History Matters is a series of shorts that briefly tell the stories of influential people in history.
We want to bring you stories about the people that changed our hearts, minds, and history books. This episode is about Booker T. Washington and is narrated by Laurie Menekou from Conceptual Communications.
Erica Diaz tells the story of Benjamin Banneker – a free African-American almanac author, surveyor, naturalist, and farmer who corresponded with Thomas Jefferson on the topics of slavery and racial equality.
Black History Month marked the first episodes of our new mini-series History Matters. In this episode, our good friend Lucianne Ungerbuehler of F2F Studios recounts the story behind the famous African-American writer Alex Haley.
Alex Haley’s book Roots is one of the most well-known books in American history. We felt that Alex Haley is an extremely significant figure who caused a cultural sensation throughout the United States. His legacy holds some of the most important works of U.S. history.
Otis Miller means more to C&I Studios than you can imagine. His influence reigns high all around us. We thought there was no better person to narrate this episode of History Matters – our mini series that looks to pay homage to those influential people from history.
Eric Garner is part of the reverence we want to pay Black History Month and we thought Otis would do so better than anyone else. Without a past, there is no future. Without mistakes, there is no progress. We want to exalt the people that have changed our lives forever.
Bob Denison of Denison Yacht Sales narrates this episode covering the imprint Hank Aaron left on the face of our history.
Aaron was one of the greatest American baseball players of all time and one of the first African-Americans in the Major Leagues. For thirty-three years Aaron held the record for home runs made in a career, breaking Babe Ruth‘s record. He played twenty-one seasons in the MLB.
We invited our city’s mayor, Jack Seiler to narrate this session of History Matters. History Matters is a short film series about influential figures from history. We want recognize the people that are responsible for the most important topics of our time.
This episode is about Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice. Enjoy listening to this installment, and be sure to keep up with the episodes past and those to come.
This is a brief video forming part of our History Matters mini series about Oprah Winfrey. If you don’t know who Oprah Winfrey is, your first step should be to go buy a television since you aren’t from this century, then come back and watch this video.
Oprah is an inspiring and humble and unique woman who has dedicated her life helping millions of people and helping change the world by way of her public persona. We asked Lindsay Walden, owner of Hustle Vintage — a hand picked women’s vintage clothing line — if she could please narrate this episode. She’s a beautiful lady with a voice that clearly knows who Oprah Winfrey is in our society.
As a part of Black History Month, we decided to begin a journey built upon paying homage to the figures that forever changed our society. This video is a piece on Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball.
This installment of our History Matters mini series is narrated by Stephanie Dorsainvil. She highlights the life of Jackie and the hardships he overcame to so profoundly impact America’s favorite pastime.
In 2008, Barack Obama became the first African-American president to be elected president of the United States. He made more than history. He resurrected the hope within blacks in America for a much brighter and more unified future.
Angela Brown principal of Dillard Elementary narrates this installment of our mini series. Born in Honolulu, Barack Obama attended Columbia University and later represented the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He was elected president in 2009 and re-elected in 2012 for his second term.
Abbie Cessna does more around the studio than just sit behind a computer and juggle numbers all day. We asked her to narrate this History Matters episode on Harriet Tubman.
Harriet Tubman was one of the most influential women in history. Her actions led to drastic changes in millions of African American lives. She was an abolitionist, a humanitarian, and a Union spy during the Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently aided in the escape of over seventy slaves using the backbone of what came to be known as the Underground Railroad.
Emmett Till was a fourteen year old boy who was brutally beaten and murdered by at least two white men in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a married white woman. His murderers were acquitted albeit the evidence proving their guilt. He is said to have been one of the sparks of the Civil Rights Movement.
Brandon Baker, talks about the legacy that Emmett Till left behind and the impact that his murder had on our nation – especially in the South. Till’s death shocked our nation and motivated the movement toward racial equality to arise and change the face of society in America forever.
Rosa Parks was another incredible African-American that turned history upside down. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa stood up for her rights as a human being by sitting in the white section of the bus before integration took place.
The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most significant parts of American history. Joshua Diaz is the lead singer of the indie band Kids and he guides us through this episode about one of the most important women ever to live.