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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 history in literature, craftsmanship and artifact.

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Zimmerman Judge's Jury Instructions-- EXCLUDED "THE INITIAL AGGRESSOR INSTRUCTION" The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present to you a NAACP Civil Rights Attorney, Richard St.Paul and Host, Floridian Activist William Jackson.... more
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NAACP Leads Push for Federal Civil Rights Charges Stevie Boycotts Florida, won't play in any state until they Abolish their "Stand Your Ground Law" Listen to Stevie's Announcement and Speech at the Million Man March! If the racially... more
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This verdict, finding Zimmerman Not Guilty has taken us much farther back than the 60's--it is a culmination and the resurrection of the Dred Scott Decision of 1857; "Negroes have no rights (now life) which the white man is bound... more
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The letters "S.S.," for Slave Stealer, were branded on the hand of abolitionist Captain Walker as punishment for attempting to assist seven escaped slaves to freedom by sailing them from Florida to the WEST INDIES. During the voyage,... more
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Join The Gist of Freedom (www.blackhistoryUniversity) with guest David Lesser, of The David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Bookstore. David specializes in Afro-Americana, slavery, and the Civil War. In 1860, Nathaniel Gordon, one of... more
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Join The Gist of Freedom host Preston Washington as we listen to Voting Rights Act Speeches by Fannie Lou Hamer, President Lyndon Johnson and Freedom Rider Congressman John Lewis: Sojourner Truth and all other New... more
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Est. in 1778, within 10 years, the Free African Society had a balance of 42.416 pounds on deposit at the Bank of North America. By 1838 the number of benevolent organizations grew to 100, with membership recorded as 7,448.... more
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The 5 ALEC Justices Gutted Voting Rights 15th Amendment Every single day since November 5, 2008, conservatives have asserted they want to ?take their country back,? and yesterday the highest court in the land obliged them and sent... more
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"The Enslavement HIRE TAG.. a passage to freedom? Successful escapees, mainly former house Negroes wore this tag and used it as their pass to freedom. The tag hung from the neck of an, industrious and trusted enslaved person,... more
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The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present to you excerpts from The Frederick Douglass Capitol Statue Unveiling Ceremony with songtress Lori Williams and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and the great great grand-daughter of Frederick... more
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