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Forever Black History

Forever Black History

Di: Anthony Smith
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 Forever Black History is a documentary-style podcast hosted by Anthony Smith that explores the powerful stories, people, and communities that shaped Black history and, ultimately, American history.

From pioneering Black towns like Nicodemus, Kansas, to groundbreaking inventors, influential leaders, and historic movements, this podcast uncovers stories that deserve to be remembered and passed on to future generations.

Each episode takes listeners on a journey through history, highlighting the resilience, innovation, and determination of Black Americans who helped build the cultural, economic, and social foundations of this nation.

Forever Black History exists to educate, inspire, and preserve the legacy of those whose contributions changed the world—because Black history is not just part of the American story.

It is the American story.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/forever-black-history--6902122/support.Copyright Anthony Smith Mondiale
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  • Episode 8 - The Rise of Seneca Village

    Episode 8 - The Rise of Seneca Village
    Apr 17 2026
    Rise & Fall – Part 1: Seneca Village – The Dream Beneath Central Park
    Before Central Park existed, there was Seneca Village — New York City’s first major free Black community and a true Black Wall Street in Manhattan.
    In this powerful first episode of our new series, we uncover how free Black New Yorkers, many just one generation removed from slavery, came together in the 1820s and built a thriving, self-determined community from the ground up.
    Meet the visionary founders: Andrew Williams (the first landowner), Epiphany Davis, and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Discover how they purchased land, built homes, established churches and schools, planted gardens, and even gained voting rights through property ownership.
    This was Black excellence in action — right in the heart of America’s biggest city.
    But their success would eventually make them a target.
    Part 1 of 2: The Rise of Seneca Village.
    A must-listen chapter of Forever Black History

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    8 min
  • Episode 7 - 111 Year Witness Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story: Don't Let Them Bury My Story Part 3

    Episode 7 - 111 Year Witness Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story: Don't Let Them Bury My Story Part 3
    Apr 8 2026
    self-determination, connects the past to the present, and explores modern revival efforts happening across America today.
    Whether it’s a deep dive into a single powerful figure, a destroyed Black community, or the ongoing fight for justice and reparations — Forever Black History refuses to let the truth stay silent.
    This isn’t just history. This is Forever Black History.
    New episodes every week.

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    15 min
  • Episode 6 - 111 Year Witness The Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story: The Erasure Part 2

    Episode 6 - 111 Year Witness The Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story: The Erasure Part 2
    Apr 1 2026
    Forever Black History: The 111-Year Witness – Part 2: The Century of Silence
    After the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed Black Wall Street, the city tried to erase the entire event from history. But one little girl carried the truth for a century. In Part 2 of this powerful three-part series, host Anthony Smith explores Mother Viola Ford Fletcher’s long road through silence and survival.
    Viola’s family fled Tulsa and joined the Great Migration. She later became a shipyard welder during World War II, building ships for a country that had firebombed her neighborhood as a child. For over 70 years she worked as a domestic, cleaning homes while quietly living with nightmares and the lights always on.
    This episode also connects Viola’s story to America’s larger pattern of destroyed Black towns — from Seneca Village buried under Central Park in New York, to Rosewood and Ocoee burned to the ground in Florida, Oscarville submerged under Lake Lanier, and Nicodemus, Kansas fighting to preserve its legacy on the prairie.
    As the silence around the Tulsa Massacre finally begins to crack, we see how one survivor refused to let her story — and the truth of Greenwood — be buried forever.
    Part 2 of the three-part series “The Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story.”
    Listen to Part 1: The Night the World Ended and stay tuned for Part 3: Don’t Let Them Bury My Story.
    Follow @ForeverBlackHistory on Instagram and X for more untold stories from Black history.
    #TulsaMassacre #ViolaFletcher #BlackWallStreet #ForeverBlackHistory
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    17 min
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