genealogy She Traced Her Roots Through Slavery to Africa — and Discovered a New Sense of Self For African Americans, attempts to trace ancestral lines through the slave trade can lead to dead ends and heartbreak. However, with the help of an African Ancestry DNA test, NBCLX’s Brittney Williams was able to discover her roots in Africa — and find a new sense of community and self.
Education How Black History is Taught at One Mostly White College in Tennessee NBCLX went inside an African-American history class at Rhodes College, in Memphis, Tennessee, to learn how its professor and its students are tackling uncomfortable conversations about our nation’s past and present. (Note: This video contains the use of a racial slur. We have chosen not to edit it due to its context and the educational nature of the piece.)
travel Meet a Woman Who Risked It All to Buy an 1880s-Era Ghost Town in Montana Gunslinger Gulch is an 1880s-era mining town that was salvaged from demolition and moved to Anaconda, Montana. Today this old ghost town serves as a bed and breakfast to travelers who want a taste of the Old West. NBCLX contributor Greg Bledsoe brings his Family Geography Project to Montana to meet Karen Broussard, who moved her family from Seattle to...
ben crump How Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Keeps Faith That America Can Overcome Racism Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has stood by and comforted too many families whose Black loved ones have been killed by police or civilian vigilantes — from George Floyd to Daunte Wright to Trayvon Martin. Crump joined LX News host Ashley Holt to discuss how he remains optimistic that our country will win the fight against racism.
decentralized government These Two Examples Show Government Without Political Parties Can Work George Washington called it 225 years ago. Under political parties, our representatives in government will focus on consolidating their power and infighting instead of solving problems.
decentralized government Can Government Work Without Political Parties? Two Examples Prove It Can Is it possible to have a government that isn’t driven by ideological differences? Examples in North America alone, including one state house in the U.S., show that government bodies can be designed to avoid political parties and encourage cooperation. NBCLX storyteller Peter Hull takes a closer look at the possibilities of decentralized government.
black history month Why Black History Month Still Matters Supporters contend Black History Month matters more in 2021 than ever before
black power movement Before Black Lives Matter, the Black Power Movement Called for Freedom From White Supremacy In the late 1960s and 70s, decades before Black Lives Matter was founded, the Black Power movement was fighting for the right of Black Americans to be free of white supremacy. The term “Black Power,” made famous by activist Stokely Carmichael, demands that Black Americans have the freedom to create economic, political and cultural power of their own. NBCLX explores...
black history month Between Two Worlds: What Black History Month Means to First-Generation Black Americans Identifying as a Black person in America can be complicated — especially for first-generation Americans. NBCLX storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo, a first-generation American herself, talked to a group of others about identity, community and what Black History Month means to them.
underground railroad The Southern Underground Railroad Was the Route to Freedom That History Forgot We all know about the Underground Railroad —the network that Harriet Tubman and others used to bring enslaved people from the South to the northern free states in the years through the Civil War. But you likely haven’t learned about the alternate route to freedom that ran through Florida and existed with the help of the Black Seminoles. This is...
