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Listen to “The African History Network Show” with Michael Imhotep founder of The African History Network on 910 AM The Superstation WFDF in Detroit, Sundays, 9pm-11pm EST. We focus on Educating, Empowering and Inspiring people of African Descent throughout the Diaspora and around the World because Right Knowledge corrects wrong behavior. Listen LIVE on 910 AM WFDF in Detroit or around the world online at www.910AMSuperstation.com or by downloading the iHeart Radio App to your smartphone or a ...
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Despite his success in The Petrified Forest, Bogart signed a tepid twenty-six-week contract at five-hundred-fifty dollars per week. He was immediately typecast as a gangster in a series of B movie crime dramas.He played a supporting role in Bullets or Ballots released in 1936. Bogart reprised the role of Bugs Fenner on the Monday April 17th, 1939 e…
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On a clear day in 1960, a conversation took place between the pilot of a South African Airways passenger aircraft and Heathrow Airport's ground control. The pilot had a special request. He wanted to do a low-level circuit in London. In turn, the tower asked the reason for the special request. The pilot simply replied…I wish to show the Sailor his L…
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Myths About Slavery We Need To Stop Believing, How the North profited from Slavery (Class Preview) Next Class is Sat. 5-13-23, 2pm EST REGISTER NOW & WATCH CONTENT! FREE CLASS SESSION! REGISTER NOW - Next Class Sat. 5-20-23, 2pm EST, ‘Ancient Kemet (Egypt), The Moors & The Maafa: Understanding The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade? REGISTER NOW & WATCH!!!…
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Humphrey Bogart was born to Belmont Bogart and Maud Humphrey on Christmas Day, 1899 in New York City. The eldest child, his father came from a long line of Dutch New Yorkers, while his mother could trace her heritage back to the Mayflower. Belmont was a surgeon, while Maud was a commercial illustrator and suffragette. Young Humphrey was sometimes t…
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In Breaking Walls episode 139 we spotlight The Martin & Lewis show, and pay close attention to Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe.——————————Highlights:• Capital Gains and Thanksgiving on NBC• The Nightclub Act• Opportunity Flops• The My Friend Irma Movie• Dragnet• The Show Relaunches — Frank Sinatra Guests• Marilyn Monroe Makes a Rare Radio Appearanc…
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Well, that brings our look at The Martin & Lewis Show to a close. Incidentally, we’ll be staying with this energy next month. I mentioned earlier that Dean made films with The Rat Pack. Frank Sinatra was also a member. Some people called Frank the leader. Some others have incorrectly attributed him as the founder of this crew. But, our focus in Bre…
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By the summer of 1953 network radio was allocating increasing time to local affiliates. Budgets were shifting to TV. The final episode of The Martin & Lewis show aired on July 14th at 9PM eastern time. Gloria Graham was the guest. Opposite on CBS, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar aired starring John Lund. Dean and Jerry made six more films together. Their…
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Marilyn Monroe broke through as an actress in 1950 with small, but acclaimed roles in All About Eve and The Asphalt Jungle. She was then a mistress of Johnny Hyde, head of the William Morris Agency. Hyde negotiated a seven year contract with 20th Century Fox and then unexpectedly passed away of a heart attack. In 1951, Monroe had supporting roles i…
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On Sunday November 5th, 1950 at 6PM, NBC launched a new ninety-minute star-studded program called The Big Show. Each episode cost over one-hundred-thousand dollars to produce. Hopes were high. Martin and Lewis appeared twice. This is from the December 17th broadcast. They also became regulars on TV’s Colgate Comedy Hour, which had over sixty-millio…
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The U.S. spent the first ten months of 1949 in a recession. Competition for the advertising dollars was stiffer. There were now over two-thousand-six-hundred AM and FM stations. Television was becoming a serious threat. Over a hundred TV stations were on the air. Only two Network Radio shows had a rating higher than 20. Just two years earlier, ther…
