As a proud African-American woman, thank you for this and the other videos about Blk people it is very important and much needed. Please keep the great work!

@rebeccamoon5315

5 ай бұрын

As a white British woman I second this, what an amazing insight to what these incredible individuals had to do just to be a human being, absolutely amazing

@shawnmatthews9594

5 ай бұрын

I am from the Caribbean…and I agree. The information and delivery is Superb work!!

@TheAmalieGirl

5 ай бұрын

Yes, thank you. ❤

@whatyousay9816

5 ай бұрын

I TOTALLY AGREE!! And by the way, ALL of us should boycott BET the so-called "BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION." THIS is Black History Month and the ONLY things THEY are showing is HAH-HAH, HEE-HEE shows. With ALL the History WE have as a people THAT is the ONLY thing they can SHOW??!!! UNBELIEVABLE!! It gives us the opportunity to sit down with our children and grandchildren and let them SEE the VAST HISTORY of our PEOPLE!!

@aureliapettway1468

5 ай бұрын

You are not an African-American woman. You are a Hebrew

Black History doesn't never ends in February. We are history forever.

Thank you FL, for reminding us that this country was built by people of all colors.

@Imissyoulou

5 ай бұрын

However, some worked for free and got their behinds kicked too. Have you forgotten that?

Stagecoach Mary is one of the coolest people to walk this planet!

I am a descendant of Mary Fields on my grandmothers side of the family. My uncle used to tell me stories about her as they were told to him by people who knew her.

I was blown away by every woman’s life story. By what they endured, and what they contributed to history, thank you so much for the effort you put into the storytelling and accuracy, but more than that you put your heart into these stories, and that is noticed. I hope this channel rewards you in many ways. Thank you for sharing these compelling stories I am in awe of these women’s strength and fortitude.

A soul that breaks my heart is Saartjie (Sara) Baartman, 1789-1815

As someone who is born and bred , raised in Yorkshire England to a mum who is Scottish and a dad who is from Grenada, it’s lovely to see some history of intertwined lives. My parents are in their 80s now and have many tales to tell , and not just from their struggle being married on the late 50s etc. I think it made me who I am today . By the ti I was born in the mods 80s all that had passed and I was just a happy kid growing up without all the struggle , which they never told me about, I thought life was always “normal” like mine was, everyone never seeing past the person etc. Loved the video.

@terrancecoard388

5 ай бұрын

My people came from Grenada and they migrated to Trinidad. Stagecoach Mary reminded me of one of my grandmothers. She was about six feet tall, very fair shined and piercing grey eyes. She did not suffer stupid people and was very defensive of her fellow Grenadians. You messed with one of her countrymen and the word went out and there she would be holding her short machete and cussing in patois. I don't think it ever drew blood because most people simmered down upon her arrival. When i see John Wayne...I think of her. If she told me ...come popo Terry, I am going to hell to ask the devil a question, i would hold her hand and happily go down to see him squirm. The woman had true grit! Sauteurs/Chantimelle area.

@outlawJosieFox

5 ай бұрын

Eee lad. You grow up good in Yorkshire. Tis a lovely county and full of industrial heritage.

Josephine Baker made such an impression on the Danes, when she visited in 1921, that the nursery rhyme about her STILL was a live in 2010: My youngest came home from school singing: "Josephine Baker er så skide lækker; under hendes arme er der fyldt med charme" (Josephine Baker is so damn delicious: under her arms it's full of charm). France is lucky, they sent a pile of metal, and got Josephine of blood and flesh in stead! But at least we still learn about her in school, not an privlege in the US, I understand.

@cocoaorange1

5 ай бұрын

That is not a nice nursery rhyme about her.

@ane-louisestampe7939

5 ай бұрын

Way nicer than the one you've got about Lizzie Borden

@nedludd7622

2 ай бұрын

Americans learn very little about their own history, particularly about minorities. They don't know Paul Robeson either.

Thank you for covering Sojourner Truth. I live near kingston and Port ewen New York. And it's great to hear about her here. Now I have to look for more about her.

