Mamie Till sent her only child, 14 year old Emmett to visit his family in the Delta, Mississippi for the summer in 1955, two weeks later his body was returned in a casket. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-murder-of-emmett-till-j6dpye/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/fe…

Born into slavery; young Frederick Douglass realized that knowledge was his pathway to freedom he began his quest and never looked back. Instagram: painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick-douglass https://publicseminar.org/e…

The Queen of Soul. American singer, pianist and civil rights activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Source: https://www.arethafranklin.net/ https://youtu.be/RKfkvbOP1sc https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aretha-franklin-tribute-cover-story-queen-729053/amp/--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters…

American Singer and song writer. Aretha Franklin’s story part one discusses young Aretha personal and professional life. Instagram: painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Source: https://www.arethafranklin.net/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/su…

American Abolitionist. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman https://www.businessinsider.com/8-amazing-facts-about-harriet-tubman-2016-4 https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman https://instagram.com/30seconds?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/litehousegrill?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Instagram: @painpower…

American abolitionist and political activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-ho…

Robert Smalls was an enslaved man who was captain of a confederate steamer CSS Planter during the civil war, he commandeered the CSS planter and steered past confederate flag post to freedom. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/which-slave-sa…

American Minister. Malcolm Little ran the streets from city to city as Detroit Red and New York Red after serving time for grand larceny, he emerged as Malcolm X. A representative of The Nation of Islam and The Black Nationalist and Civil rights movement. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: Painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Malcolm X: Quotes, Mov…

Malcolm X, American Minister. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support

American Professor, Author. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: 12 Things You Need To Know About The Death Of Donda West | by Alfred Hood | Sociomix Donda West - Wikipedia The Suspicious Death of Donda West - YouTube Donda West's Surgeon Blames Kanye's Cousin for Her Death - YouTube Donda West Died of Heart Disea…

American Minister and Activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection | New York Heritage (nyheritage.org) Freedom: The Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (youthforhumanrights.org) Martin Luther King Jr. – Biography - NobelPrize.org Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia The Kin…

American Novelist, anthropologist, folklorist and story writer. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: About Zora Neale Hurston | Zora Neale Hurston Biography: Zora Neale Hurston (womenshistory.org) Black Excellist: 10 Things to Know About Zora Neale Hurston (Harlem Renaissance Writer) - YouTube Zora Neale Hurston -…

American Writer. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 78 (theparisreview.org) James Baldwin | Poetry Foundation James Baldwin - Wikipedia James Baldwin - Quotes, Books & Poems - Biography --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support…

American Chef. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: The Story of George Crum, Inventor of the Potato Chip (thoughtco.com) The Potato Chip Was Invented by a Black Man Named George Crum | Black History George Speck - Wikipedia George Crum (1824-1914) • (blackpast.org) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spo…

American Entrepeneur, philanthropist and activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Madam C.J. Walker | African-American Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Activist (madamcjwalker.com) Madam C. J. Walker - Wikipedia MADAM by MCJW - Walmart.com Madam C. J. Walker - HISTORY --- Support this podcast: https://podca…

Womens' rights and anti-slavery activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Biography: Sojourner Truth (womenshistory.org) Sojourner Truth - Quotes, Facts & Speech - HISTORY Sojourner Truth - Wikipedia Sojourner Truth - Quotes, Speech & Facts - Biography --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/…

American Musician. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Jimi Hendrix | The Official Jimi Hendrix Site Jimi Hendrix - Wikipedia Jimi Hendrix: 1942-1970 - Rolling Stone 27 Club (27clubpod.com) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support…

American Poet. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Maya Angelou | Poetry Foundation Maya Angelou - Quotes, Poems & Books - Biography Caged Bird Legacy (mayaangelou.com) Maya Angelou - Wikipedia --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support…

American Artist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: Painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Jean-Michel Basquiat - Wikipedia The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean‐Michel Basquiat - Bio | The Broad 21 Facts About Jean-Michel Basquiat | Contemporary Art | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-…

American Activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Historic Monument | Save The Hampton House | United States Fred Hampton’s childhood home to become community center, museum - Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com) Fred Hampton - Wikipedia Fred Hampton | Biography, Black Panthers, Death, Civil Rights, & Facts | Br…

Jamaican Activist. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support

Jamaican Activist.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support

American Tennis Player. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Arthur Ashe - Quotes, Death & Facts - Biography Arthur Ashe - Wikipedia Life Story | Arthur Ashe Legacy (ucla.edu) Tennis great Arthur Ashe dies of AIDS - HISTORY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support…

Neal F. Simeon, Educator. Administrator and specialist in vocational education. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Sources: Simeon Career Academy Purpose & History (simeonalumniassoc.org) French Creole | Morton Downey Jr. (frenchcreoles.com) Neal F. Simeon Papers | Chicago Public Library (chipublib.org) --- Support this …

American Poet. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: painpowerpodcast@gmail.com Website: Counsel | Velmahood.com Sources: Paul Laurence Dunbar | Poetry Foundation Paul Laurence Dunbar - Wikipedia Paul Laurence Dunbar | American writer | Britannica --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support…

Introducing a Pain and Power an African American History Podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/velma-hood9/support