Black History Month Celebrations & Corrections

Lurie Breaks It Down

Women's Empowerment Network

Culture, News, History, Society & Culture, Politics

5.0 • 617 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful start to Black History Month, Lurie Daniel Favors breaks down the century-long tradition of celebrating Black history, tracing it back to Carter G. Woodson's founding of Negro History Week in 1926. She challenges the narrative that 'immigrants built America,' highlighting how enslaved Black people were the true foundation of the nation's economy. The episode covers recent legal victories against Trump's anti-DEI and voting restriction policies, the arrest of Black journalists, and the identities of the masked federal agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Look, we break it down, down, down, down, down.
0:05.0	She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:11.7	She got to message for the people, a brilliant mind and a clean soul.
0:17.3	She's standing up to the evil in making sure that we all grow strong enough
0:22.5	To break these change we're in
0:24.2	They keep us in this painful condition
0:26.9	She gave us truth and division
0:29.5	That's why we listen
0:31.3	She break it down, down, down, down, down
0:34.6	Down, down
0:35.6	She break it down, down, down, down down she break it down down down down down down
0:41.3	down down down down down down down down all right good people today is Monday February the second
0:48.9	2226 to 2226 which means it is the second day of the Blackest Black History Month ever.
0:54.8	And why is this the Blackest Black History Month ever?
0:57.3	Well, because we're here and why not?
0:59.6	Also, we're celebrating not just any Black History Month, but this is the 100th year of this celebration.
1:05.4	Now, Black History Month was started by the Good Brothers and Sisters over at the Association
1:09.6	for the Study of African American Life and History. Or technically, I should say, Black History Month was really started by the Good Brothers and Sisters over at the Association for the Study of African American
1:11.1	Life and History.
1:11.9	Or technically, I should say, Black History Month was really started by good folks like Carter G.
1:16.2	Woodson, George Cleveland Hall, William B. Hartgrove, Jesse E. Morland, Alexander Jackson,
1:22.8	James Stamps.
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