Cultural Continuity and the Recovery of Black History with Debora Heard (Oct 2021)

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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For centuries, white historians’ have attempted to erase and whitewash Black history. Despite their best efforts, it can’t be erased. Today, we're talking with Debora Heard to help us reclaim and recover the history many have attempted to falsify. A Ph.D. As a candidate in anthropology at the University of Chicago, she’s dedicated much time to providing African-descended people with access, opportunity, and training in ancient Nile Valley and Northeast African studies fields. Knowing your history strengthens you- we have to recover it first. __________________________ Black History Year (BHY) is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school and explore pathways to liberation with people leading the way. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. Hosting BHY is Jay (2020-2023) and Darren Wallace (2024). The BHY production team includes Jareyah Bradley and Brooke Brown. Our producers are Cydney Smith and Len Webb for PushBlack, and Lance John with Gifted Sounds edits and engineers the show. BHY’s executive producers are Julian Walker and Lilly Workneh. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.3	Atoll protected.
0:29.7	On the beach.
0:32.9	It's February and that means it's Black History Month,
0:40.0	even though we like to loudly proclaim that it's Black History a year, or even more, it's black history every day. But the truth of the matter is that our history has been stolen from us. Oh yes,
0:47.6	we've reclaimed bits of it over time, but for the most part, our history is a thing of the past,
0:59.0	loss to the winds of change and the whims of the white man.
1:03.6	But in the 21st century, there has been a change coming. In October of 2021, Jay sat down with Deborah Hurd to speak just about this exact subject on this episode of
1:13.7	The Best of Black History Year.
1:31.1	It wasn't always like this, you know.
1:37.8	Living in a world where so much of our history has been debased and whitewashed,
1:42.4	lies about where we come from and who we are,
1:48.2	have indoctrinated many of us to view ourselves and each other through a distorted lens.
1:51.6	But what you see ain't always what you get.
1:57.0	I'm Jay from Push Black, and you're listening to Black History Year. As the saying goes, history is written by the year.
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