Episode

Macedonia Church Arson, 2008

*On this date in 2011, a white man was convicted of burning down a black church. He motive was to condemn Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black president in November 2008.

Wayne Simmonds

*On this date in 2011, a racial incident happened in a National Hockey League game.

The Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings played in a neutral site exhibition game in London, Ontario. Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds was in the middle of his shootout attempt when a fan inside the Labatt Centre threw a banana peel in his path. Simmonds, an African-Canadian still beat Red Wings goaltender Jordan Pearce.

Members on 127th street, Harlem

*This date in 1930 marks the first meeting of The Northeasterners Inc. The Northeasterners Inc. was a Black woman’s social club started in Harlem, NYC that still exists today.

Plaque honoring
Frederick Douglass

*On this date in 2007, Frederick Douglass was honored as the first black reporter allowed into the Capitol press galleries.

*On this date in 2010 the black community in Oakland, California protested and verdict in the death of another black man by an Oakland police officer.