Why Are They So Angry?
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Why Are They So Angry?
Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square take you into unexplored territory to unlearn what you thought you knew about American history and being Black/African American in the United States. Episodes examine how systemic racism is steeped into every institution of American life from education, busines...
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Project 2025: America's Dystopian Future
Show Notes
Project 2025 is like systemic racism on steroids, and it’s the playbook developed by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation...
Not A Goodbye
Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as they reminisce about their three years recording Why Are They So Angry? episodes and creating the WATSA...
Menace of the Midway
The carnival dunking booths used to be a midway staple, but that seemingly innocent amusement has a sinister and racist history. Join Dr. Carol Franço...
Gutting Affirmative Action
The landmark Supreme Court decision making it illegal to use race as a factor in college and university admissions is sending shockwaves through Ameri...
Artificial Interference
Are new technologies exacerbating societal inequities and even reinforcing systemic racism? What role is facial recognition playing in government over...
Birthing Pains
Resistance to the American form of chattel slavery took many forms. Listen as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square illuminate the history of antebel...
Resistance! Resistance! Resistance!
Nearly 179 years ago, Rev. Henry Highland Garnett declared to Black enslaved people, “Let your motto be resistance! resistance! RESISTANCE!” Black peo...
Washerwomen Uprisings
Did you know Mississippi’s first ever labor union was formed in 1866 by a group of Black washerwomen? Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as t...
American Black Film Festival Competition
We’re delighted to share with you our entry into the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Podcast Competition. Listen here and wish us luck!
Rosewood Massacre Remembered
Shortly after the Civil War and as recently as 1954, whites exercised systemic racism against Blacks through violent expulsions, land grabs, and terro...
Year End Wrap Up
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...
Roses for Rosie
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...
Can We Rest in Peace?
If you think Halloween is scary, listen as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square tell real horror stories of how African American cemeteries have bee...
History Crawling into the Present
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 his...
Surviving a PWI
Choosing, applying to, and getting accepted into a college or university is fraught with stress as well as excitement. The process is doubly challengi...
Is It Really a Choice?
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...
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Black owned newspapers have been community bedrocks for sharing issues, news, and concerns since 1827. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as...
The Oyster King
Since the time of the ancient empires of Western Africa until the present, Black business people and entrepreneurs have created wealth and prosperity...
The North's Secret Shame
Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as they debunk the myth that chattel slavery was not practice in Northern American states. You’ll also hea...
Fathers: Wise, Witty, Wonderful
Mothers seem to get all the play, but fathers need love too! Join Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square as they pay homage to the often uns...
The Taxing Truth
Taxes and slavery are intertwined in ways most people can't imagine. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as they trace how taxing plantation o...
Tulsa to Buffalo: Where Can We Be Safe?
Few can fathom what was lost in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The prosperous, all-Black district of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall...
Banking While Black
After the Civil War, the Freedmen’s Bureau and its bank were established to help transition newly freed enslaved Blacks into citizenry. Unfortunately,...
America's Berlin Walls Reprise
America had its own versions of the Berlin Wall, in fact there are twenty-six existing, demolished or planned segregation walls, fences, road barricad...
Girls Scouts: More Than Cookies Reprise
Girl Scouts of the USA began as an all-white organization in Savannah, Ga., in 1912. But over time, the organization confronted systemic racism in its...
Presidents Behaving Badly Reprise
Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square reprise their look at systemic racism in the American presidency. Although the highest office of the...
The Birth of Black History Month Reprise
Dr. Carol Francois and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they reprise their exploration of the evolution of Black History Month. From its creation by Dr....
Legal Eagles: Women Lawyers Soaring Reprise
With President Biden's announcement he intends to appoint a Black woman jurist to the Supreme Court, join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her...
The MLK Files Reprise
The FBI’s COINTELPRO targeted Black/African leaders and civil rights organizations for decades. Listen as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her...
Hiatus
Self Care is necessary to remain in peak mental and physical condition. When navigating stressful and sometimes traumatic issues, it’s best to pull ba...
Military Sheroes Reprise
Here’s a reprise of the salute to the women of the U.S. Armed Forces who bravely served this nation since the Revolutionary War. Listen as Dr. Carol F...
A Plot Most Foul: Silencing the Black Vote Reprise
At election time, Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square want you to know systemic racism is on the ballot, too. In this episode, you’ll hea...
Black Beach Bonanza: Paradise Stolen Reprise
For decades, land theft and underhanded legal maneuverings have been used to swindled Black/African Americans out of valuable beachfront property. Joi...
2021 Year End Wrap Up
The 2021 year is winding down, so join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they wrap up season two with a look back on and update ab...
The Longer They Ride: Black Cowboys Then and Now
The western is back, and Netflix is riding high on its version The Harder They Fall. Join Dr. Carol François and her niece, Kourtney Square, as they t...
Westward Ho! Lost History of the Black West Reprise
The western is back, and Netflix is riding high on its version The Harder They Fall. Join Dr. Carol François and her niece, Kourtney Square as they re...
Straight Talk About CRT
Say the words “critical race theory” and you’re bound to start a firestorm. So what exactly is it all about, and why is it such a hot topic lately? Jo...
Colin Powell: More Than An Officer and a Gentleman
He was, by all accounts, a soldier's soldier. General Colin Powell’s 35 years of exemplary service in the Army and many years in civil service set him...
Artists As Activists: Paying the Price
Ever since the first cave person drew on a cave wall, artists have used their art to comment on the human condition and to decry inequity and man’s in...
A Night of Terror at the Algiers Motel Reprise
Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, the aunt and niece duo, are taking a self-care break, but until they return with a new episode of Why Are they...