#beducated https://beducate.me/bg2406-elexus This video was inspired by a comment left on my channel that is a typical one I receive. How have black relationships changed over time-- and how are modern black relationships a reflection of politics? And why am I, a historian, tackling this topic?! Happy Black Love Day, Valentine's Day, and Black History Month. [Black marriage rates, celebrity relationships, sex history, Beyonce and Jay Z, Simone Biles, vasectomies, abortion, family planning, heterosexuality, fathers, Nick Cannon, NBA Youngboy, homophobia, LGBT, dating, Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta Scott, power couples, Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz, black femicide, Chicago Defender, Ebony Magazine, Jet Magazine, Love hurts, Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones, Claudine, Welfare] Videos: Show Me The Money: The Clinton Era | Lexual Does The 90s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdQUKyfcGyQ What Was Life Like For Black Americans in The 80s? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTFW7rwpEx0&t=230s Black People + Classism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfzUr4csDZg The End of The 80s | Global Events 1985-1989 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfJ9ZgAISwY&t=4049s Black Women and The Hygiene Olympics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDDwjhxASqA&t=589s The Rich and Poor Under Reaganomics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2JxB0d-UlQ&t=227s "Woke" Black Celebs?... Let's Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKH3oew8D-s&t=1273s Love the content? Support for $1/month on https://patreon.com/intelexualmedia Sources, essays, exclusive videos, a podcast, reading lists, and much more are available ON PATREON.