Crash Course Black American History
tv show
51 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired May 07, 2021
Genres:
Overview
Over the course of 50 episodes, we're going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will to teach you about the experience of Black people in America, from the arrival of the first enslaved Black people who arrived at Jamestown all the way to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Hurricane Katrina
Season 1 - Episode 49 - 0h 15m
Air Date
October 19, 2022
Overview
In this episode, Clint Smith details his experience as a teenager in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005. The widespread devastation of Hurricane Katrina was a result of faulty levees and a fumbled response by FEMA, and it hit Black residents the hardest. Today, we'll take a closer look at the structural racism that made this disaster so catastrophic.