'Roots' Recap + Review, Part 4

3,707 views · Published 14 June 2016 · 1:11:43 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: Sensei Aishitemasu · 2016 · Entertainment

Watch on YouTube

"The war may be over but some white men ain't ever gonna let it go, ain't never gonna accept us being free. But we are never giving up our freedom... You're going to have to fight to remain free... Every day."

My related videos:

Reader Request: On Black Homeschooling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMXl74W6zsk

PSA: Fuck Your Respectability Politics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMFfzaJkMwE

So, About That University of Missouri Protest... And Mainstream Media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpaFspsnuZM

So, About That Kendrick Lamar 'Billboard' Interview… Last Video on Australian Voldemort:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRgImVIHxk8

******************

Follow me on social media!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/seren_sensei
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sensei_aish...
Tumblr: http://sensei-aishitemasu.tumblr.com
Snapchat: sssseren

******************

Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture'

Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/About-That-Cont...

Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6

Digital download (e-book): https://gumroad.com/l/IkUa

******************

Links:

'We Watched "Roots" With a "Roots" Expert (Part IV):'
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/05/new-roots-history-episode-4-recap-civil-war

'Roots: The Groundbreaking Series Reimagined Recap, Episode 4:'
http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/21450/roots-the-groundbreaking-series-reimagined-recap-episode-4/

Difference Between Slaves and Indentured Servants:
http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/culture-miscellaneous/difference-between-slaves-and-indentured-servants/

Post-war indentured servitude in Atlanta; Post-slavery South chained to hard labor:
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/post-war-indentured-servitude-in-atlanta.25835/

Were the Irish Slaves?
http://www.historynet.com/were-the-irish-slaves.htm

‘Irish slaves’: the convenient myth:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery/liam-hogan/‘irish-slaves’-convenient-myth

Great Migration (African American):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)

GREAT MIGRATION (History Cannel):
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration

The Great Migration (1915-1960):
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/great-migration-1915-1960

Shooting of Jordan Davis (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Jordan_Davis

'How Slave Labor Made New York:'
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2013/02/slavery_in_new_york_wall_street_was_built_with_african_help/

'The Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Former Slave Market on Wall Street:'
http://untappedcities.com/2015/08/21/the-top-ten-secrets-of-nyc-former-slave-market-wall-street/

Jane Elliott (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott

'University of Missouri Fires Melissa Click, Who Tried to Block Journalist at Protest:'
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/us/university-of-missouri-fires-melissa-click-who-tried-to-block-journalist-at-protest.html

'Mizzou professor who pushed reporter away from protesters is fired:'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/25/mizzou-professor-who-pushed-reporter-away-from-protesters-is-fired/

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850

'How Emmett Till’s Murder Changed the World:'
http://time.com/4008545/emmett-till-history/

Anti-Tom literature (Pro-slavery propaganda):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Tom_literature

'Pro-slavery propaganda from the 1800s USA:'
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2011/09/22/pro-slavery-propaganda-from-the-1800s-usa/

'President Obama and the white vote? No problem:'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2012/11/08/president-obama-and-the-white-vote-no-problem/

Battle of Fort Pillow (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Pillow

'Remember Fort Pillow!:'
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/remember-fort-pillow/?_r=0

'The Black Body as Souvenir in American Lynching:'
http://www.academia.edu/672674/The_Black_Body_as_Souvenir_in_American_Lynching

People & Events: Lynching in America:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/peopleevents/e_lynch.html

More from this channel