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Although their radio show got canceled, Martin and Lewis were concurrently guest-appearing in a My Friend Irma film. Irma was one of CBS’ top shows starring Marie Wilson. The movie debuted on August 16th, 1949. Critics panned everything about the film, except Martin and Lewis, and the duo continued to be a smash at live shows. NBC brought the progr…
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As part of NBC’s programming development, One-point-five Million dollars was allocated towards new shows. The network’s first major signing was Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. In August of 1948 they made their Hollywood debut at Slapsie Maxie’s. They were soon guest-starring on Milton Berle’s TV show, and other comedians thought their Elgin appearance…
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Jerry Lewis was born Jerome Joseph Levitch on March 16th, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey. His father was a Vaudevillian and his mother was a pianist for WOR. By fifteen, Lewis had developed a "Record Act", miming lyrics to songs while a phonograph played offstage. To supplement his income he worked as a soda jerk at the Paramount Theater while he honed…
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It’s 4PM eastern time on November 25th, 1948. Elgin Watches annual Thanksgiving Day special is on the air from NBC’s KFI in Hollywood. Don Ameche is the emcee. Ken Carpenter is announcing. This November Radio ratings are robust. Eleven shows have ratings higher than twenty points, and Lux Radio Theatre’s 33.2 is the most listened-to show on the air…
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The entry for the year AD 991 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Olaf Tryggvason (later king of Norway) sailed with a fleet of ninety-three ships and raided the English coast. He began in Kent raiding Folkestone and then Sandwich, and then moved on to Ipswich in Suffolk. After overrunning Ipswich, the fleet moved onwards to Maldon in Essex, …
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'Queen Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh' - Egyptian Scholar, Dr. Charles Finch, MD., speaks with Michael Imhotep 4-29-23 Egyptian Scholar, Dr. Charles Finch, M.D. discusses 'Queen Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh' and the Controversy surround the Netflix Documentary, on Cleopatra from Jada Pinkett Smith. Dr. Finch will also talk about his new book 'Nile Vall…
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Emmett Till accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham dies at 88. Here's the Real Reason why she was not charged by the DOJ in 2021!!! - Michael Imhotep - The African History Network Show 4-28-23, Carolyn Bryant Donham was the White woman who accused African American teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955.…
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In Breaking Walls episode 138 in honor of opening day, we’ll share stories, and sounds from Baseball history and the radio.——————————Highlights:• Dots and Dashes• The Babe• Mel Allen• Dizzy• The War• Jackie• The Death of Babe Ruth• Baseball Radio Drama• The Shot Heard Round The World• Westward Ho!• The TV Era and the Death of Jackie Robinson• Looki…
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Well, that brings our episode of baseball stories to a close. But speaking of heroes and heroines. Next time on Breaking Walls, it’s the 1950s and four people are taking the world by storm for different reasons. We’ll cover all four of them under the guise of one show. Who are the four? Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, and Ms. Marilyn Monro…
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'Princess and The Frog' Analysis with Michael Imhotep. This is One of the most Destructive movies to African Americans in a long time. The African American Woman, Tiana, finds the man of her dreams in the non African American, Prince Naveen while the nemesis is the Voodoo Priest of African Descent when he should be her protector. This is an excerpt…
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‘Queen Cleopatra’, Netflix Controversy; Director asks ‘What bothers you so much about a Black Cleopatra?’; ‘Chevailer’, the new movie tells the story of Joseph Bologne, ‘The Black Mozart’, classic Runoko Rashidi interview; Spanking children is a holdover from Slavery & wasn't traditionally practiced in West Africa - TheAHNShow with Michael Imhotep …
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Runoko Rashidi Interview - 'Chevalier', The Black Mozart, Black Madonnas of Europe, Moors - from 4-17-14 on 'The African History Network Show' with Michael Imhotep (Rebroadcast 4-23-23) Author, Historian, Researcher, Lecturer, Runoko Rashidi, of "Hidden Colors 2" was our guest on The African History Network Show, with host Michael Imhotep Thur., Ap…
