10 Black History Facts That Are Least Known

0:00 – Intro 0:22 - Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin 2:02 - Martin Luther King Jr. improvised the most iconic part of his "I Have a Dream Speech” 3:53 - Inoculation was introduced to America by an enslaved African 5:54 - The earliest recorded protest against slavery was by the Quakers in 1688 7:18 - Of the 12.5 million Africans shipped to the New World during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, fewer than 388,000 arrived in the United States 8:32 - The diverse history of Historically Black Colleges and Universities 9:45 - One in four cowboys was Black, despite the stories told in popular books and movies 11:12 - Esther Jones was the real Betty Boop 12:51 - The first licensed African American Female pilot was named Bessie Coleman 15:10 - Interracial marriage in the United States was banned in 1664 and not overturned until 1967 🔴 Subscribe for more Matter of Fact(s) videos: https://bit.ly/3p7NjnH​ ✅ Let's connect: Twitter: MatterofFacts4 Instagram: MatterofFacts4 Music: Epidemic Sound Pick me Up and Lay Me Down in old Dixieland - Club Royal Orchestra - 1922 http://y2u.be/eZaWGq3kHeg Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed) Images: Pixelbay, Pexels, unsplash,Wikimedia Commons