>> IT'’S BLACK HISTORY MONTH!

A MONTH FULL OF CURIOSITY, LOVE, AND PRIDE.

NOW OCCASIONALLY, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT APPROACH THIS MONTH WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CYNICISM.

AND TO THAT I HAVE TO ASK: HOW FAST WAS HARRIET TUBMAN?

SHE RAN UP AND DOWN THE UNITED STATES OVER A DOZEN TIMES, FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR, AND WAS A SPY; AND SHE DID ALL OF THAT IN FULL DRESS.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE COMPLETES BACK -- CLEATS BACK THEN.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE FREEDOM.

SHE MUST HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY FAST.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, IT'S A LITTLE IMMATURE TO WONDER ABOUT HER SPEED.

BUT THAT'S A DOUBLE STANDARD.

BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK HISTORY, ALL WE GET IS THEIR NAME, WHAT THEY FOUGHT FOR, AND WHEN THEY WERE ASSASSINATED.

WITH WHITE HISTORY WE GET EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE SILLY STUFF.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HARRIET TUBMAN'S WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S DENTURES WERE MADE OF GOLD, IVORY AND SILVER.

I KNOW ABOUT WASHINGTON'S DENTURES BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF Dr. KING HAD A CAVITY.

I NOW THE NAME OF THE BROTHER OF THE GUY WHO SHOT LINCOLN, BUT I CAN'T BE SURE OF MALCOLM X HAD A FRATERNAL TWIN OR NOT.

WE ALL KNOW RONALD REAGAN LIKE JELLY BEANS BUT DID ARETHA FRANKLIN?

HOW ABOUT ROSA PARKS?

WHAT ABOUT JESSE OWENS, THOROUGH GOOD MARSHALL?

DID ANY OF THESE PEOPLE LIKE JELLY BEANS?

I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE INTIMATE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO GIVING ME OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS SO UNFAIR.

BECAUSE THAT MEANS I ONLY GET TO SEE A FRACTION OF THEIR HUMANITY.

SO THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BE CURIOUS, ASK STRANGE QUESTIONS.

DID JAMES BALDWIN HAVE AN IN DIDIE OR OUTI ACTUALLY.

WHEN DID BESSY COLEMAN HEAR HER FIRST KNOCK KNOCK JOKE, IT'S A LITTLE ODD, SURE, BUT I PROMISE, WHAT YOU'LL HEAR WILL MAKE THESE FIGURES SO MUCH MORE REAL IN YOUR HEART.

AND FOR THE RECORD, HARRIET TUBMAN'S 40-YARD DASH, 4.3 SECONDS, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD BY T