At a time when Americans are having a national discussion about how Black history fits into the U.S. mosaic, Julieanna Richardson's organization is documenting the breadth of the Black experience, one story at a time.
At a time when we're having a national discussion about how Black history fits into the American mosaic, we discovered that many stories of Black achievement are slipping away, going unpreserved for future generations. A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization called the historymakers is hoping to change that, by creating an expansive digital archive of first-person accounts.
Maya Angelou in HistoryMakers interview: I'm not speaking to Blacks and Blacks alone, or tall women, or fat, thin or sh-- no, I'm to everybody. Julieanna Richardson in HistoryMakers interview: Who would you say has influenced you most in your life?Barack Obama in HistoryMakers interview: Not just Dr. King or Malcolm X, but Bob Moses, and Fannie Lou Hamer, and-- Rosa Parks.
As a sophomore at Brandeis, she traveled to New York's Schomburg Library for a project on the Harlem Renaissance. She had an epiphany while listening to a song.Julieanna Richardson: I learn for the first time that this song is written by a Black songwriting team of Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake in the 1921 production of"Shuffle Along" on Broadway. I mean, it was, like,"Whoa. And I'm listening to the music. "I'm just wild about Harry, Harry's wild about me.
With no money, no formal training in oral history or professional archiving, she launched the HistoryMakers in 1999. At first, it wasn't easy to get people to share their intimate stories with a stranger. But she convinced a Tuskegee Airman, Col. Bill Thompson.Julieanna Richardson: He says--"Have you heard of the Golden Thirteen?" And I said,"No, Col. Thompson, I've never heard of the Golden Thirteen.
He scored 208 touchdowns over 20 seasons, still an NFL record. He played in four Super Bowls, won three, and snagged a Super Bowl MVP. But Rice said the HistoryMakers wanted to know as much about his upbringing in rural Mississippi.Jerry Rice in HistoryMakers interview: No, we didn't. It was outdoor.Jerry Rice: We were very poor. Very poor. My father was a bricklayer. And he would take me to work with him during the summer. Very demanding work.
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