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The Gist of Freedom

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

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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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Join Photographer Wendell White for a candid conversation with The Gist of Freedom's guest host, Roy Paul, please have your pen and paper in hand as these gentle discuss very little known facts about Historical Black Towns, like... more

Join award-winning television news anchor Cheryl Wills and The Gist of Freedom host, Dr. McWilliamsTuesday January 17th at 8pm. When Ms. Wills discovers that her Great-great-great grandfather, Sandy Wills, was a runaway slave who... more

Join entrepreneur Navarrow Wright for a Special screening of CNN's Black in America"The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley" with panelists A'Lelia Bundles, Patent Examiner Patricia Sluby, and Former Nasa Human Resource... more

Join Senator Eric Adams and Michael Coard on The Gist of Freedom. The senator was a litttle late but he was worth the wait.~ As a Captain in the NYPD, Eric Adams during his 20-year career in law enforcement, co-founded 100... more

Martin Luther King, Charity Funding the Cause Special Show in Honor of Martin Luther King's Birthday. Riders Listen to a freedom rider's actual interview during the 1960's demonstration introduced by the legendary Ossie Davis.... more

Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Historian, Genealogist, and Radio host~ Angela Walton-Raji. Author, lecturer and researcher. Member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Oklahoma Historical Society,... more

The Gist of Freedom's guest host historian Bob Seeley talks with the foremost authority and historian on The Still Family, Investigative reporter and Professor Linn Washington Jr., "The Chronicle of an American First Family," Philadelphia... more

Join The Gist of Freedom with the internationally renowned historian Dr. Leonard Jeffries and host Attorney Activist, Michael Coard. Dr. Jeffries lectures on 1. The Statue of Liberty and it's new rival the The 164-foot structure -- about a foot taller... more

Join Michele-Louise Ridley-Cook and guest, Monique Wells, owner of Discover Paris, a Parisian Black Tourist Company, on The Gist of Freedom www.blogTalkRadio.com/TheGISTofFREEDOM Sunday at 6pm... more

Please join Dr. Evelyn Idell Bethune. If her name, Bethune is familiar It is, the name, Evelyn shares in the name and legacy of Bethune-Cookman's founder Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune who is her grandmother. It is the dedication to education... more
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