All of these stories of beautiful, powerful and enduring black women for Black History month made my day. And also bring back fond memories of my report on Josephine Baker back in high school for French class. I was so astonished at all the things that she did yet she never saw the full recognition or got the full recognition in her lifetime. It's crazy to know we maybe remembered in history long after we are long gone as if it was in vogue and we are far from the physical world ❤

Thank you for covering this and making us a topic😊❤

Really enjoyed this segment. Very informative and peaks my interest to do more research.

Always when i hear your nice intro music, i know great history come along. And it sounds amazing story as your lovely narration! Thank you FLives

“That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me!” Sojourner Truth Definitely go read in its entirety ❤ Always so well done doll! Thank you

@realbeautyness25

5 ай бұрын

I USED TO LOVE THAT "AINT I A WOMAN QUOTE UNTIL I FOUND OUT IT WAS CHANGED TO MAKE HER SOUND LIKE AMD HAVE A MORE UNEDUCATED BLACK VERNACULAR 😐😐😐 YEAH LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MINUTE JUST RIDICULOUS

@HappyLife693

5 ай бұрын

I love Sojourner Truth, she was amazing. If only the progress that seemed to be occurring at the 20th century had been sustained, this would be a better society for us all.

@dawna1214

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this content. As a black woman born in the US, our history has always been elusive,❤

Thank you Forgotten Lives for having this video featuring African-American women who are now lesser known. Introducing people to these fascinating women. I throughly enjoyed this one.

@Imissyoulou

5 ай бұрын

This was nice but there were so many more. Who was the dress maker for Mary Todd Lincoln and other women during that era? Elizabeth Reckley, should have been just as famous as, Edith Head or Channel.

Thank you! 🙏🏾

Awesome video 🎉thanks for sharing ❤

Thank you for this documentary. You talked a couple of people that I didn't know about.

@barbarascott9174

5 ай бұрын

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The art work is gorgeous.

Excellent video 👍🏻🥰. I had heard of Stagecoach Mary and Josephine Baker but didn’t know the full stories. Loved this video for the historical content of all the stories. Nicely done. Thank you 👍🏻🥰😢😢🕊👍🏻

Great job👍🏿 covering my my beautiful people 😊

I loved it! Thank you so very much. I went into it expecting to learn something new, but I did! ❤🎉

Thank you!!!

Brilliantly researched...keep it up

hello , you have delivered a wonderful , well researched account...........it's so refreshing , when someone outside of the culture , values our history , much appreciated . keep up the great work🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰...............

thanks for the upload, coincidentally I was thinking about when you were going to upload then I got a notification!!

Congratulations another outstanding video!😊

Love your channel 💕🩷 you always do good ☺️

Thank-you for this wondeful documentary on incredible African Black American women who transcended through the hardships of slavery, racism and prejudice. Astounding!

Thank you ❤

One part of my family was VA original plantation owners, indentured servants of 1600s in VA, Quakers in VA. Many of the descendants of plantation owners I descend from moved out of the south, fought for the unions, some were involved in bacons rebellions. More than one of my Quaker relatives was very active on the Underground Railroad and were even imprisoned for it.. and that’s just who we know. It’s such a tangled web. I am lucky that I have the privilege of being able to trace so much of my ancestry.

Yay Forgotten Lives 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

Great video!!

Brilliant

Someone should do a movie based on Stagecoach Mary, and cast Queen Latifah in the roll.

@rosean374

5 ай бұрын

Doest it remind you of Sister Mary Clarence Aka Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act!

That was great thank you ❤❤

@ForgottenLives

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent Documentary about the Contributions Black Women made in our Black History, Thank You for this video...

