Clint shares a lesson about the Black Lives Matter movement. We'll discuss some of the major events that contributed to the rise of BLM, including the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and George Floyd, and the way that social media was utilized by Black organizers to gain support for the movement.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, November 9, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the early life, political career, presidential campaign, and legislative milestones of Barack Obama.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, November 2, 2022
Clint shares details about his experience as a teenager in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, October 19, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the legendary writer Toni Morrison. Morrison is best known for her novels which chronicle the experiences of Black Americans throughout history.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, October 5, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about rap & hip hop, and the cultural significance of artists including Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, N.W.A., Queen Latifah, and Missy Elliott.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 20, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Clarence Thomas.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 6, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the life, career, and legacy of Shirley Chisholm.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 27, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the complicated history of racial tension in South Central Los Angeles.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 27, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the Civil Rights activist and Icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 9, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the history of the War on Drugs, what it was trying to accomplish, and how it contributed to the US as a carceral state, and the nation that imprisons more of its population than any country in the world.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 13 , 2022
Clint shares a lesson about Marsha P. Johnson and the Stonewall rebellion.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, June 29 , 2022
Clint shares a lesson about how the Black Arts Movement served as a way for women to empower Black People through creative output.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, June 14 , 2022
Clint shares a lesson about Malcolm X’s origins, his work with the Nation of Islam, his break from that organization, and his eventual assassination.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, May 10, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the Little Rock Nine, the Greensboro Four, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Freedom Riders.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, April 23, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about perhaps the best-known leader in the Civil Rights Era, Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, April 9, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about how boycott leaders like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr were household names and the Civil Rights movements was on the national stage.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, March 25, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the story of Emmett Till and the jarring images of his funeral shocked the nation and were a vital catalyst in turning the civil rights movement into a nationwide phenomenon.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, March 12, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about how the NAACP's legal defense fund (led by Thurgood Marshall at the time of the Brown Decision) pursued a strategy of bringing cases to court that would expand the civil rights of Black Americans.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, February 11, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about Randolph, Bayard Rustin, the march they planned, and the movement it inspired. We'll also talk about how the dream of the 1941 march was ultimately deferred for more than 20 years.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, January 28, 2022