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Rethinking Our HistoryEpisode 36: April 29, 1992, Part 1:Send us a textThis week we are going back in the way back machine to the best decade of all time. The 90's. After what has been going on in California the last month or so, I felt it was appropriate to look at a time in history when we saw this happen before.There is a lot that went into the events of April 29th 1992 and the days that followed. Years of abuse and exploitation, racism and stereotyping had the black community at it's wits end. Imagine you are just trying to live...2025-07-2141 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 35: Marvin Heemeyer and KilldozerSend us a textWe are back! Thank you so much to our fans who are still here with us while we were off. Thank you to everyone who reached out after the passing of my brother, your love was very much appreciated.So this week we are looking at an event I did not pay much attention too at the time, I had just graduated high school a week prior. But you'd have to be an alien to not know the name Killdozer.This is the story of a man who felt...2025-07-1424 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 34: Missing in Washington: Benita Long:Send us a textMay 5th is MMIW Awareness Day and June 6th is MMIM Awareness day but everyday indigenous people go missing and their cases are thrown to the side.This is what happened with Benita Long when she went missing in March of 2022 from a motel in Washington state. At first police were not concerned due to her past history, and by the time they actually cared to investigate it was far to late.If you or anyone you knows knows anything about the disappearance of Benita Long call the Yakama...2025-06-0915 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 33: The Bath School Disaster:Send us a textWARNING: This episode contains discussion of animal murder and a school bombing.This week as we enter Pride month we take a look at someone no one should have any pride in. Andrew Kehoe was known as impatient and frugal, but also a helpful neighbor.But a time came when he felt that the town no longer deserved his kindness but instead his rage. And that is when he planned to take his anger out on the people of the small community he called home by striking at the...2025-06-0228 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 32: Slave or Samurai? Yasuke:Send us a textIt seems there is a lot of vitrol and hate towards anything showcasing black excellence now adays on social media. This includes figures from history.Known as the black Samurai we do not know much about the man known simply as Yasuke. But there was nothing simple about him. The very sight of this man sent communities into a frenzy and people lost their lives trying to catch a glimpse of him.But what he did next still shocks people to this day. After confirming this man had not...2025-05-2629 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 31: The Thule Society:Send us a textThis week we are going to be looking at a society that should be long dead but has had a revival of sorts recently.Founded in the early 1900's as a study group, the Thule society quickly became German Supremacy group, one that heavily targeted the Jewish community.And they are still spreading their hate today. If you are up for a mind bend, click on their link below to get a sense of what they are all about.ROH EP 31 Source Notes:https://www...2025-05-2135 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 30: Lawman Bass ReevesSend us a textWe got quite a short one this week, but it's a been more fun then what we have covered recently.Having been born into slavery, Bass Reeves was finally able to escape his captors and made his way to live with the natives. They taught him their language, their culture and their skills on the land.When freedom finally came for all black people, Bass was tapped to be a US Marshal due to his skills and knowledge. And even though he never learned to read or write, he...2025-05-0513 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 29: Missing in NC: Cole ThomasSend us a textThis week we are going to do something different. We are going to be looking at the case of a missing person that needs attention.On the night of Thanksgiving 2016 Cole Thomas went missing from an intersection in Benson NC during a road trip with two co workers.The investigation has uncovered the real reason for the road trip, but they have yet to locate Cole or any clue that could lead to his where abouts.4 men know what happened to him that cold night, but they...2025-04-2816 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 28: The Match Girls StrikeSend us a textLet's go to Britain this week, during the 1800's of it all. 1888 to be specific.After a newpaper article came out bringing light to the terrible conditions of the match making factories management attempted to make people sign a form refuting the article.When they refused, one or more of the employees were fired. This set of a storm of strikes that could have crippled the match making industry.ROH EP 28 Source Notes:2025-04-2122 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 27: The Bombing of MOVESend us a textThis week we are looking at one of the wildest events I personally have ever heard of.In 1985 an organization known as MOVE was causing waves in the community. They had already been run out of one home, and now the cops were on their way to run them out of another.But what they ended up doing would take the lives of 11 people in that house, 5 of them children. and destroy two city blocks. Within months Philly became known as The City That Bombed Itself.ROH...2025-04-1429 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 26: The Oklahoma City Bombing Part 2:Send us a textLast week we took a journey to look at what drove two men to decide to bomb a federal building, taking the lives of dozens.This week we look at that act that took those lives. On April 19th 1995 at 9:02 am, the bomb that Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols had spent months planning and executing, ripped apart the Alfred P. Murrah Building in downtown Oklahoma City.The loss of life was catastrophic as was the damage to the building and surrounding area. But there was no remorse from the...2025-04-0730 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 25: The Oklahoma City Bombing Part 1:Send us a textThis week we are looking back at the worst domestic terrorist attack in US history.After the mess that the US government made during Rudy Ridge and the siege at Waco, many homegrown terrorist were angry and looking to take revenge against the government.Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were two sure terrorist. Having grown up in the US, being former military and white supremacist, these two were ready to go after anyone to take revenge upon the government.This episode tells us how were got to...2025-03-3149 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 24: The Dancing Plague of 1518Send us a textWe got a bit of a lighter episode for ya this week, but its still a weird story.On July 14th 1518 Frau Troffea walked out of her home in Strasbourg France and began dancing. But this was not joyful twirling, line dancing, or any of the dancing we have today, instead it was a manic dancing that lasted well into the night and only stopped once Troffea fell asleep.But the next day she would wake up and start dancing again. Soon more people began joining her and before...2025-03-1715 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 23: The Murder of Ruthie Mae McCoySend us a textIn 1992 the cult classic movie Candyman made it's way to movie theaters, and more than a few people recognized the story line to be much more than just a nightmare. For folks living in the ABLA homes, the thought of someone breaking in through their bathroom cabinets was not an irrational fear, but one they lived with daily.In comes 52 year old Ruthie Mae who had been a resident of Abbott homes for four years. Having lived a long hard life Ruthies was on the path to freedom and safety, but...2025-03-1022 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 22: H.H. HolmesSend us a textThis week we are back in Chicago looking into one of the most infamous names to come out of the city, and can you believe it is not a black man?!Naw, Herman, as he was named at birth, was a descendent of the first english colonist. And just as with many people who were sent to the US, Herman would grow up with a thirst for violence.Many people know his name and have heard of his crimes but many do not know the real story behind Herman...2025-03-0338 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 21: Ida B. Wells Part 2:Send us a textThis week we are looking at Ida's life after meeting her husband and having kids. For some women, this would slow down their fight, but not for Ida.No, if anything being a mother to young black children fueled Ida's fight even more. Even with the threat of the federal government at her back, Ida kept on fighting for what she knew in her heart was right.May we all take courage from Ida to do what is right, no matter the consequence.Episode 21 Source Notes:2025-02-2429 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 20: Ida B. Wells: Part 1:Send us a textThis first episode exploring black excellence during Black History Month looks at one of the bravest and most influencial black women in the history of the US.Ida B. Wells was born as an enslaved child before the emancipation proclimation just a few years later. She became an educator at a young age to take care of her siblings.As an adult she was never quite about the inequality and injustices towards black people. And her words put her in danger many times, but she never let the violence...2025-02-1041 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 19: Eastern Airlines Flight 401Send us a textOn the night of December 29th 1972 Eastern Airlines Flight 401 was making a regular flight from NYC to Miami.Things were going well until the went to land in Miami, and there was a malfunction with a light in the cockpit. This malfunction led to one of the worse aviation accidents in the history of flying.ROH EP 19 Source Notes:https://www.hauntlanta.com/https://open.spotify.com/episode/1PoS9zbJxpAOGMwiBsZbJuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401https://simpleflying...2025-02-0327 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 18: The Gullah WarsSend us a textWe recently began binging a new to us show, the United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and in the 3rd season he goes to the Low Country to meet the Gullah people.While there he learns about Robert Smalls, an enslaved man who stole a ship and sailed his family and friends to freedom. But Roberts tale is a small part of a much larger fight against colonization and enslavement. One that often gets buried in the tales of the indigenous fight against colonization.Which is a...2025-01-2721 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 17: Sidney LanierSend us a textWe got a short one for ya today folks. Last week on The Paranormal Lovers we covered the infamous Lake Lanier. This week we look at the man for whom the lake was named after.Sidney Lanier was a Georgia boy who loves music. After a short military career during the civil war, during which he contracted tuberculosis, Sidney set out to find his place in the world.But his life would be cut short by the disease he had contracted earlier in his life. However the words he...2025-01-1318 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 16: The St Francis Dam FailureSend us a textWe are back for 2025 and boy do we have a good one for ya today.Back in the 1920's infrastructure regulations were not as strong as they are today, and they aren't great today. But by 1920 standards they are leaps and bounds better than they were.One area that got an upgrade in the 1920's was dam engineering in California. That was after one failed and took the lives of hundreds of people.ROH EP 16 Source Notes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mulholland2025-01-0653 minRethinking Our HistoryEpisode 15: Fred HamptonSend us a textI once heard someone say, it's not crazy to say people are after you if people are after you. I have a feeling Fred knew people were after him, but that did not stop him from living his life's purpose.Helping people. From the age of 10 when he cooked breakfast for other neighborhood kids, to running the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fred worked his whole life to better the lives of others.And because he was good at it, and had the power to bring the...2024-12-1651 min