1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: On today's episode. If I didn't know, maybe you didn't either. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: Let's talk about stolen lands in your state. I'm talking 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: about entire black towns that were built from the ground up, 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: not just neighborhoods. I mean whole towns stolen. I'll explain, 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I 6 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. First stop 7 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: Orange Mound in Memphis, Tennessee. Now, whenever I hear Orange Mound, 8 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: I immediately think of eight Ball and MJG. But Orange 9 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: Mound was founded in eighteen eighty by a former slave 10 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: named Thomas McKinney. Like I said, Look, I'm tired of 11 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: working for y'all, so I'm buying this land, splitting it 12 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: up and selling it to black folks. And black folks 13 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: came through like bet. They turned Orange Mound into a 14 00:00:55,960 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: whole vibe. Businesses, schools, churches, They had everything. Fast forward, 15 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: and now Orange Mound is the home to legends like 16 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: Isaac Hayes Chef you damn right, and you're boored, Project 17 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: Pat Uh from three to six, And y'all know, Project 18 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: Pat put Memphis on the map. Orange Mound was the 19 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: original black Wall Street of Memphis got it. So now 20 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: let's head down to Florida Eatonville. Eatonville is historic, y'all 21 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 1: because it was the first incorporated all black town in America. 22 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: It was founded in eighteen eighty seven. And let me 23 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: tell you, they weren't waiting for permission. These folks got 24 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: together like, look, we're gonna govern ourselves and be done 25 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: with this foolishness. Are you familiar with the writer Zora 26 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: Neil Hurston, one of the greatest writers to ever do it. 27 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: She's from Eatonville, and if you read her books, she 28 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: pretty much wrote stories that brought Eatonville's culture to life. 29 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: Eatonville was basically Wakanda before Marvel even thought about it. Now, 30 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: if you slide over to Oklahoma, it's a spot called Bowley. 31 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: Bowley was founded in nineteen o three and it was 32 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: next level. They had black doctors, black lawyers. They even 33 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: had their own bank. And they ain't taking no jump. 34 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: They told white folks, don't even think about robbing this bank. 35 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: It's a story about some robbers pulling up and the 36 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 1: folks in Boli lit them up like it was the 37 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: fourth of July. There's maun Byu Mississippi that were founded 38 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: in eighteen eighty seven by Isaiah T. Montgomery. This was 39 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: another all black town built for us by us. They 40 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: had schools, hospitals, and businesses run entirely by black folks. 41 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: The town was so successful that even civil rights leaders 42 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: like Medgar Evers came through to soak up some of 43 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: the energy. As has been the theme this season, this 44 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: is another example of black folks not just surviving but thriving, 45 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: and the spirit of these towns lives on. Look at 46 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: hip hop. It's all about independence, ownership and telling your story. 47 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: That's why Kendrick Lamar's line we gonna be all right, 48 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: or Todd Tribbett because he said that in one of 49 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: his songs too. Nevertheless, that's the anthem. That's the same 50 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: energy that built Edenville, Orange Mound, Boldi and Mound by you. 51 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: Now here's where I leave that I didn't know maybe 52 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: you didn't either, Audience. With a little homework, I need 53 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: you to look up your oldest black town in your state. 54 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: Google it, and if you're from North Carolina, I already 55 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: got the answer for you. It's Lakeview, founded in eighteen 56 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: eighty seven. You're welcome, but don't get lazy, Still do 57 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: your research because I didn't know. Maybe you didn't neither. 58 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: I didn't know.