Meet the Founder of Black History Saturdays
The Tezlyn Figaro Podcast
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Black Oklahomans past and present hold a pivotal position in understanding the black experience in America. Just over 100 years since the destruction of Greenwood in Tulsa, OK and in the midst of concerted efforts to mute the teaching of history (through policy like HB 1775) its critical to uncover the untold history of the Black experience in Oklahoma. Launching in Tulsa, Black History Saturdays, founded by Kristi Williams is a community education program created for the purpose of educating young people, their families, and the wider community toward a more honest and comprehensive understanding of Black history in Oklahoma and across the globe. The goal is to increase public knowledge, promote youth engagement, and equip the next generation of change-makers with historical and cultural knowledge that will inspire them to create powerful impact within their communities.
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| 0:00.0 | In 2020, a group of young woman found themselves in an AI-fueled nightmare. |
| 0:05.8 | Someone was posting photos. |
| 0:08.1 | It was just me naked. |
| 0:09.5 | Well, not me, but me with someone else's body part. |
| 0:13.2 | This is Levitown, a new podcast from IHeart Podcasts, Bloomberg and Colliderscope, |
| 0:18.2 | about the rise of deep fate pornography and the battle to stop it. |
| 0:22.1 | Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:28.3 | or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Camilla Ramon and Am Liz Ortiz and our podcast, |
| 0:34.1 | Astavo, is where sports, music, and fitness collide. |
| 0:37.7 | And we cover it all. |
| 0:38.9 | De Arriva. |
| 0:39.9 | This season, we sit down with history makers like the Sukhar family, who became the |
| 0:44.3 | first Peruvians to win a Grammy. |
| 0:46.7 | It was a very special moment for us. |
| 0:49.8 | It's been 15 years for me in this career. |
| 0:52.0 | Finally, things are starting to shift into a different level. |
| 0:55.7 | Listen to Astawajo on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:01.4 | Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. |
| 1:05.5 | The best things in life are on the other side of difficult conversations. |
| 1:09.5 | But if we're honest, most people run from them, staying silent, missing chances, and |
| 1:14.4 | holding themselves back. |
| 1:16.2 | I know this is true because I used to be like that, until I realized that negotiation isn't |
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