C.J. Walker | African-American Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Activist (madamcjwalker.com) Madam C. J. Walker - Wikipedia MADAM by MCJW - Walmart.com Madam C. J. Walker - HISTORY --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Sojourner Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 17:00


    Womens' rights and anti-slavery activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Biography: Sojourner Truth (womenshistory.org) Sojourner Truth - Quotes, Facts & Speech - HISTORY Sojourner Truth - Wikipedia Sojourner Truth - Quotes, Speech & Facts - Biography --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Jimi Hendrix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 12:46


    American Musician. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Jimi Hendrix | The Official Jimi Hendrix Site Jimi Hendrix - Wikipedia Jimi Hendrix: 1942-1970 - Rolling Stone 27 Club (27clubpod.com) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Maya Angelou

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2022 17:35


    American Poet. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Maya Angelou | Poetry Foundation Maya Angelou - Quotes, Poems & Books - Biography Caged Bird Legacy (mayaangelou.com) Maya Angelou - Wikipedia --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 25:16


    American Artist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: Painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Jean-Michel Basquiat - Wikipedia The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean‐Michel Basquiat - Bio | The Broad 21 Facts About Jean-Michel Basquiat | Contemporary Art | Sotheby's (sothebys.com) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Fred Hampton

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 24:32


    American Activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Historic Monument | Save The Hampton House | United States Fred Hampton's childhood home to become community center, museum - Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com) Fred Hampton - Wikipedia Fred Hampton | Biography, Black Panthers, Death, Civil Rights, & Facts | Britannica The Raid That Killed Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton - HISTORY --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Marcus Garvey pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 19:35


    Jamaican Activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Marcus Garvey, Pt1.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 16:35


    Jamaican Activist. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Arthur Ashe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2021 16:06


    American Tennis Player. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Arthur Ashe - Quotes, Death & Facts - Biography Arthur Ashe - Wikipedia Life Story | Arthur Ashe Legacy (ucla.edu) Tennis great Arthur Ashe dies of AIDS - HISTORY --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Neal F. Simeon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 13:12


    Neal F. Simeon, Educator. Administrator and specialist in vocational education. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Simeon Career Academy Purpose & History (simeonalumniassoc.org) French Creole | Morton Downey Jr. (frenchcreoles.com) Neal F. Simeon Papers | Chicago Public Library (chipublib.org) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Paul Laurence Dunbar

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 12:32


    American Poet. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Website: Counsel | Velmahood.com Sources: Paul Laurence Dunbar | Poetry Foundation Paul Laurence Dunbar - Wikipedia Paul Laurence Dunbar | American writer | Britannica --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

    Pain and Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 1:32


    Introducing a Pain and Power an African American History Podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/velma-hood9/support

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