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Forever Black History

Forever Black History

By: Anthony Smith
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Forever Black History is a documentary-style podcast hosted by Anthony Smith that explores the powerful stories, people, and communities that shaped Black history and, ultimately, American history.

From pioneering Black towns like Nicodemus, Kansas, to groundbreaking inventors, influential leaders, and historic movements, this podcast uncovers stories that deserve to be remembered and passed on to future generations.

Each episode takes listeners on a journey through history, highlighting the resilience, innovation, and determination of Black Americans who helped build the cultural, economic, and social foundations of this nation.

Forever Black History exists to educate, inspire, and preserve the legacy of those whose contributions changed the world—because Black history is not just part of the American story.

It is the American story.Copyright Anthony Smith World
Episodes
  • Episode 6 - 111 Year Witness The Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story: The Erasure Part 2

    Episode 6 - 111 Year Witness The Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story: The Erasure Part 2
    Apr 1 2026
    Forever Black History: The 111-Year Witness – Part 2: The Century of Silence
    After the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed Black Wall Street, the city tried to erase the entire event from history. But one little girl carried the truth for a century. In Part 2 of this powerful three-part series, host Anthony Smith explores Mother Viola Ford Fletcher’s long road through silence and survival.
    Viola’s family fled Tulsa and joined the Great Migration. She later became a shipyard welder during World War II, building ships for a country that had firebombed her neighborhood as a child. For over 70 years she worked as a domestic, cleaning homes while quietly living with nightmares and the lights always on.
    This episode also connects Viola’s story to America’s larger pattern of destroyed Black towns — from Seneca Village buried under Central Park in New York, to Rosewood and Ocoee burned to the ground in Florida, Oscarville submerged under Lake Lanier, and Nicodemus, Kansas fighting to preserve its legacy on the prairie.
    As the silence around the Tulsa Massacre finally begins to crack, we see how one survivor refused to let her story — and the truth of Greenwood — be buried forever.
    Part 2 of the three-part series “The Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story.”
    Listen to Part 1: The Night the World Ended and stay tuned for Part 3: Don’t Let Them Bury My Story.
    Follow @ForeverBlackHistory on Instagram and X for more untold stories from Black history.
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    17 mins
  • Episode 5- The 111 Year Witness The Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story: The Night The World Ended

    Episode 5- The 111 Year Witness The Mother Viola Ford Fletcher Story: The Night The World Ended
    Mar 24 2026
    "I still smell smoke. I still see fire." In the premiere episode of our 3-part special series, host Anthony Smith takes you back to May 1921. Before it was a crime scene, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was "Black Wall Street"—a beacon of economic independence and Black excellence.
    Through the eyes of a seven-year-old girl named Viola Ford Fletcher, we explore the vibrant life of Greenwood and the horrific 24 hours that turned a Promised Land into an inferno. How did a community this strong fall so fast, and what did young Viola see from the back of that fleeing buggy?
    In this episode:
    The "Economics of Excellence": Why Greenwood thrived.
    The Elevator Incident: Separating fact from the 1921 friction.
    The Invasion: Private planes, firebombs, and the 111-year trauma

    Connect with us on X @4EverBlkHistory
    Email:foreverblackhistory2026@gmail.com
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    9 mins
  • Episode 4 - The Founders of Freedom: The Men Who Built Nicodemus, KS

    Episode 4 - The Founders of Freedom: The Men Who Built Nicodemus, KS
    Mar 16 2026
    In this episode of Forever Black History, host Anthony Smith tells the powerful story of the founders of Nicodemus, Kansas — the first successful Black settlement on the Great Plains.

    In 1877, a group of determined Black leaders and pioneers set out to build a town where formerly enslaved families could finally own land, govern themselves, and create opportunities for future generations.

    Through courage, faith, and relentless determination, these men helped transform an empty stretch of prairie into a thriving community that became a powerful symbol of Black independence in the American West.

    This episode explores the lives and leadership of Reverend W. H. Smith, Reverend Simon Roundtree, Benjamin Carr, Jerry Allsap, Jeff Lenze, William Edmonds, and W. R. Hill — the visionaries who helped make Nicodemus possible.

    Their story reminds us that freedom was not simply given — it was built.

    And their legacy continues to stand today as proof that Black history is American history.

    Next Episode: The powerful story of Tulsa Race Massacre Viola Floyd Fletcher
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    14 mins
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