Circus performer, champion boxer, first ever African American combat pilot, club owner, Jazz artist, and spy. Eugene Bullard was one of the coolest men to ever live.
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Sep 2022
Eugene Jacques Bullard, Combat Pilot (Pt. 1)
Bullard is often described as the first Black American fighter pilot – which is true – but he also had a full and fascinating life beyond that. This episode covers his travels before WWI and his military career.
Research:
"Bullard, Eugene." Encyclopedia of World Biography, edite ... Show More
31m 31s
Sep 2022
Eugene Jacques Bullard and the Paris Jazz Age (Pt. 2)
After World War I ended, Eugene Jacques Bullard returned to Paris. He worked as a jazz drummer and nightclub owner, and as the tensions that led to World War II loomed, as an intelligence agent for France.
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"Bullard, Eugene." Encyclopedia of World Biography, edited by L ... Show More
36m 43s
Mar 2024
Top Hollywood Director Crystle Roberson, directed episodes of Black Mafia Family (STARZ), The Gilded Age for HBO, Greenleaf (OWN), All American (CW), Diary of a Future President (Disney+), American So
Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviews writer, director, and producer Crystle Roberson. From Macon, GA, to top Hollywood director. Crystle has directed episodes of Greenleaf (OWN), All American (CW), Diary ... Show More
56 m
Nov 2022
CP Time: Black Superhero History, from Comic Strips to Movie Screens
Falcon, War Machine, Cyborg, and most famously, Black Panther. Roy Wood Jr. dives into the history of Black superheroes, from their first appearance in 1936 to the modern heroes we know and love today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6m 6s
Mar 2024
The World's Strongest Man
Rerun: Edward Lawrence Levy, a bald and bespectacled 40 year old choir-master from Birmingham, became the first ever winner of an international weightlifting contest at Cafe Monaco in London on 28th March, 1891. The event was an attempt to separate the serious sport of dumbbell l ... Show More
12 m