African-American culture
Subject in Society & Culture
African-American culture has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Clark concludes Cornelius's greatest legacy was introducing Black culture as itself to the wider culture.
“But also to be like a cornerstone of like introducing black culture as black culture to the larger culture as a whole and white culture. Huge”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The Soul Train Episode (Jul 18, 2026) · Listen from 52:59
Clark argues that before Soul Train, Black men on TV were mostly shown as criminals, protesters, sidekicks or servants.
“Or he was a sidekick on TV or a servant or in some kind of goofy comedy or something like that. And Soul Train didn't do that”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The Soul Train Episode (Jul 18, 2026) · Listen from 6:45
Chuck BryantCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Bryant recounts that Soul Train was made by and for Black people but served as his introduction to Black culture as a white child in Georgia.
“it was an introduction to black culture to white kids like me, little eight-year-old Chuck in Stone Mountain, Georgia, sitting around watching the Soul Train dance line”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The Soul Train Episode (Jul 18, 2026) · Listen from 5:56
Podcasts
- Stuff You Should Know · 1 episode
Episodes
Selects: The Soul Train EpisodeStuff You Should Know · Jul 18, 2026 · 47 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant trace the history of Soul Train and its creator Don Cornelius, from Chicago origins to cultural legacy.