What's up everybody? Welcome to the latest edition of the Stephen A Smith show.

Learning your history makes you smarter, stronger, and more self-aware.

As black people, we know we're left out of the history books. We know media images of us are skewed,

and we know we need access to experts, information,

and ideas to advance our community.

The new season of Black History Year connects you to the history, thinkers, innovators,

and activists left out of mainstream conversations.

Each episode presents insightful information with the goal of activating listeners to unite

for the best interests of black people worldwide.

Black History Year is produced by Push Black,

the nation's largest nonprofit black media company.

If you like what you're here,

be sure to check out Black History Year,

available now on the Odyssey app,

or wherever you get your podcast.

What's up, people?

It's time.

Season 7 of Black History Year is here.

Push Black presents the podcast dedicated to bringing you the history that you didn't get in school contextualized through conversations

with the history makers of today. This season we're focusing on out-of-the-box

solutions for the issues that our community is currently facing.

I'm talking about the innovators in our midst, changing the lives and futures of black folks

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