Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video was inspired by a comment left on my channel that is a typical one I receive. How have black relationships changed over time-- and how are modern black relationships a reflection of politics? And why am I, a historian, tackling this topic?! Happy Black Love Day, Valentine's Day, and Black History Month.

[Black marriage rates, celebrity relationships, sex history, Beyonce and Jay Z, Simone Biles, vasectomies, abortion, family planning, heterosexuality, fathers, Nick Cannon, NBA Youngboy, homophobia, LGBT, dating, Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta Scott, power couples, Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz, black femicide, Chicago Defender, Ebony Magazine, Jet Magazine, Love hurts, Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones, Claudine, Welfare]

Videos:
Show Me The Money: The Clinton Era | Lexual Does The 90s youtube.com/watch?v=YdQUKyfcGyQ

What Was Life Like For Black Americans in The 80s? youtube.com/watch?v=HTFW7rwpEx0&t=230s

Black People + Classism youtube.com/watch?v=lfzUr4csDZg

The End of The 80s | Global Events 1985-1989 youtube.com/watch?v=XfJ9ZgAISwY&t=4049s

Black Women and The Hygiene Olympics youtube.com/watch?v=oDDwjhxASqA&t=589s

The Rich and Poor Under Reaganomics youtube.com/watch?v=e2JxB0d-UlQ&t=227s

"Woke" Black Celebs?... Let's Talk youtube.com/watch?v=WKH3oew8D-s&t=1273s

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