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A Code Switch Playlist For Black History Month

#BlackHistorymonth #AfricanAmerican #HiddenHeroes #Activism #CodeSwitch By Dianne Lugo & Isabella Rosario Black History Month is here, and it's the perfect time to listen to Code Switch! We've got episodes all about the hidden heroes and buried history of black America. To help you dive right in, check out our new playlist. It's got stories on everything from sports activism, to the Black Panther Party, to one woman's fight for respect that went all the way to the Supreme Court. So as you grind through the middle of winter, listen to our recommendations to be inspired, enlightened and moved. If you want to learn about.... The first enslaved Africans in the United States Four hundred years ago, a ship landed on the coast of Jamestown, Va. According to John Rolfe, a businessman at the small British settlement, the ship wasn't carrying much. But the truth was, within the ship were the first enslaved Africans to arrive in the United States. We...