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“DAMOS LA BIENVENIDA A TODOS USTEDES A ADORAR CON NOSOTROS.”
— Pastor & Lady WilliamsThe Legacy That Shaped a Nation: African American History
African American history is the record of how African Americans have shaped the world—often in the face of systems designed to silence or exclude them. Black history is not merely the memory of struggle. It is the enduring gift of a people whose creativity, vision, and resilience made the world more alive, more conscious, and unmistakably more beautiful.
“Stand with perseverance. Labor with intention. Do not abandon what your life makes possible. Your freedom is not accidental. It is the living inheritance of sacrifices made by generations who believed you would arrive here—and go further than they were allowed to go. With God’s help, no purpose placed before you is unreachable. Honor that legacy by learning the depth and meaning of African American history. Study the scale of the obstacles created to restrain Black lives—and the extraordinary faith, courage, and unity through which those obstacles were confronted and overcome.
To remember this history is to accept a sacred responsibility: to live fully in the freedom others secured for you.”
THE POWER
OF LOVE
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Dr. Martin Luther King
Educating yourself about your history is essential to understanding both your place in the world and the forces shaping it. History provides context for today’s social, political, and cultural changes, helping you recognize how past struggles, decisions, and movements continue to influence the opportunities and challenges we face now. In a rapidly changing world, historical knowledge strengthens critical thinking, deepens cultural awareness, and supports informed participation in civic and community life.
For this reason, we encourage you to actively study and reflect on the importance of African American history—not only as a record of the past, but as a foundation for understanding the present and shaping the future.
Pastor Williams and First Lady Williams have provided you with a selection of important historical videos that offer valuable insight into key events, voices, and experiences. These materials are intended to support your learning and to deepen your understanding of the significance, resilience, and lasting impact of this history.
The Birth of Gospel - A Chicago Stories Documentary
This episode of Chicago Stories traces the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s. The story follows "The Father of Gospel", Thomas A. Dorsey, who wrote one of gospel’s early hits while coping with his grief over the death of his wife and child. It explores the roots of gospel from southern spirituals during slavery, through gospel’s early years.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivers Press Conference at Ebenezer Baptist Church (April 25, 1967)
Excerpts from an April 1967 press conference at King's own Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. Dr. King discusses rumors of a presidential bid, growing concerns over the Vietnam War, his interactions with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader Stokely Carmichael, his thoughts on George Wallace's campaign, Muhammed Ali's anti-war stance, and more.
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had been set decades before by activists of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Some of the NAACP leaders are familiar, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Thurgood Marshall, but Walter White, head of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, has been all but forgotten. With his blond hair and blue eyes, Walter White looked white; he described himself as “an enigma, a Black man occupying a white body.” Like virtually all light-skinned African Americans of his day, White was descended from enslaved Black women and powerful white men. But he was Black—by law, identity, and conviction—and spent his entire life fighting for Black civil rights. FORGOTTEN HERO: WALTER WHITE AND THE NAACP traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from our history.
The Speech That Made White America Listen to James Baldwin
This was a live national television broadcast. James Baldwin spoke directly to the camera (America) before the 1964 Voting Rights legislation passed through Congress. James Baldwin was a crucial figure in American literature and social criticism, known for his incisive commentary on race, identity, and the American experience. His attitude toward white Americans was one of critical engagement, urging them to recognize and address their role in perpetuating systemic racism. Baldwin was considered radical and political due to his unflinching critique of societal injustices. His legacy remains influential in ongoing conversations about race and equality in America. Born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem, New York, Baldwin emerged as a significant literary and cultural figure in the mid-20th century.
How HBCUs Started | Making Black America | PBS
How did the first historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, come to be? Since 1837, more than 100 HBCUs have been founded in the United States – most in the half-century following the Civil War.
Malcolm X Interview at Berkeley
Malcolm X, being interviewed by Professor John Leggett and Herman Blake (graduate student) (Dept. of Sociology) at the University of California, Berkeley in October 1963, discusses being a Black Muslim, the conditions of Blacks in this country, their relation with white people, and states the case for Black separatism. Originally recorded October 11, 1963, Presented for Historical reference.
We'll Never Turn Back (1963) | SNCC Film feat. Fannie Lou Hamer
Advocacy film used by SNCC in its voter registration campaign in the South. Shot in Mississippi, the film includes interviews with black farmers about the harassment and violence experienced when they attempted to register. Among the civil rights leaders featured are Julian Bond and Fannie Lou Hamer.
Thurgood Marshall: America’s Social Architect | Full Documentary | PBS
Explore the life and legacy of the nation’s first African American Supreme Court justice. The film follows Justice Marshall, known as “Mr. Civil Rights,” from his legal career with the NAACP to his 1967 appointment to the nation’s highest court. Follow Justice Marshall’s journey from his birth in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1908 through his years at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Lincoln University and Howard University School of Law, and his groundbreaking career as a lawyer championing civil rights and dismantling school segregation. Marshall won 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, invalidating the separate but equal doctrine and ending racial segregation in public schools. In 1967, Marshall became the first African American appointed to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Muhammad Ali Heat Debate With Angry Guest on Vietnam War and Black Muslims Movement. (1968)
David Susskind, the famous American television presenter and political commentator, went on TV with Ali and branded him "a disgrace to his country, his race and what he laughably describes as his profession". Susskind called Ali a "simplistic fool" who ought to be jailed, This take place in 1968 on British Air Satellite. Take a closer look to how Muhammad Ali Debunk All the allegation that angry host is made to him.
From the Archives: Corretta Scott King on "Face the Nation" 1969
One year after her husband's death, Corretta Scott King joined "Face the Nation" to discuss her husband's legacy, and the Civil Rights Movement.
Fannie Lou Hamer's America | Full Film | America ReFramed
Fannie Lou Hamer's America is a portrait of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Through evocative speech and soulful song, Hamer made it her life's work to enfranchise and increase Black political representation.
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