Episodes

  • Bonus: What to the Slave is the 4th
    Jul 4 2023
    The Record of our Forbearers aims to introduce some of the dopest Black Christians and their stories of faith and perseverance. In this bonus episode, we have a conversation about what the 4th of July meant to slaves.
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    19 mins
  • 16 | Garrett A. Morgan & Marie Van Brittan Brown
    Jun 15 2023
    The Record of Our Forebearers aims to introduce some of the dopest Black Christians and their stories of faith and perseverance. Every episode we will discover two people and present their stories. In this episode we learn from the stories of Garrett A. Morgan & Marie Van Brittan Brown.
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    26 mins
  • 15 | Moses Roper and Mary Mcleod Bethune
    May 18 2023
    The Record of Our Forebearers aims to introduce some of the dopest Black Christians and their stories of faith and perseverance. Every episode we will discover two people and present their stories. This episode we learn from the stories of Moses Roper and Mary Mcleod Bethune.
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    27 mins
  • 14 | Charles H. Wright and Mary Church Terrell
    May 4 2023
    The Record of Our Forebearers aims to introduce some of the dopest Black Christians and their stories of faith and perseverance. Every episode we will discover two people and present their stories. This episode we learn from the stories of Charles H. Wright and Mary Church Terrell.
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    23 mins
  • 13 | Charles O. Boothe & Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley
    Mar 30 2023
    The Record of Our Forebearers aims to introduce some of the dopest Black Christians and their stories of faith and perseverance. Every episode we will discuss two people and present their stories. This episode we learn from the stories of Charles O. Boothe and Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley. For Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley:1. Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley (1868)For Betsey Stockton:1. Betsey Stockton’s Journal by Betsey Stockton (1822-1823)2. The Education of Betsey Stockton : An Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom by Gregory H. Nobles (2022)
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    27 mins
  • 12 | Jack Yates & Betsey Stockton
    Mar 23 2023
    The Record of Our Forebearers aims to introduce some of the dopest Black Christians and their stories of faith and perseverance. Every episode we will discuss two people and present their stories. This episode we learn from the stories of Jack Yates and Betsey Stockton. For Jack Yates: 1. The Life and Efforts of Jack Yates by Rutherford B. Yates and Paul L. Yates (1985) For Betsey Stockton: 1. Betsey Stockton’s Journal by Betsey Stockton (1822-1823) 2. The Education of Betsey Stockton : An Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom by Gregory H. Nobles (2022)
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    30 mins
  • 11 | Rev. Josiah Henson & Susie King Taylor
    Feb 9 2023
    The Record of Our Forebearers aims to introduce some of the dopest Black Christians and their stories of faith and perseverance. Every episode we will discuss two people and present their stories. This episode we learn from the stories of Rev. Josiah Henson & Susie King Taylor.
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    30 mins
  • 10 | William Wells Brown and Henry Highland Garnet
    Feb 2 2023
    The Record of Our Forebearers aims to introduce some of the dopest Black Christians and their stories of faith and perseverance. Every episode we will discuss two people and present their stories. This episode we learn from the stories of William Wells Brown and Henry Highland Garnet.
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    52 mins