The Breakfast Club - IDKMYDE: The 100-Year Blueprint- Carter G. Woodson Was Playing Chess

Episode Date: February 1, 2026

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on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. The original 100. Carter G. Woodson was playing chess. Welcome back, No-It-Alls to Season 5. one, two, three, four, five. Of the most anticipated podcast on the Black Effect Podcast Network, especially in February, entitled,

I am your host, B.DOT, and boy, oh boy, a lot has changed since last February. Where to start? First order of business, I won Mr. Alumni, Winston-Salem State University, 2025. It was a fundraiser for scholarships, and I raised over $16,000. My platform was a dollar and a dream. I just asked everybody I came across to give $1, 4 quarters, 20 nickels. I was trying to show the power of group economics and collaborative efforts.

And it worked. I wear my crown everywhere. Gas station. Basketball games. Just aimlessly walking around the house with a WSSU robe on and my crown. For Winston-Salem State University, got 33,000 alumni. But there's only one Mr. Alumni. and I am he.

As for the podcast, man, we have grown. Starting last March, we started dropping weekly episodes. That's right. And it's not just about black history. It's anything that I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. I threw myself 20 yards off a scooter in the Dominican Republic. The locals came out and poured gasoline on my open wounds.

I did an episode about it. Hell, the Dominican Republic and Haiti were once one big island called Hispaniola. I did an episode about it. As a matter of fact, there's a phenomenon that says about 300 to 200 million years ago, all of the continents, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, they all existed as one single continent, Mangia. I did the episode about it. Look, since last February, we dropped like 40 new episodes.

Catch up on them. For listeners of the podcast, I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. We'd call you a know-it-all. Not because you know it all, but because you want to know it all. So welcome, know-it-alls. Back to season five of I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.

And this season is special because it's the 100-year celebration of recognizing Black History Month in February. That's right. A hundred years ago in 1926, Carter G. Woodson founded Black History Week. And to kick out the very first episode of Season 5, I've got three of the most used. Useless facts you'll never need, never not a day in life about Carter G. Woodson. Um, disclaimer. This segment is titled Three Useless Facts, but trust and believe. These three facts are very important and will be very useful throughout the episode.

Carry on. Up first, did you know that the man responsible for Black History Month, which started his Black History Week, didn't even start high school until he was 20 years old? Your second useless fact, that same gentleman before he was a scholar at Harvard, he was a coal miner. He would be reading to the other coal miners in West Virginia about politics. And your third useless fact, when W.E.B. Du Boi had saw what that gentleman had built, he called it the single greatest achievement of the Harlem Renaissance. Did you know all of that about Carter G. Woodson?

Because I didn't. First of all, Black History Month wasn't a gift. It wasn't a favor. It wasn't America saying, you know what? Let's include you all. Nah, Black History Month was a counterattack. See, in 1926, a historian named Carter G. Woodson launched something called Negro History Week. I'm sure you're familiar with that.

But even that name tells you what time it was. At that time, American history books either ignored black people completely, or mentioned us once, briefly, as a problem. Carter G. wasn't confused. He was strategic. He understood something very dangerous. If you control the story, you control the future. So instead of begging universities to teach black history,

instead of waiting on approval, instead of arguing with folks committed to misunderstanding who we were, he built his own infrastructure. Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, the Journal of Negro History and Negro History Week. And it was placed deliberately in February to align with Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Much to the dismay of many black people

would like to say, Hey, give us the shortest month. They still try to spite us. Carter G. Woodson picked that month specifically. That wasn't a coincidence. That was chess. He knew schools wouldn't teach it, textbooks wouldn't print it,

and America dang sure wouldn't protect it. So he said, fine. We'll preserve it ourselves. And here's the part that I didn't know. And maybe you didn't either. Before Harvard, before the PhD, before the books and the awards, Carter G. Woodson was a coal miner in West Virginia. He would read to the other miners about politics, about tariffs, about the gold standard. I know they was out there confused as hell and not understanding the word Carter G. Woodson was out there talking about. But he was learning from men who had survived a civil war, men who told them about their trials and their battles for freedom and equality.

The man didn't even start high school until he was 20, and he finished in two years, because he had already taught himself. Then Berea College, then the University of Chicago, then Harvard, where his own advisor believed and wrote that the Negro was inferior. Carter G. Woodson earned his degree anyway. Second black man to get a Ph.D. from Harvard. and the only person in American history whose parents were both enslaved to earn a Ph.D. In history.

Rewind that and listen to that again. The only one. And when W.E.B. Du Bois, the first black man to earn the Harvard doctor saw what Carter G. Woodson had built. He called Negro History Week the greatest single achievement of the Harlem Renaissance era. Now fast forward to 2026, 100 years later, and black folks still being ignored completely or mentioned once briefly as a problem, but we still celebrating what a coal miner built in his spare time. And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. What if mind control is real?

If you could control the behavior of anybody around you, what kind of life would you have? Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car? at your car, you're going to become overwhelmed with such good feelings. Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you? I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused. Can you get someone to join your cult? NLP was used on me to access my subconscious. Mind Games, a new podcast exploring NLP, aka Neurilingualistic Programming.

Is it a self-help miracle, a shady hypnosis scam, or both? Listen to Mind Games on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Dr. Jesse Mills, host of the Mailroom podcast. Each January, men promised to get stronger, work harder, and fix what's broken? But what if the real work isn't physical at all? I sat down with psychologist, Dr. Steve Poulter, to unpack shame, anxiety, and the emotional pain men were never taught how to name. Part of the way through the Valley of Despair is realizing this has happened, and you have to make a choice whether you're going to stay in it or move forward. Our two-part conversation is available now. Listen to the mailroom on the I-Heart Radio app,

Apple Podcasts for wherever you get your favorite shows. A new year doesn't ask us to become someone new. It invites us back home to ourselves. I'm Mike Delarocha, a host of Sacred Lessons, a space for men to pause, reflect, and heal. This year, we're talking honestly about mental health, relationships, and the patterns we're ready to release. If you're looking for clarity, connection,

and healthier ways to show up in your life, Sacred Lessons is here for you. Listen to Sacred Lessons with Mike Delocho on the IHart app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On the Adventures of Curiosity Cove Podcasts, when peanut butter disappears from school, Ella, Scout, and Layla launch a full detective mission. Their search leads them back in time to meet a brilliant inventor

whose curiosity changed the world. In this Black History Month adventure, asking questions, thinking creatively, can lead to amazing discoveries. Listen to Adventures of Curiosity Cove every Monday from the Black Effect Podcast Network. on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast, guaranteed human.