Black History the Way It Should Be Done

 

I just wanted to take the opportunity to share a podcast I started recording last year. Instead of woke historical revisionism, there are fascinating stories in black history that are worth telling. If there are any creative film production companies, they might even see some potential for great films that are different from the endless sequels and prequels.

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  1. Columbo Inactive
    Columbo
    @Columbo

    Well done, Bereket!

    In the book, Grant by Ron Chernow, it was shown how Grant supported and utilized regiments of Black soldiers, former slaves, to shift the tide of the war. His approach wasn’t always supported by other military officers whose own biogtry denied the fact that these soldiers could be as good or even better than their own regiments of solely white soldiers. I believe that the movie Glory depicted this courage and gallantry of these soldiers to help win the war, keep the Union together, and eliminate the legality of slavery in these United States. That is true American history. Not always pretty, with plenty of warts, but the end result was within the ideals, aspirations and vision of a Nation and Constitution conceived and dedicated to freedom for all.

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  2. namlliT noD Member
    namlliT noD
    @DonTillman

    Wow!  Great!

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  3. namlliT noD Member
    namlliT noD
    @DonTillman

    Bereket Kelile: If there are any creative film production companies then they might even see some potential for great films that are different from the endless sequels and prequels.

    ‘Totally agree! 

    There are some great stories here; a ton of potential for film.

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  4. Freeven Member
    Freeven
    @Freeven

    A guy I used to work with sold a screen play to Morgan Freeman that I thought had the makings of a great film. It told the (true) story of a Black sheriff in a small western town (Don’t think I ever knew either his or the town’s name). He faced a moral dilemma when his son stole a horse. The sheriff stayed true to his oath and formed a posse, tracked his son down, and brought him to justice (hanging, I imagine). Unfortunately, Freeman never developed the film, though he still (to my knowledge) owns the rights to it. I guess it’s pretty common for producers to buy up scripts that have potential, but few of them get made.

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  5. Hartmann von Aue Member
    Hartmann von Aue
    @HartmannvonAue

    Thanks. I have the book on Kindle, having purchased it based on the presentation on the Glenn Beck show some years ago. I have now, thanks to you, added the podcast on my FB page. 

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  6. Clifford A. Brown Member
    Clifford A. Brown
    @CliffordBrown

    Thanks for pointing to this podcast. I’ve added it to my list to download.

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  7. CACrabtree Coolidge
    CACrabtree
    @CACrabtree

    Columbo (View Comment):

    Well done, Bereket!

    In the book, Grant by Ron Chernow, it was shown how Grant supported and utilized regiments of Black soldiers, former slaves, to shift the tide of the war. His approach wasn’t always supported by other military officers whose own biogtry denied the fact that these soldiers could be as good or even better than their own regiments of solely white soldiers. I believe that the movie Glory depicted this courage and gallantry of these soldiers to help win the war, keep the Union together, and eliminate the legality of slavery in these United States. That is true American history. Not always pretty, with plenty of warts, but the end result was within the ideals, aspirations and vision of a Nation and Constitution conceived and dedicated to freedom for all.

    Well put.  There’s a ton of history to be learned about this nation; some bad but a lot of good.  Although we’ve stumbled at times, we’ve always had (for lack of a better word) a compass that’s pointed us in the right direction.  

    Now, we have a group of charlatans who seek to spread the narrative that this nation was evil from the outset.  This type of fiction needs to be dispelled at every turn.

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  8. Columbo Inactive
    Columbo
    @Columbo

    And this group of charlatans have a huge head start. They have been teaching this America is evil perversion of history to our children in government schools for decades. And the colleges/universities are even worse. 

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  9. namlliT noD Member
    namlliT noD
    @DonTillman

    Image bug; try again…

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  10. namlliT noD Member
    namlliT noD
    @DonTillman

    Along similar lines, though historically a few years later, this delightful meme has been passed around:

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  11. PHCheese Inactive
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    namlliT noD (View Comment):

    Along similar lines, though historically a few years later, this delightful meme has been passed around:

    Smalls is a very common black surname here in the Low Country of South Carolina.

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  12. Gossamer Cat Coolidge
    Gossamer Cat
    @GossamerCat

    I downloaded this podcast when you posted it a while back.  Very well done and enjoyable and it illuminated a part of our history I did not know.  I’ll add my voice to those who think these stories would make a great documentary or film.

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  13. The Reticulator Member
    The Reticulator
    @TheReticulator

    I have a very restricted diet of podcasts, but I listened to the first one. It’s good. I may listen to another but that will fill this year’s quota. Then what?

    It would be interesting to know where you got all this information. (My apologies if you said so and I didn’t catch it. If you did, I’ll try to be more attentive.) 

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  14. Charlotte Member
    Charlotte
    @Charlotte

    Awesome.

    Seems like this ought to have a home on the Ricochet Audio Network ™…

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  15. Johnny Dubya Inactive
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    @JohnnyDubya

    I see that one episode covers the Battle of Groton Heights.  I have a particular interest in listening to that one as I own a home in Groton that sits along the very path that Benedict Arnold’s troops marched toward Fort Griswold after they came ashore at Eastern Point Beach.  To anyone traveling the I-95 corridor in that area, I highly recommend taking an hour or two to visit the fort and the small museum there.

    Every year, there is a ceremony marking the anniversary of the battle.

     

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  16. The Reticulator Member
    The Reticulator
    @TheReticulator

    I don’t know that I’d call it black history any more than it is everyone’s history, but a month ago or so I finished a really good book, “Embattled Freedom: Journeys Through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps,” by Amy Murrell Taylor (2018).  It’s not really a biography, but it follows individuals and one family through the always shifting world of refugee camps near the theaters of war. It made me aware of just how complicated the situation was, balancing the needs of people who wanted to live as families, support the war, become financially independent, and deal with all the dangers near a war zone where they were sometimes targets. Union officers and soldiers had to get used to the idea of treating former slaves of a race-based system as free people, which was extra complicated in a situation where military discipline and campaigns involve a lot of compulsion. Adjustments were needed all around, and some handled it better than others. 

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