Philippe Petain: From French Hero to Nazi Collaborator

Leone Jacovacci: A Black Boxer During Fascist Italy

Leone Jacovacci: A Black Boxer in Fascist Italy 6 Aug 2024 --- In the mid-1920s, he became one of the most successful European black boxers, boasting incredible winning streaks against world-class champions. His story was the epitome of the underdog success narrative, as he rose from a vagabond life to the limelight. In different circumstances he may have been remembered as one of the greatest middleweight champions. But the spiteful propaganda of a totalitarian regime quietly consigned him to oblivion. This is the story of Leone Jacovacci, the black boxer who challenged Fascist Italy. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: http://boxering.fpi.it/index.php/2018/03/27/accadde-oggi-27-marzo-1929-leone-jacovacci-sconfitto-marcel-thil/ http://boxering.fpi.it/index.php/2019/06/24/accadde-oggi-24-giugno-1928-leone-jacovacci-batte-mario-bosisio/ http://www.sportenote.com/vedi_dettagli.asp?id=28017 https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/51918 https://www.europeana.eu/en/blog/leone-jacovacci-the-afro-italian-boxer-who-faced-fascism https://griotmag.com/en/the-duces-boxer-the-unsung-story-of-leone-jacovacci-and-his-struggle-against-fascism-and-racism/ https://medium.com/exploring-history/leone-jacovacci-the-black-italian-who-punched-fascism-in-the-face-9f85c2eaac24 https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/jacovacci-leone-1902-1983/ http://www.franksteinhofer.com/leone-jacovacci/ https://boxering.fpi.it/index.php/tag/leone-jacovacci/ https://www.scribd.com/book/363955456 http://storieinmovimento.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Zap48_03-Zoom2.pdf https://www.storiasport.com/file/quaderni-siss-6/QDS6_150-153.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Desi Arnaz: The "Prince" of Cuba, Television's Crowned King

Desi Arnaz: The "Prince" of Cuba, The King of Television 16 Feb 2024 --- Chances are you know of a show called I Love Lucy. It was a show that changed TV forever and followed the Ricardo family’s hilarious antics for over a decade. From that show, a star was born, Lucille Ball. While she might be the name you remember most, you’d be forgetting one of TV's most essential players both in front of and behind the scenes: Desi Arnaz. Desi’s life is a fascinating one. It’s a story of riches to rags to riches. The boy who had everything taken away from him due to a revolution rebuilt his life in a foreign land, married a fiery red head, became a father, ran a media empire, and wound up as one of the wealthiest men in Hollywood. This is the story of the “Prince” of Cuba and the King of Television. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/n7/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/24/mode/2up https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/i-love-lucy-star-desi-arnaz-life-and-career-remembered/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Cuban-Revolution https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/30/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/32/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/36/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/34/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/36/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/40/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/42/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/book00arnaz/page/46/mode/2up A Book by Desi Arnaz Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz by Coyne Stevan Sanders and Thomas W. Gilbert Lucy & Desi: The Legendary Love Story of Television’s Most Famous Couple by Warren G. Harris Lucy and Desi (2022) - Documentary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Charles XII: The Final Great King of Sweden's Empire

Charles XII: The Last Great King of the Swedish Empire 19 Dec 2023 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Charles XII and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire by R. Nisbet Bain, originally published 1895 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

King William III: The Dutch Ruler of Britain

King William III: The Dutch Monarch of Great Britain 20 May 2024 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI: Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Free Scifi Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Links to Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: William and Mary: Heroes of the Glorious Revolution by John Van der Kiste, The History Press 2008 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Enlightenment: Stumbling in the Gloom

The Enlightenment: Stumbling in the Darkness 20 Feb 2024 --- → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1000297.pdf https://www.foodreference.com/html/html/coffee-suppression-dec23.htmlhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/montesquieu/ https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/English-Coffeehouses-Penny-Universities/ https://www.britannica.com/summary/Spanish-Inquisition-Key-Facts#:~:text=The%20Spanish%20Inquisition%20was%20a,to%20widespread%20death%20and%20suffering. https://thepenngazette.com/the-secrecy-and-enlightenment-of-freemasons/ https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/rousseau1762.pdf https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/31/voltaire-spread-darkness-not-enlightenment-france-should-stop-worship-paris-statue-racism-black-lives-matter/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]