Black History Declassified

Category: Uncategorized

  • The FBI Ran 233 Operations Against Huey Newton. Then He Ran.

    Huey P. Newton ran 233 operations behind him when he slipped out of the country in 1974. That number isn’t a metaphor. Between 1968 and 1971, the FBI wire ran 233 separate documented operations against the Black Panther Party, more than against any other group in the history of its counterintelligence program. Newton counted them…

  • Huey Newton’s Most Dangerous Weapon Had Nothing To Do With Guns

    In 1969, the director of the FBI, I called the Black Panther Party, born 3 years earlier in Oakland, the greatest threat to the internal security of the country. He was not talking about their weapons. The most dangerous thing the Panthers ever built was an idea, and the man behind that idea was Huey…

  • The 3 Black-Owned BOSS BRANDS That Never Sold Out (Since 1947)

    Three Black-owned beauty houses — Bronner Brothers (1947), Luster Products (1957), and Dudley Beauty (1967) — never sold. Not to L'Oréal, not to Unilever, not to anybody. Here is the proof. We have spent the last several videos following the money in this aisle — who sold, who came back, and who never was ours…

  • The Grooming Aisle Is ROBBING Black Men

    Two clippers sit on the same shelf. One is forty dollars, one is a hundred twenty — and the cheap one is built to die. Here's the one number the box hides, and the five brands counting on you not knowing it. The Black barbershop built generational wealth for a hundred and fifty years —…

  • 5 Black-Owned Beauty Brands You Can Buy Direct (Skip Target)

    Skip Target — buy these 5 Black-owned beauty brands direct from their founders. The Lip Bar, Pattern, Bread, Pholk & Rose Ingleton MD. Same products, more money to the founder. Target rolled back its DEI programs in January 2025 — and you started a boycott. Here's how to keep buying the 5 Black-owned beauty brands…

  • 6 Small Black-Owned Hair Brands Everyone Sleeps On

    The small Black-owned hair brands nobody talks about are usually cheaper per ounce than the famous names — and unlike half the famous shelf, they are still actually ours. You asked for the small ones in the comments, so here are six, with the founder and the price per ounce on every pick. Two videos…

  • 6 Black-Owned Hair Brands That Are Still Truly Yours

    Which "Black-owned" hair brands are still actually Black-owned? I pulled the cap tables and ranked the six that are still truly independent � by who really owns them and what they cost per ounce. Last time we found the six that AREN'T Black-owned anymore. This is the other half: the ones that still are. There…

  • 5 Black-Owned Fragrance Houses Still Actually Ours

    Black women drive the fragrance counter but barely own it. Here are five Black-owned perfume houses that are still founder-owned — who owns each one, and the 10-second check to tell a real one from a marketing story. 📕 THE GUIDES — who really owns the Black beauty aisle, priced per ounce & sourced. Start…

  • The Black Founders Who BOUGHT Their Brands Back

    Four Black-owned beauty brands came home. Taraji P. Henson bought TPH back, Lisa Price returned to Carol's Daughter as owner and president, and two Chicago women reclaimed Fashion Fair and Black Opal. 📕 THE GUIDES — who really owns the Black beauty aisle, priced per ounce & sourced. Start FREE → https://blackhistorydeclassified.com/guides/ We've spent a…

  • 3 Companies Own Your Cookout (6 Black Owned Alternatives)

    Three companies own most of your 4th of July cookout — Clorox owns the charcoal, McCormick owns Stubb's, Kraft Heinz owns the ketchup and hot dogs. And the best-selling BBQ sauce belongs to a fourth. Here's who cashes your cookout check, and 6 Black-owned brands to buy instead. A 4th of July cookout for ten…