We and the ancestors luv you Mrs Josephine Baker. Thank you for an ahh inspiring life.😎

Thank you for your bio work on interesting people like Josephine Baker. ❤😊

About time we hear our history as women and the bravery, wisdom, courage etc etc of our foremothers is inspiring and reminds us that we can choose to go around or through our mud puddles just as they did. Makes absolutely no difference what color, we should be proud as women to be able to be brave enough to handle life's battles thanks to all those women paving the way with their hard won battles Thank you for this amazing video 🎉

As a southerner, I have heard the same statement from ancestors of slave owners as stated in this video (6:57), "We had slaves, but we were good to OUR slaves.". Slavery is bad no matter how "good" he was to her. I personally think it was worse to have slaves for personal status (i.e. someone to open the door, clean the house and other chores) than because an industry cannot sustain itself with paid employees because the cost at the market was low. Again, all slavery is bad! But no foreigner or resident of the northern US can hold his head high because he didn't put his indentured servant in the fields. Let's all recognize they all did it at some time and acknowledge it should never have happened. There is no way of equalizing the opportunities afforded the two races involved. But, black people are still living in an oppressive country and shaming the southerners (who are not all ancestors of slave owners) has not been working the past 200 years. Everyone own up to your part and see what can be done to shift the culture.

Black History is everyday 4 me ❤ #DisneyDiva ❤ Thanks for this ❤

I appreciate it.

GOD BLESS UTUBE FOR PROVIDING WE THE PEOPLE ENLIGHTENMENT NOT ON SCALE BEFORE AVAILABLE.😊

There was a tale in the Ark-La-Tex. About a lady called "Boxcar Annie". My grandparents said she rode the rails around there.

The story about Mary is resilience and a compliment to most people I'll call it that has suffered from redemption they were reliable they were armed and honest they were loving they were impeccable and they would do anything for anybody but if you got on that bad side you would meet your maker

@m.patsyfauntleroy9645

5 ай бұрын

OR THOUGHT YOU DID MEET YOUR " MAKEOVER " PEACEMA' NY !

@rosean374

5 ай бұрын

The story of Mary made me think immeduately of Sister Mary aka Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act😂

Thanks for teaching the Correct African Americans History and the Correct History of this country 👏

Wow great awesome and even positively vibes to this oldest centernian African-American woman was born in 1686 and she was just 116 aged in 1802 that's Alice was very wonderful inspirational and powerful intelligent woman 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊👑👑

I am a woman of color I live in Springfield Massachusetts sojourner Truth is not talked about enough especially since Northampton is about 20 minutes away her legacy as an statue in humanity for struggling slaves and black people love sojourner Truth she should be told about all over the world and even talk more about in school you really hear her the three people that are commonly taught about during Black History month is Martin Luther King Malcolm x sometimes Marcus Garvey and Harriet Tubman and also you don't hear people like sojourner Truth and other scholars and decorated black men of color that fought and struggle for the Hispanic and for the colonies of Portugal France Russia Italy and other places across the world where we have been forced to battle and live and forever display

A Champion for Human Rights.

What about Elizabeth Reckley, the dress maker for Mary Todd Lincoln? She lived an interesting life, but died broke.

My great grandfather (x13) lived to at 109, possibly 113 years old. He was born in Wales. His wife was hung in 1692 during the Salem witch trials.

As a white woman may I just say I am SO sorry?

@angiebaby9981

5 ай бұрын

It's not your fault. But, I'm sure your empathy is appreciated. The people who did this were Royalty, the rich and the titled along with colonising country's government leaders. We've all been lied to, black and white. They'll have taken it all down off the internet, in the not to distant future. They've already done it to anything connected to Eukraine. I saw loads of horrific stuff that were going off there., in the first two months of the war. They've 'updated' them, changing the truth to lies. It's dispicable.

@maryswann7623

4 ай бұрын

Just heart breaking how whites treated minorities. Makes me ashamed

Thank you for your in-depth research. I was especially fascinated to find out about King Charles II who provided the land for the Quaker William Penn the father of Pennsylvania...King Charles II, nicknamed "Blackboy" was also yhe grandson of King James Stewart of Scotland VI and King James I of England.... King James was a black man....the Bible....The photos showing him whlite has been whitewashed..King James' mother was Mary Queen of Scots also a black woman.❤Gloria Jean

32:33 maybe Mary was the reason why I prefer my black friends now😅

Nantucket Harbor! ❤

🙏🏾🤔WOW,DADD🥲🇺🇳

I adore the lady mary. She is something else!😅❤

There are many black teachers in the US who taught their students black history along with American history in the 50s, 60s and 70s. I am a senior who learned some black history as a child. My parents also told me some black history. As a teenager I studied black history on my own because this country has alot of black historians. So it is not true that black history wasn't taught here.

