The Road to Brown v. Board of Education
Prairie View A&M history professor Malachi Crawford discussed the evolution of civil rights law from efforts to dismantl…
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The American Vice Presidency
New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker talked about the evolution of the American vice presidency. H…
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Friendly Enemies
McKendree University professor Lauren Thompson talked about how, despite prohibitions against it, Union and Confederate …
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Origins of the Korean War
History professors Gregg Brazinsky (George Washington University), Steven Casey (London School of Economics and Politica…
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King - A Life
Author and journalist Jonathan Eig discussed the life of Martin Luther King Jr., in the first comprehensive biography of…
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The 272
Author Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now…
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Congress Investigates: U.S. Intelligence Activities
In 1975, a Senate committee led by Sen. Frank Church (D-ID) examined alleged abuses within the U.S. intelligence communi…
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Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
The historical legacy of singer Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” her lament about the lynchings of African Americans, w…
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1970 Kent State Photographs
Howard Ruffner talked about the photos he took on May 4, 1970, when National Guard troops shot and killed four students …
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2024 Bancroft Prize for History
Columbia University presented the Bancroft prize to the 2024 winners, authors Elliott West (Continental Reckoning) and C…
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