Listen to a playlist of all the songs from season 1 of Historical Records. For lyric sheets and extension activities, visit storypirates.com/historicalrecords

Listen to a playlist of all the songs from season 1 of Historical Records. For lyric sheets and extension activities, visit <a href="http://storypirates.com/historicalrecords">storypirates.com/historicalrecords</a>

Get ready for an explosive fusion of hip-hop and history, tailor-made for music-loving kids and families. From executive producers Questlove and the Story Pirates comes Historical Records, the show that proves that in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Each week, host Nimene, her in-house crew of hilarious historians, and a team of beat-making raccoons broadcast from a top-secret underground bunker where they learn about the unsung heroes of the past by turning their history into hip-hop. 

Get ready for an explosive fusion of hip-hop and history, tailor-made for music-loving kids and families. From executive producers Questlove and the Story Pirates comes Historical Records, the show that proves that in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Each week, host Nimene, her in-house crew of hilarious historians, and a team of beat-making raccoons broadcast from a top-secret underground bunker where they learn about the unsung heroes of the past by turning their history into hip-hop.

Historical Records

Just the Songs: Season 1 Playlist

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Season Finale. Nimene makes a brand new hip-hop track with special guest Anna Suzuki about Mitsuye Endo, a Japanese American who took her fight against racism all the way to the Supreme Court, helping to bring about the end of Japanese American internment during World War II. 

Season Finale. Nimene makes a brand new hip-hop track with special guest Anna Suzuki about Mitsuye Endo, a Japanese American who took her fight against racism all the way to the Supreme Court, helping to bring about the end of Japanese American internment during World War II.&nbsp;

Mitsuye Endo (feat. Anna Suzuki)

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Great musicians aren’t just born knowing how to play their instruments. On today’s episode, Nimene learns about one of the greatest music teachers of all time, jazz musician Samuel Rodney Browne, who broke the color barrier for Black teachers in the secondary schools of Los Angeles. Featuring an interview between modern-day jazz legend Kamasi Washington and a saxophonist in the 6th grade named Elijah.

Great musicians aren&rsquo;t just born knowing how to play their instruments. On today&rsquo;s episode, Nimene learns about one of the greatest music teachers of all time, jazz musician Samuel Rodney Browne, who broke the color barrier for Black teachers in the secondary schools of Los Angeles. Featuring an interview between modern-day jazz legend Kamasi Washington and a saxophonist in the 6th grade named Elijah.

Samuel Rodney Browne (feat. Kamasi Washington)

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Strike! Nimene travels to Texas to witness Emma Tenayuca fight for workers’ rights, and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez performs a brand new hip-hop track about the pioneering labor activist.

Strike! Nimene travels to Texas to witness Emma Tenayuca fight for workers&rsquo; rights, and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez performs a brand new hip-hop track about the pioneering labor activist.

Emma Tenayuca (feat. Mandy Gonzalez)

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