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Hosted by Rita Coburn · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 20 episodes
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Our Truth Our History Our Story: Our THS is a podcast launched in 2026 on W. E. B. Du Bois’ birthday, February 23. It is grounded in the belief that every Black person in America deserves to be seen, heard, and respected for their lived understanding of what it means to be Black in this country. The series explores how personal stories become collective memory, and how history is too often erased, distorted, or left untaught. Reclaiming and telling these narratives ourselves is a powerful act of leadership, guiding the historical narrative as the griots we were always meant to be. Now more than ever, this is an urgent cultural act of truth. Moving beyond dates and documented facts, the podcast centers truth as lived experience. It explores the emotional, spiritual, and generational perspectives, revealing the depth, complexity, and resilience of Black life. Through intimate conversations, historical reflection, and contemporary voices, Our Truth, Our History, Our Story c
Rita Coburn hosts Our Truth Our History Our Story: Our THS, a society show with 20 episodes published.
🎙️ Episode 20 The History They Didn't Teach Us | The Birth of the NAACP What really happened in Springfield, Illinois, in 1908? How did one of the darkest moments in American history lead to the birth of the NAACP? And
🎙️ Episode 19 America 250: Juneteenth & the Obama Presidential Center | Reframing Independence As America begins commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, it's worth asking a deeper questio
🎙️ Episode 18 Father's Day: A Reflection on Black Fathers, Grace, and Love Father's Day can bring celebration, gratitude, longing, grief, and complicated emotions—all at the same time. In this special Father's Day episo
Taking W.E.B. Du Bois to LightReel Film Festival | Why Festivals Still Matter What makes film festivals so important—for filmmakers, audiences, and the future of storytelling? In this special field episode of Our Truth,
🎙️ Episode 16 Kathryn Bostic: Music Is Conversation | The Art of Film Scoring (Part 2) What does music reveal about a people, a movement, or a moment in history? In Part 2 of Rita Coburn's conversation with acclaimed co
🎙️ Episode 15 Kathryn Bostic: Music Is Conversation | The Art of Film Scoring (Part 1) What does music say beyond words? Kathryn Bostic is an acclaimed composer, performer, and musical storyteller whose work includes To
🎙️ Episode 14 Defending Our Stories: Inside Black Public Media with Leslie Fields-Cruz (Part 2) In Part 2 of Rita Coburn’s conversation with Leslie Fields-Cruz, we go beyond funding and filmmaking to explore the deeper
🎙️ Episode 13 This Film Became a Movement | W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause Premieres on PBS After more than four years of research, interviews, travel, fundraising, collaboration, and faith, W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel wi
🎙️ Episode 12 “Will We Survive This Democracy?” | David Levering Lewis (Part 2) W.E.B. Du Bois was born in 1868 and died in 1963 on the eve of the March on Washington, passing the baton to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In
🎙️ Episode 11 Black Mothers and Our History | A Legacy of Healing As we approach Mother’s Day, this episode invites us into a deeper reflection on the legacy of Black motherhood, one shaped by history, resilience, traum
🎙️ Episode 10 What Pulitzer Prize-Winning David Levering Lewis Discovered About His Family & Our History (Part 1) What happens when one of the most respected historians in America turns his lens inward? In this powerful
🎙️ Episode 9 Michael The Price of Music for Our Generation (Our Truth, Our History, Our Story) 📝 Episode Summary What did it mean to be Michael Jackson before he became a global icon? In this episode, we step beyond th
🎙️ Episode 8 Show Notes Episode Title: Black Journalism in a Time of Erasure: A Conversation with NABJ President, Errin Haines In this timely and urgent conversation, we sit down with Errin Haines, President of the Nati
🎙️ Episode 7 Show Notes Episode Title: Music as Memory: Dr. Fredara Hadley on Music as Culture and W.E.B. Du Bois (Part 2) Episode Summary In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, Dr. Fredara Hadley returns to explore t
🎙 Episode 6: Music as Memory: Dr. Fredara Hadley on Culture, Spirituals, and Du Bois (Part 1) Description: In this powerful episode, we sit down with ethnomusicologist Fredara Hadley following the premiere of W.E.B. Du
Episode 5: Sinners, One Battle After Another, and the Truth Description: In this episode, we explore how Black storytelling—both in documentary and Hollywood—captures the complexity of history, truth, and lived experienc
🎙 Episode 4 Show Notes Title: Defending Our Stories: Inside Black Public Media with Leslie Fields-Cruz (Part 1) Description: In this episode of Our Truth Our History Our Story: Our THS, host Rita Coburn sits down with L
🎙 Episode 3 Show Notes Title: Across the Water: Blood Speaks with Michelle McKinney Hammond Description: In this episode of Our Truth Our History Our Story: Our THS , host Rita Coburn takes listeners across the water —i
🎙 Episode 2 Show Notes Title: Carrying the Story Forward: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Description: As the United States approaches 250 years of independence, this episode asks a deeper question: What happens
🎙 Episode 1 Show Notes Title: We Are Somebody: Launching Our Stories Description: Today is the birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois — a man who dedicated his life to documenting our history, preserving our stories, and defending
Dr. Fredara Hadley
Ethnomusicology Professor at The Juilliard School · Julliard
2 appearances on this show
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and creator of The 1619 Project · New York Times Magazine
1 appearance on this show
Nikole Hannah Jones
Creator of the 1619 Project
1 appearance on this show
Maya Angelou
American poet, author, playwright
1 appearance on this show
Reverend Jesse Jackson
Civil Rights Icon
1 appearance on this show
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