Kevin Hart is about to school you with 'The Black Man's Guide to History'
 

Kevin Hart is about to school you with 'The Black Man's Guide to History'
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Kevin Hart is teaming up with History Channel for The Black Man's Guide to History, a look at lesser-k**wn but important black history stories, filtered through the lens of Hart's comedic sensibilities.

The Central Intelligence star will executive produce and star in the two-hour event from HartBeat Productions and Comedy Dynamics.

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According to a release, the show begins as Hart finds his daughter upset after watching the film 12 Years A Slave, believing that black history appears to only be about slavery and oppression.*

This prompts Hart to begin educating her through scripted re-enactments about fascinating historical figures that people may **t have heard about before such as Matthew Henson, the first person to go to the **rth Pole, but did **t receive the credit; Robert Smalls, a former slave who led a revolt on a Confederate warship and pretended to be the captain to evade capture; Mae Jemison, the first black female astronaut; and Henry “Box” Brown, a slave who courageously mailed himself to a free state in a box. Read more...

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