Fact Checks & Sources from this months Podcast because "Truth" matters!
This document provides sources for the historical claims made in the podcast script to ensure accuracy and provide listeners with a credible foundation.
Claim: "August is Black Philanthropy Month."
· Verification: This is correct. Black Philanthropy Month is a global celebration of giving and community investment within the Black community, celebrated annually in August.
· Source: City Teaching Alliance, "Give 8/28 and Black Philanthropy Month."
Claim: "Our story in America... began in August 1619 with the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia."
· Verification: This is correct. The first documented arrival of enslaved Africans in Virginia occurred in late August 1619 at Point Comfort.
· Source: National Park Service, "First Africans in Virginia Marker."
Claim: "This spirit of resistance shows up again and again in August. From Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831..."
· Verification: This is correct.
· Source: Encyclopedia Virginia, "Nat Turner's Revolt (1831)."
Claim: "...to Emancipation Day in 1834..."
· Verification: This is correct. The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 came into effect on August 1, 1834, leading many former British colonies to celebrate Emancipation Day on that date.
· Source: British Online Archives, "Emancipation Day."
Claim: "The tragic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in August 1955 became a turning point..."
· Verification: This is correct.
· Source: The FBI's official page on "Emmett Till."
Claim: "...the March on Washington in August 1963, where a quarter of a million people spoke with one voice..."
· Verification: This is correct.
· Source: National Park Service, "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom."
Claim: "This movement's victories continued in August 1965 with the signing of the Voting Rights Act."
· Verification: This is correct. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law on August 6, 1965.
· Source: U.S. Senate, "The Senate Passes the Voting Rights Act."
Claim: "The Watts Uprising in August 1965..."
· Verification: This is correct.
· Source: Britannica, "Watts Riots of 1965."
Claim: "...the session of black panther George Jackson in prison was another tragic reminder of the ongoing struggle for freedom and justice."
· Verification: The date is correct.
· Source: Black Lives Matter, "The Legacy of George Jackson."
