Episodes

The 2022 year is winding down, so join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they wrap up season three with a look back on and update about some of the year’s episodes. They’ll also make gift and reading recommendations just in time for holiday gift giving. And they’ll announce the winner of the notorious “Rutherford B Hayes Award”--- an award the hosts give to a person or persons who tried to derail efforts to dismantle systemic racism. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism...

You’ve probably seen the iconic poster of a white woman in a red bandanna proudly flexing her muscles with the words “We Can Do It” emblazoned across the top. The poster became known as Rosie the Riveter. Few know that image easily could have been of a Black woman since over 600,000 Black American women were “Rosies” in defense industry and government jobs supporting WWII war efforts. Listen as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square describe and honor their accomplishments as a Veterans' Day tri...

If you think Halloween is scary, listen as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square tell real horror stories of how African American cemeteries have been desecrated, destroyed, and disrespected through grave robbing and gentrification. Want more like this? Go to https://www.podpage.com/why-are-they-so-angry/ to get the history they didn’t teach you in school. Citations Dallas' First Freeway Built Over Freedman's Cemetery Freedman’s Cemetery Memorial (Dallas, TX) Freedman's Cemetery Memorial | Texa...

If you’ve never heard of the Reverse Freedom Rides of 1962, you’re not alone. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as they tell this hidden history of how Southern segregationists tricked Blacks into boarding buses bound for what they thought was a brighter new life in the North. Then listen as your hosts draw a through line from that pernicious incident to current news stories about migrants in Arizona, Florida, and Texas being bused and flown to Northern cities. Want more like this? Go ...

Choosing, applying to, and getting accepted into a college or university is fraught with stress as well as excitement. The process is doubly challenging for Black students who often face personal racist acts and systemic racism at predominantly white institutions (PWIs). Join Dr. Carol Francois and Kourtney Square as they tell the story of two talented young Black men who faced an angry mob over a hundred years ago at the University of Maine and how the terror they encountered is repeated on col...

If you think the school choice movement and policies are about allowing parents to use tax dollars to get the best education for their children, you’d better listen to this episode to hear what’s really going on. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as they show the link between segregation academies of the Jim Crow South era and the systemic racism behind today’s proposed school choice policies. Though these policies could potentially re-create highly segregated schools, listeners will l...