Black Is America

The Black Is America podcast highlights little-known African American figures who helped write the story of America. Join us as we shed new light on lost chapters in our nation's history. Hear the amazing, inspiring accounts of black American inventors, heroes, scientists, entrepreneurs and so much more. While racism is a common theme, it is not the central theme. These stories focus instead on what black people have contributed in spite of it, and the impact of those contributions shows clearly that African American History is American History.

Black Is America is a history podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 31 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Black Is America, a history show with 31 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  Restored Voice | A Black Is America Documentary Film

  May 6, 202622 minS5

  <h1 > Restored Voice | A Black Is America Documentary Film</h1> <p >Black Is America has always explored the systems, people, and moments that shape the Black experience in America through history, culture, and storytelling.</p> <p >But this episode is different.</p> <p >Restored Voice marks a new direction for the series, an observational short documentary film following a citywide voter registration and voter restoration drive across Memphis, Tennessee. Through ride-alongs, community conversations, and real-time moments on the ground, the film explores what happens when people who have paid their debt to society attempt to reclaim not just their right...

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  Episode #4

  DEI & The Tuskegee Airmen

  Apr 17, 20263 minS5

  <p >n this episode, we confront one of the most common misconceptions about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: the idea that it lowers standards.</p> <p >Using the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, we examine how systemic barriers, not lack of ability, have historically limited access to opportunity. Despite facing segregation, the Airmen trained under rigorous military standards and went on to become one of the most successful fighter escort groups of World War II.</p> <p >We also break down modern arguments against DEI and challenge them with data, including research showing that racial discrimination has cost the U.S...

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  Episode #3

  A Day at Motown

  Mar 16, 20263 minS5

  <p>Spent the day at Hitsville USA with my brothers, The Ummah Collective Group. Afterwards I rode around Detroit, listening to my guy Al Peterson share what the experience meant to him. This mini episode of Black is America was created in collaboration with the Ummah Collective Group. </p>

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  Otis Blackwell: The American Songwriter

  Feb 27, 202617 minS5

  <p >Otis Blackwell helped write the sound of modern America.</p> <p >He wrote "Don't Be Cruel."<br /> He wrote "All Shook Up."<br /> He wrote "Fever."</p> <p >His songs helped launch Elvis Presley's rise at the exact moment rock and roll went global — yet his name remains largely unknown.</p> <p >In this episode of Black Is America, we examine the life, craft, and legacy of Otis Blackwell — the Brooklyn-born songwriter whose structure, hooks, and emotional clarity helped define 1950s youth culture and reshape American popular music.</p> <p >From the Apollo Theater to international charts…<br /> from behind...

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  The American Heartbeat

  Feb 2, 20264 minS5

  <p >The American Heartbeat marks the opening of Season 5 of Black Is America.</p> <p >One hundred years after Negro History Week was established to safeguard Black history, this film serves as a reminder that the story was never separate to begin with. Black history is not an appendix to America's narrative — it is woven through its foundation.</p> <p >From labor and culture to service, faith, innovation, and memory, The American Throughline asserts what has always been true: to erase Black history is to leave the American story incomplete.</p> <p >This film follows a long tradition of griots — story...

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