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]]>“America’s 2026 Political Parties”
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
America basically has a two-party system. In 2026, along with the GOP and DFL, we have terms such as democratic socialist (which is not new). In the past, we’ve also had Mississippi Freedom and Fusion politics. This episode comments on all of them.
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]]>The Black LGBTQ Community in America: A Story
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
Sexual or intimate preference and racism in America have been parallel and have collided since the beginning of the country. Statistics and five real-life LGBTQ commentaries make up the summer Lighthouse podcast for August.
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]]>Black Spending v. Black Prosperity 2026
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
African American spending remains among the top 15 communities globally, yet we fail to collectively own much or show how to leverage this economic power. This Lighthouse episode addresses this issue with opinions and statistics.
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]]>Father’s Day, 2026, Comparability and Testimony
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
This Lighthouse Father’s Day episode compares the fatherhood of Black coexistence, differences, and virtues in America. You will hear a narrative and a few testimonies from the VGTU video archives of the African American Registry.
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]]>Mother’s Day 2026, Historic Trivia, and Testimony
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
Mother’s Day in America continues to shed light on many aspects of womanhood. This episode of the Lighthouse will share three timelines of the Black struggle in America, laced with testimony and respectful content from the Black community.
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]]>Britain and American Empire History, a story
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
The United Kingdom and the United States of America have a history of taking more than they give to the rest of the world through might and force. Not always welcomed, nonwhite cultures strive for self-determination despite their presence.
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]]>The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
Beyond Crispus Attucks and Colin Powell, Africans in North America have fought and died for a country that still does not see them (us) as equal. This Lighthouse Episode blends the facts and experiences of this citizenry over the past 300 years.
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]]>Black History Month 2026, and the African American Registry (teacher and student)
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
This Lighthouse episode examines the factual history of Black History Month and the core inspirations that shape the mission of the African American Registry for the future.
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]]>Personal Career Wants v. Community Needs in Black America
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
This Lighthouse episode covers some of the choices in the Black workplace and careers in America. It looks into both personal and community interests among people aged 30 to 45.
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]]>Black History and Jewish American History
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
Black and Jewish communities in America have a unique relationship for many centuries. This episode shares several perspectives from colonial America to the Israeli Hamas conflict.
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]]>Black History and American Education
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
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]]>Black History and the American Civil Rights Movement
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
The Lighthouse examines American civil rights in the 20th and 21st centuries from a historical perspective. Facts elicit both praise and critique, as well as questions and answers, with four elder experiences provided for context.
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]]>Black Theater: history, culture, heritage
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
In August, we explore the history of Black theater in America. Included are four short testimonies by professionals in the business. We touch on playwrights, actors, and productions from the 17th to the 21st century.
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]]>STEM and African People
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine are vocations and callings that have a direct relationship with black people historically. In this episode, listeners will meet three examples.
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]]>History = Value = Price = Cost
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
From History to Cost: How we define what matters and how our past shapes what we pay and what we owe. And why we must stand firm against the erasure of American History.
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]]>With a Little Help from Friends
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
Allies of all races have played a significant role in the progress of African descendants of slavery and segregation in the United States. This Lighthouse episode uses four testimonies to support some of our allies.
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]]>Knowing Your History & The Importance of Perseverance
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
Words of encouragement from two strong female leaders: Ms. Nikole Hannah-Jones (Creator of the 1619 Project) and Reshma Saujani (CEO/Founder of Moms First & Girls Who Code.
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]]>‘Carry That Weight,’ a Black view of American Immigration.
The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
This episode coincides with Cinco De Mayo and American immigrant history. Three women weigh in with different views for context.
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]]>The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
‘Drafted To Play, Silenced To Stay.’ Being drafted used to mean freedom. Now, it often means boundaries. You’re handed a mic, but also a warning. The system whispers: play the game, on and off the court. Step out of bounds? You might not get back in.
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]]>The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
This episode discusses racial integration’s historical pros and cons in America and reviews equality vs. equity. With commentary, it features four testimonies that cover many societal experiences.
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]]>The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
We begin April by discussing the rise of vigilante justice and what that means for us as a society.
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March 13th is the birthday of four musicians, born in different years but on the same date. In this segment, you will hear four musical representations and some historical background on music.
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]]>The Lighthouse is a dialogue platform that shares societal views through the Africana experience. “Let there be Light,” “Follow the Light,” “Shining Light on Darkness.”
We begin the month of March with part 2 of 2 sit-downs of our conversation with Mr. Benjamin McHie, the Founder and Director of the African American Registry.
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Black Love Day is an annual day of affection in the Black community. On February 13, 2025, the lighthouse segment shares pieces of its history and three perspectives of love from three Black women.
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For the first podcast for Black History Month 2025. We have part 1 of 2 sit-down interviews with the founder and director of the African American Registry, along with classroom, narrative, community samples, and testimony.
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]]>…fun, I know folks from my community would enjoy doing this as well.’ ” Smith founded NAAGA the following year. Around the same time, Smith started digging into the history of Black people bearing arms in America. The Black Panthers’ armed patrols against police abuse in Oakland, Calif., in the ’60s are perhaps the most well-known and visible display of Black gun ownership. But Smith soon discovered that guns played an important role in Black…
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]]>The woman on the phone, Maartje Duin, calling from Amsterdam, said she wanted to talk about slavery.
Duin told Bouva that she had done some research into her own family history and found their families shared a connection:
One of Duin’s ancestors had co-owned a plantation in South America where Bouva’s ancestors had been enslaved.
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]]>In the second episode of White Lies, we unravel the story of the events that happened after the Rev. James Reeb's death: the arrest of three men and the murder trial that followed. In the absence of an official trial transcript, we reconstruct the December 1965 trial using firsthand accounts, news reports and other documents and we track down the last two living jurors.
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]]>When Colin Kaepernick stopped standing for the national anthem at NFL games it sparked a nationwide conversation about patriotism and police brutality. Black athletes using their platform to protest injustice has long been a tradition in American history. In this episode, we tap in our friends at Throughline to explore three stories of protest that are rarely told but essential to understanding the current debate: the heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson, the sprinter Wilma Rudolph, and the basketball player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.
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]]>This week, we delve into the hidden history of “blackening up” in popular culture — from a certain iconic cartoon mouse’s minstrel past to Instagram models trying to pass as black
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]]>Jada Pinkett-Smiths Facebook Watch series, Red Table Talk, is now more than 20 episodes into its first season. Every week, she and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and daughter Willow Smith, sit down for discussions on often complex and emotional topics. This season alone has covered mental health, race relations, addiction, divorce, and forgiveness.
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