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'Why Nile Valley Civilization History Matters, African Queens, Cleopatra VII' with Historian & Archaeologist Tony Browder, author of 'Nile Valley Contributions To Civilization'. Tony joined Michael Imhotep host of 'The African History Network', Sunday, 4-23-23, for a very powerful conversation. If you saw Michael Imhotep discuss this topic on 'Rola…
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Radio ratings peaked in 1948 and the networks used excess profits to help launch TV. By 1950 NBC, CBS, and ABC were filling their entire primetime TV schedule. After eighteen years as one of radio’s highest-rated weekly shows, the just-heard Fibber McGee and Molly began airing five nights per week for fifteen minutes on October 5th, 1953.As America…
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In 1954, it took a historic season to dethrone the Yankees who were five-time defending world champions. Although they won one-hundred three games, the Cleveland Indians won a then-American League record one-hundred eleven. The Indians were led by Center Fielder Larry Doby, the first African-American player in the AL, Third Basemen Al Rosen, and sl…
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1951 seemed like the season it would all finally come together in Brooklyn. The Dodgers were led by Catcher Roy Campanella, First baseman Gil Hodges, Outfielder Duke Snider, and now second-baseman, Jackie Robinson.Through one-hundred sixteen games, Brooklyn had seventy wins. On August 11th the New York Giants trailed the Dodgers in the standings by…
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The man you just heard is acting legend Vincent Price. Price’s only continuous radio role was as star of The Saint where he played Simon Templar. Leslie Charteris created the character as a suave private eye. He was a dapper dresser, equally at home at the wheel of a fast car, in an airplane, or on horseback. The Saint would also break the law if t…
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In 1946, Babe Ruth, always a heavy smoker, began to experience severe pain over his left eye and difficulty swallowing. Tests were bleak. Ruth had an inoperable malignant tumor at the base of his skull. He was one of the first cancer patients to receive both drugs and radiation treatment simultaneously. He lost eighty pounds and was discharged from…
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Black Tennessee Law Makers expelled by GOP for Anti-Gun Violence protest; Rep. Justin Jones returns; Ida B. Wells was ran out of Memphis; What's the Connection between Memphis, TN & Memphis, Egypt - Michael Imhotep on 'The Culture' with Farajii Muhammad 4-11-23 REGISTER NOW: Next Class Sat. 4--22-23, 2:00pm EST, ‘Ancient Kemet (Egypt), The Moors & …
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Spanking children is a holdover from Slavery & wasn't traditionally practiced in West Africa' - Michael Imhotep on 'The Culture' with Farajii Muhammad 4-11-23 “African-Americans adopted the practice of beating children from white slave masters. Europeans brutalized their own children for thousands of years prior to crossing the Atlantic to the New …
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Tuesday, April 15th, 1947. 12:30PM. It’s damp and overcast. We’re at Ebbets field in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. The visiting Boston Braves are playing the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day. We can smell hot dogs, pretzels, popcorn, knishes, and beer. Manager Leo Deroucher has been suspended by MLB’s offices for conduct detrimental to…
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'Easter Origins, Pagan Traditions, Rabbits laying Chicken Eggs, The Exodus & Black People' – 'The African History Network Show' with Michael Imhotep 4-9-23, 9pm EST Easter is a moveable Christian Holiday. It is celebrated on the 1st Sunday following the 1st full moon following the Vernal Equinox. The Vernal (Spring) Equinox marks the first day of S…
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1951 had begun disastrously for the United Nations forces in Korea. On December 31st, 1950, the Chinese 13th Army breached UN defences below the 38th parallel as part of the Third Phase Campaign and, on January 3rd, Seoul was evacuated by the US Eighth Army. The Eighth Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgeway, who had been in of…
