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@TheRasta4ri Says:
Henson is the first non indigenous person to reach geological north pole Inuit Indians where traversing & hunting polar bear, Seal, whale, wooly mammoth, with sticks & stones, with animal bones as cutting tools.
Henson lived among them repecting, learning their ways fathering children
James Pierson Beckwourth accomplished similar feats of discovery
@jenshenson6698 Says:
i,am is my matthew Henson great grandfather
@ChaoticSiIence Says:
recently read a book about him called “Race to the frozen north”, very interesting.
@dianecripps204 Says:
For more on the subject of Peary's attitudes toward the Inuit, check out the book, Give Me My Father's Body.
@tyrfree5733 Says:
AND THIS, FOLKS, IS WHY CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS NEEDED!!
BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY.
But its way more convenient to try to erase that fact.
@Undermineded-333 Says:
Yes we've done it all,,,we're the coldest
@briandoss9232 Says:
I remember learning about this dude in history class. They sorta left out the fact Peary was a dick.
@babyboi3 Says:
I just found out that I am related to Mathew Henson. Casually asking my Grandmother about family, and she told me this which is pretty amazing. The Glacier in Greenland is named after one of my ancestors!
@oldmansportsog2514 Says:
Just to state the obvious, he wasn't America first Black Artic Explorer, he was the World's First Black Artic Explorer and Yes he was an American, an American Icon, doesn't have to be a black Icon because we don't say white icons. Perry and him made a great team. Perry gave him chances alot of Blacks didn't get back then. Would think they make a movie about him but they don't want to make a realistic movie where it shows a Black Man having powers over some white people back then. Yes he had powers cuz he was Perry number 2. So everyone on boat but Perry had to listen to his orders. Great man, great American, great exame for Black people to realize I can live my dreams in America too cuz don't forget USA has more black millionaires then anywhere else in the world. You can become whatever you want here. You can become a lawyer, doctor,judge, president they can become..not one career in America that doesn't have a Black person. Let's get pass race and looks what's on people's insides. Their character and quality
@GregHuffman1987 Says:
I read a book about him but cant recall if it was Ragtime by EL Doctorow or something else
@mustbherpersonality Says:
Thank you for this.
@lecroix3 Says:
“Better suited to their image of an ideal American explorer” in other words systemic racism….
@igottaberp Says:
so sad that black history in america was omitted in favour of keeping the spotlight on white men.
there definitely is more history of black people in the arctic! the whaling industry in the 19th century employed many black men and there was less racial prejudice out at sea than on the US mainland. i’m inuk from the canadian arctic and my great-great-great-grandpa was a black man who came to the arctic on a whaling ship with george comer for several trips. he steered comer’s boat! there are many inuit families with black ancestry.
thank you for making this video, it was very informative and entertaining 😁
@ehrldawg Says:
Im sharing !!
@Singr238 Says:
This is the most excellent accounting of Matthew Henson's life that I have seen or read. You did not relegate him strictly to being a "Valet". It also happens to mostly agree with information that my Mother told me in the 1950's when I was a child (aged 75 now). People, Teachers included, used to say that I (and 20 years later my children) lied about having a Cousin who discovered the North Pole. Now of course, the History and Truth is slowly coming out. My Mother always said: "He was an Explorer and Interpreter in his own rite. But, couldn't get his due because he was a Colored Man." You Thank you for this video. It means a lot to me.
@johnsimpson8893 Says:
He the greatest man in American history. Don't know what he did, but he was black so he must of been.
@lkronvold Says:
Loved The story. Did I miss it or didn’t we hear what happend to his adopted inuit son?
@michaelsmyth3935 Says:
Thank you for this.
@jmarley3839 Says:
This was great!
@rogerpenske2411 Says:
It’s too bad that today’s grandstanding race hustling poverty pimps don’t heed the words of Fredrick Douglas.
@rogerpenske2411 Says:
“African American” is divisive racist hate speech.
@patrickdormeus8453 Says:
Fun fact: his descendant is famous actress Teraji P. Henson 👌🏿💁🏿♀️
@nikotinekills2503 Says:
Imagine all the accomplishments lied about by white folk... disgusting.
@low-key.bucolic Says:
Plz make a biopic on Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose......An admirer from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏼🙏🏼
@low-key.bucolic Says:
Plz make a biopic on Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose......An admirer from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏼🙏🏼
@yangzta41 Says:
Fun video!
@waynesmith9190 Says:
Black guys going to artic, white to the congo. We all want to break norms,good for him
@peggybrem2848 Says:
It is a shame that I never heard of Matthew Henson. Not a mention in HS in the early 70s.
All racial for sure. I’m so glad that he was honored before his death & given the dignified burial he deserved. Thanks for the lesson 👍
@shaneecuevas7990 Says:
This was fantastic!
@ROMAQHICKS Says:
I couldn't think of a better title or name other than "Matthew the Kind One" from a group of people I spent time with, who had no relation or responsibility to me, but I had earned their friendship.
@oX313Xo Says:
Shout out to the captain who took him in and gave him a education and many opportunities to come.
@kyanamorsell1 Says:
I’m a PG County, MD resident. I remember briefly hearing about Matthew Henson in elementary school but it wasn’t a lot of information. Thank you for this.
@user-sh9pl1sx2m Says:
Please do Avicenna and Averroes next
@murrayscott9546 Says:
Iff I may be so bold to say ' perry, do it witha sock on . Henson runs the show !
@kubdep Says:
Thank you for this video. I live in Maryland and there is a trail named after Matthew Henson that I always run on. Glad I learn more about the man the trail was named after.
@giovanniyugga8303 Says:
Dear Biographics please do a tribute for Shane Warne, a life cut short but full of everything. One of the best cricketers ever
@thatstheninjaisaw Says:
Oh he'll no I am a black man just looking at him makes me cold NOT TODAY!!🤪🤯🤯
@iso6203 Says:
Great story!
What became of his adopted and biological sons?
@padfla7239 Says:
Fool
@jonathandaykin3067 Says:
How about a podcast on Liberace , please. Thank you.
@jmace2424 Says:
Seriously, though, who keeps track of “firsts”? Is there a book somewhere?
@willemventer3935 Says:
I did not realise that there were black poles?? 😂🤣😅☺😚😛😉
@amolchan001 Says:
Simon can you do a video on Mikhiel Gorbachev?
@maddiehauersperger5406 Says:
I love his story! Thank you for sharing. You should really make a video about Daniel Inouye.
@ThePoopsmith-12345 Says:
Was wondering you could do a Biographics of American Badass Mess hall cook and WWII hero Doris Miller?
@duncancurtis1758 Says:
That blows another hole in the long standing Blond Aryan Blue Eyed Beefy Buxom White Saviour of most comic books. Most with square chins.
@generaljuanitopequeno Says:
Can we get a video on King Cnut?
@beno1129 Says:
It's always sad when a long-term relationship comes to an end, especially one that was full of success like the Henson-Peary collab. Such a relationship was always going to be under pressure at the best of times, more so when there were racial differences in a segregated society, as well as sheer personal ambition and an unbalanced power dynamic.
@tonypintarelli877 Says:
I'm so glad you finally did Henson! Time for Shackleton now!
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