The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

CP Time - Black Superheroes

Season 28 E 24 • 11/14/2022

Roy Wood Jr. marvels at the rich history of Black superheroes, including Speed Jaxon, Black Lightning, Storm and more.

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CP Time - Black Superheroes
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS28 E24

Roy Wood Jr. marvels at the rich history of Black superheroes, including Speed Jaxon, Black Lightning, Storm and more.
11/14/2022
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06:29

CP Time - Black Governors
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS28 E21

Roy Wood Jr. highlights the history of Black governors, including the 35-day term of P.B.S. Pinchback and the trailblazing election of Douglas Wilder.
11/08/2022
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04:51

CP Time - Black Animators
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS27 E133

Roy Wood Jr. celebrates the inspiring work of pioneering Black animators, including Zelda "Jackie" Ormes, Floyd Norman and Bruce W. Smith.
09/19/2022
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06:09

CP Time - The Black Roots of House Music
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS27 E116

Roy Wood Jr. traces the origins of house music to Black trailblazers, including Francis Nicholls (a.k.a. Frankie Knuckles) and Martha Wash, who shocks Roy with an unexpected appearance.
08/01/2022
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05:35

CP Time - The History of Black Jockeys
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS27 E89

Roy Wood Jr. highlights the triumphs and tribulations of trailblazing Black horse racing jockeys, including Oliver Lewis, Isaac Burns Murphy, Cheryl White and Jimmy Winkfield.
05/05/2022
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04:50

CP Time - Black Classical Music
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS27 E75

Roy Wood Jr. highlights historically overlooked Black musicians, including child prodigy George Bridgetower, opera singer Sissieretta Jones and enterprising tenor Roland Hayes.
04/12/2022
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06:13

CP Time - Black Winter Olympians
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS27 E59

Roy Wood Jr. pays tribute to pioneering Black Olympic athletes, including U.S. figure skater Debi Thomas, blind Ugandan skier Tofiri Kibuuka and Jamaican bobsledder Devon Harris.
02/15/2022
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04:41

CP Time - Black Horror Movies
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS27 E20

Roy Wood Jr. gives a rundown of groundbreaking horror films featuring Black actors, including "Son of Ingagi," "Night of the Living Dead" and "The Craft."
11/01/2021
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05:00

CP Time - Black Fashion Models
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS27 E2

Roy Wood Jr. highlights trailblazing Black models, including Naomi Sims, Tracey "Africa" Norman and Tyson Beckford.
09/28/2021
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04:15

CP Time - Black Leaders of the Labor Movement
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS26 E98

Roy Wood Jr. highlights unsung Black pioneers of America's labor movement, including activists and organizers A. Philip Randolph, Dorothy Bolden and Curt Flood.
05/18/2021
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04:28

CP Time - Black Journalists
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS26 E63

Roy Wood Jr. continues his Black History Month celebration by honoring Black journalists whose work has been historically overlooked, from Marvel Cooke to Max Robinson to Xernona Clayton.
02/23/2021
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04:25

CP Time - The History of Black Doctors
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS26 E59

Roy Wood Jr. examines Black doctors' overlooked contributions to medical science, including Dr. Charles Drew's blood transfusion research, Dr. Alice Ball's leprosy treatment and more.
02/16/2021
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03:55

CP Time - The History of Black Spies
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS26 E56

Roy Wood Jr. highlights the long history of Black people in intelligence operations, from Harriet Tubman's clandestine work during the Civil War to Josephine Baker's spying during WWII.
02/10/2021
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04:41

CP Time - Old-School Hip-Hop
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS24

Roy Wood Jr. highlights key moments in hip-hop history, such as how "Rapper's Delight" gave commercial cred to the genre and how a DJ accidentally invented the record scratch.
08/01/2019
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04:29

CP Time - Honoring Escaped Slaves for Juneteenth
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS24 E130

Roy Wood Jr. commemorates Juneteenth by highlighting black American slaves who managed to escape bondage before slavery was abolished in 1865.
06/19/2019
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04:11

CP Time - Country Music and Black Folks
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS24

The debate over the country music cred of Lil Nas X's popular song "Old Town Road" inspires Roy Wood Jr. to explore how African Americans have contributed to the genre.
04/25/2019
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06:05

CP Time: The Cinematic History of the "Magical Negro"
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS24

Roy Wood Jr. explains why the "magical negro" movie trope is such a harmful stereotype, and Trevor looks back at the worst Black History Month ever.
02/28/2019
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04:33

CP Time: Black Contributions to Music
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS24

Roy Wood Jr. explains the African-American origins of musical genres associated with mainstream white culture, including electronic dance music, square dancing and the banjo.
02/14/2019
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04:56

CP Time: The History of Civil Rights Marches
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS24

Roy Wood Jr. highlights civil rights marches, including the Million Man March combatting structural racism and Ida B. Wells's contribution to the women's suffrage movement.
02/07/2019
03:50

CP Time: The History of Black Actors Dying on Screen - Uncensored
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS23

To kick off Black History Month, Roy Wood Jr. looks back on the history of African-American actors dying in movies and honors LL Cool J for having the best survival record.
02/01/2018