North Carolina entertainer educates followers on little-known Black history
North Carolina entertainer educates followers on little-known Black history
WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES BACK IN THE 50’S. AUDR: A POPULAR ENTERTAINERS I USING HIS PLATFORM TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON BLACK HISTORY. HIS SOCIAL MEDIA SERSIE CALLED I DIDN’T KW,NO MAYBE YOU DIDN’T EITHER IS GETTING THOUSANDSF O VIEWS. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME HIM. HE JOINED US ON THE LOCAL VIBE A FEW WEEKS AGO. IT’S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU. AUDR:EY THANK YOU. LET’S START WITH SOMEONE WHO MISSED OUR PREVIOUS INTERVIEW WITH YOU. WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF YOUR SEGMENT? I LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU EXPLAINED STLA TIME. >> IF YOU MISSED THE LAST INTERVIEW,HE WRE WERE YOU? I DIDN'’ KNOW MAEYB YOU DIDN’T IS REPROGRAMMING A LOT OF THE MISINFORMATION WE WERE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL. I D DI WHEN GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED. I STARTED DOING MY OWN HOMEWORK ON BLACK HISTORY FACTS THAT WE WEREN’T TAUGHT IN SCHOOL. A LOT OF THEM ARE HEINOUS. I WILL BE HONEST. AOT L WILL TAKE YOU TO A DARK PLACE. THERE ARE SOME GREAT STORIES. THERE ARE STORIES OF ALLY SHIP. A NAME THAT COMES TO MIND ISIP. PETER BUXTON. I DID AN EPISODE ON PETER BUXTON. YOU YMA BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST SIX MONTHS. IT LASTED 40 YEA.RS THE EXPERIMENT WAS WHEN THE HETHAL DEPARTMENT TEAMED UP WITH TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY AND THEY NTWAED TO KNOW THE SIDE EFFECTS OF UNTREATED SYPHILIS IN BLACK MEN. HOW DO THEY CONDUCT THE EXPERIMENT? BY GIVING BLACKMAN SYPHILIS UNRDE THE UMBRELLA OF FREE HEALTH CARE. IT WAS A HORRIFIC INCIDE.NT IT LASTED 40 YEARS UNTIL A WHITE MAN CAME ALONG AND WASHE T WHISTLEBLOWER. WE NEEDED ALLIES LIKE PETER BUXTON. A LOT OF THE MISEDUCATION WE WERE TAUGHT, UNCLE TOM IS OFTEN USED TO GREAT A BLACK PERSON. TO SAY THAT THEY ARE DOING TOO MUCH -- OR ACTING BLACK. THAT’S NOT WHO UNCLE TOM WAS. IT’S ON MY YOUTUBE. UNCLE TOM WAS SOMEONE WHO TUALLYAC MADE THE WAY FOR TWO BLACK WOMEN. IT IS STORIES LIKE THOSE THAT I DID NOT KNOW AND MAYBE YOU DIDN’T EITHER. I’M JUST SHARING THEM ON MY PLATFORM. I HAVE ALSO LINKEDP U WITH IHEARTRADIO. THEY’VE BEEN DROPPING EPISODES EVERY DAY THIS MONTH. WE AREN O DAY 15. IT’S GETTING MILLIONS OF SEATRMS ON THE PODCAST NETWORK. I’M HAPPY WE CAN ALL GROW TOGETHER AND REPROGRAM TOGETHER OVER A VERY BASIC LEVEL. AUEYDR I LIKE THAT YOU ARE TRANSPARENT. YOU ARE ADMITTING YOU DIDN’T KNOW. YOU ARE DOING THE RESEARCH AND THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECTOT HPEL YOURSELF AND EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION. THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT IS YEAR-ROUND. IT’S NOT JUST FEBRUARY. TE MLL HOW YOU ARE DECIDING TO CONTINUE THIS INTO YOUR CAREER. >> FROM THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, THE GOAL WAS TO PUT ISTH IONT A SHORT, A 30 MINUTE EPISODE AND TRY TO PITCH THAT. WE ARE GOING TO NEEDOO G FUNDING. WE NEED SOME IDEAS TO PITCH TO MAKE THIS LONG-TERM. I AM GOING ON SEVERAL TRIP S.I WENT TO CHARLESTON. I TOOK MY KIDS. MY WIFE SURPRIDSE ME FOR A BIRTHDAY TRIP. I LEARNED THEY HAD BRICK PLAN PATIEN. CHILDREN WOULD MAKE THE BRICKS. YOU CAN SEE LITTLE FINGERPRINTS OF LITTLE CHILDRENOL MDED IN THE BRICKS IN CHARLESTON. THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY DNOW THERE. THE GOAL IS TO TAKE ISTH ACROSS THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES THAT EAR UNTOLD, WE WERSTE IN -- MISINFORMED. I FEEL LIKE IT’S MY JOB TO PRESENT THOSE TOHE T WORLD IN AN ENTERTAINING FASHI AONND AWAY WERE WE CAN BE REPROGRAMMED. AUDREY: YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE ON THE LOCAL FIVE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH USANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH . THE BEST WAY TO KEEP UP WITH HIM AN D WATCH MEOR OF THE SERIES IS ON HIS YOUTU PAGE.
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North Carolina entertainer educates followers on little-known Black history
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