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As recounted by hall of famer Bob Feller, the summer of 1941 proved to be one of the greatest seasons in Baseball history. Ted Williams hit .401 for the Boston Red Sox — the last man ever to do so, while Joe Dimaggio hit in fifty-six consecutive games and won the AL MVP for the New York Yankees.The Yankees met the surprising Brooklyn Dodgers in the…
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Jerome Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was born on January 16th, 1910 in Lucas, Arkansas, only attending school into the second grade. He made his professional debut in 1930 for the St. Louis Cardinals, sticking with the big club in 1932. The team was soon nicknamed the Gashouse Gang for their on and off field exploits. Two years later Dean was the 1934 World S…
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In 1939 the just-heard Mel Allen became the New York Yankees radio announcer. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama on February 14th, 1913. While attending the University of Alabama he became the public address announcer for the Crimson Tide football team. In 1933, when radio station WBRC asked Alabama coach Frank Thomas to recommend a new play-by-pla…
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In forty-four seasons from 1921 to 1964, The New York Yankees won the World Series twenty times. The dynasty began with Babe Ruth’s sale from the Boston Red Sox after the 1919 season. Ruth learned his craft in an orphanage in Baltimore, making the Red Sox as a teenager in 1914. He quickly established himself as the best left-handed pitcher in the A…
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Reparations for Black Californians could cost $800 Billion Economists say for decades of Racism - Michael Imhotep on 'The Culture' with Farajii Muhammad on The Black Star Network 3-30-23 It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimi…
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If you’ve tuned into Breaking Walls episodes before, you know I rarely editorialize. I’m just the messenger bringing the news. The origins belong to men and women who gave radio their blood, sweat, and tears through radio’s highest highs and lowest lows. I grew up in a home with my grandparents and great-grandparents listening to The Golden Age of …
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On their seemingly inexorable advance south in 1942, the Japanese had occupied Aitape in northern New Guinea on their advance south. Allied offensives to halt the Japanese advance began in 1943 and in April 1944 units of the United States Army, especially the 163rd Regimental Combat Team from the 41st Infantry Division landed at Aitape and retook p…
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In Breaking Walls episode 137 we celebrate the Irish by focusing on St. Patrick’s Day on the air.——————————Highlights:• Fred Allen — The End and the Beginning• Beat the Band• Burns and Allen at the NYC Parade• Bill Stern’s Sports Newsreel• Dennis Day Returns from the Navy• Fred Allen is King For a Day• Elliott Lewis and Broadway Is My Beat• The Dea…
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The 1944 G.I. Bill’s Promise was denied to 1 Million Black WWII Veterans due to Racism. The G.I. Bill Restoration Act to resolve GI Bill Racial inequities introduced by Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) and Seth Moulton, (D-Mass) would help benefit the families of Black WWII veterans and highlight the story of WWII Veteran, Sgt. Isaac Woodard who was beate…
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Well, that brings our look at St. Patrick’s Day to the close, but not to worry the green fields of the mind will remain in April.Next time on Breaking Walls, in honor of Major League Baseball’s opening day, we take a trip to the batter’s box and bring our radios with us. We’ll tell and hear baseball stories from some of the most famous broadcasters…
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Should African Americans Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Do you know what you are Celebrating? Part 1 with Michael Imhotep host of ‘The African History Network Show – 3-19-23 (WATCH VIDEO)https://youtube.com/live/30d4LpZ2ueY March 17th, 2023 better known as St. Patrick’s Day. Around this time of the year you will see St. Patrick’s Day Parades, Kiss Me…
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Although Fred Allen’s death left an unfillable hole in mid-century comedy, it’s not as though there weren’t other humorists battling with networks and sponsors. Just ask Jean Shepherd.Jean Shepherd was born on July 26th, 1921 in Hammond, Indiana. He served in the Army Signal Corps in World War II, and briefly attended Indiana University. Shepherd b…
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