Black History Moments: The History of Florida A&M University

From being founded as the school to educate Florida's colored students in 1887, to being placed on the land of a former plantation, to fighting to keep the university from merging into a PWI, FAMU have proven over and over again that just like those rattle snakes that roamed the hills of the former Highwood Plantation, there is a resilience that can be achieved by continuing to strike, and strike, and strike again.  This is the story of Florida A&M University... Subscribe on YouTube: ⁠   / @shaakirawhiteproductions   Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3e1z0eR⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/blackhistorypod?l... Like us on Facebook: ⁠⁠  / blackhistorymoments⁠⁠   Welcome to Black History Moments! This podcast is all about Black history and the stories we've left untold over the years. Produced, Edited and Hosted by Shaakira White We strive for accuracy in our storytelling. Sources used can be found below: ⁠https://www.famu.edu/about-famu/histo... ⁠https://floridamemory.com/items/show/... ⁠https://dbpedia.org/page/Thomas_Van_R... ⁠https://www.thefamuanonline.com/2012/... ⁠https://coe.famu.edu/future-of-famu/f... ⁠https://dacb.org/stories/sierra-leone... ⁠https://www.thefamuanonline.com/2012/... ⁠https://coe.famu.edu/future-of-famu/f... ⁠https://news.wfsu.org/wfsu-local-news... ⁠https://www.floridamemory.com/learn/c.... ⁠https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997... ⁠https://eng.famu.fsu.edu/timeline/his.... ⁠https://www.wusf.org/2019-11-22/the-r... #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth