Booker & Olivia

Jan 02 2025 7 ep. 15 mins 6

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Two idealistic young college graduates journey to the Deep South and work together to found one of the legendary HBCUs.

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Do We Run?

Jan 02 2025 19 mins

Booker’s world is shattered when he loses his wife, Fanny, leaving him with a newborn and a mission that feels impossible to carry on. As the weight of grief bears down, a Watch Night celebration forces him to confront the question on everyone’s mind: Will Booker and Olivia keep fighting for the school, or let it all go, as they face the difficult choice to stand firm when the

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Jul 25 2024 2 mins

Hampton Institute sends favorite son, young Booker T., on a mission to the dangerous Deep South to develop a school from the ground up. Booker navigates tricky alliances, pitfalls and stifling southern customs to protect his fledgeling school from being burned to ashes. Will Olivia, a special friend from the Hampton days, be just the partner he needs to make his school successful?

The Opps

Jul 16 2024 22 mins

Booker & Olivia push on, in the face of supply shortages, lazy students, and cotton businessmen who want their labor back in the field and not in Booker's classroom.

Opening Day

Jun 11 2024 16 mins

On America's birthday, July 4th, Booker and Olivia meet hopefuls for the new school but fireworks really start when the local Ruffians drop in, determined to get everyone back in the fields. Will Booker and Olivia ever be able to get them off the fields and into the new classrooms?

Something Bigger!

May 12 2024 13 mins

Olivia joins Booker down South and plans to scale things up, while Booker plays it cautious, not to offend the locals.

Find The Land!

Apr 23 2024 14 mins

Booker journeys to the Deep South, and scouts for good stake of land to raise up his school. Olivia returns to her old school Framingham and learns just how valued she is there. Memories of an earlier trouble in the Deep South, still haunt Olivia but will Booker be able to entice her to come help him build a school?

Save The Man!

Apr 06 2024 19 mins

Newly graduated and floundering in the real world, Booker returns to Hampton, his "Home By Sea" and rises to the tasks given to him by mentor, General Armstrong. But is he up to a new challenge, which means journeying to the dangerous Deep South and expanding Hampton's mission.