Queen .. I love you. You’re extremely insightful and a huge wealth of knowledge. But I am not agreeing with you on Kamala Harris. And I think calling her “Kabammi” is very disrespectful. First of all she is African American as she is of African descent from her Jamaican father and possibly her East Indian mother as well and was born in the USA. Second she did attend an HBCU.. Howard University graduating joining the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. With a degree in political science and economics. As for her standing in front of a “Black Panther” party portrait.. excuse me… she’s from OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.. home of the Black Panther Party. Kamala is very proud of her Oakland roots. God bless her as they’re my roots as well. She’s very respected by the black community contrary to what you’re saying. You mentioned the young man who was wrongfully convicted and I grant you that.. but to say he was wrongfully convicted solely because he was a young black man by a black prosecutor at the time is completely unfair. Using him as an example. You know throughout anyone’s career there will be mistakes made. She’s not infallible. Unfortunately this ONE case you mentioned was very unjust. But I see these examples over and over again in the judicial system throughout this country. Mass incarceration of black males has been a problem for years made worse by Bill Clinton and Joe Biden who authored the “three strikes bill”. The black male population of California state prisons stayed roughly the same during Harris’s time as attorney general. According to CDCR data, in December 2010, shortly before Harris took office, 29 percent of male inmates were black. In December 2017, after she left, this figure had dipped to 28.5 percent. As for Cooper I man I believe to be innocent.. Kamala Harris is not the only person involved in not having DNA tested on items regarding the crime. So was Jerry Brown.. Xavier Becerra.. and Gavin Newsome who is convinced Cooper if guilty. So let’s not just hang this on Kamala. The consensus seems to be amongst politicians he’s guilty. Also.. Kamala clearly identifies with being black. That’s a known fact. So what she’s married to a Jewish man and as a result has white stepchildren. She also has the right to identify as a mixed race person with her East Indian heritage. Her sister is married to a black man and they have beautiful children together. Children Kamala loves very much who are very involved in her life. It’s not fair to attack her like you have. And it’s what white folks want. They’re gonna go after her jugular as you well know not wanting her as president solely based on her race. We shouldn’t join them in their nonsense. You’re of course entitled to your opinion.. as we all are. But I feel under the circumstances.. some things are better left unsaid

I never heard of Mary Fields, but now I love her so much. I recognized Josephine's story a few sentences in, but I don't even think I've seen half of these photos. Vavoom, I think is the right word.

I love black history of negritudes peoples and even black communities from Sub-saharan Africa countries and Caribbean countries and African-Americans communities in across America ❤❤😊😊

Idk how you can make the assumption that this woman was the oldest one on the planet at that time?? You couldn’t possibly have known that and neither did Isaiah Thomas

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Thank you for this information. I have been misclassified and given the misnomer of "black, colored, negro, mulatto, African American but it is not my history or my nationality. I descend from the Choctaws, Indigenous to what my ancestors called Turtle Island (North and South America). Do your own research into your own genealogy and you will find your history does not match up with the narrative. My ancestor who I have traced back to 1808 was stolen off a road where she was playing near the her village. She was force to give birth at age 10, that child did not live. I am a descendant of her next two children who she gave birth to at age 12. The family who enslaved her bread slaves from Children captured on this land like a puppy mill. A famous WWII hero is a descendant of hers and he is misclassified as a African American, Doris Miller.

One thing Whjtes evil

By definition _tales_ are fictitious, hence the expression "tall tales." Now ya know.

I dont agree with black history month. I think black history should be wooven into the whole yr.

I can't or don't recognize your accent! You do not sound like someone who truly knows their American history! For this reason, I'm out.

White Irish were slaves as well as Benjamin Franklin

Thank u so much for another great video. You put so much effort into your videos they are fantastic. 🩷☮️

Great video!!