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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Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson's Legacy
Atlantic Staff Writer David Frum - speaking from Woodrow Wilson’s Washington, D.C., home - reconsidered the 28th preside…
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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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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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Congress Investigates: KKK Violence During Reconstruction
In 1871, a joint House-Senate committee investigated conditions in the southern states following a wave of violence agai…
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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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The Whiskey Rebellion
Author Brady Crytzer talked about the 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania in response to a government tax on liquor. S…
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Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails
Author Tom Wheeler talked about how Abraham Lincoln used the new technology of the telegraph to communicate directly wit…
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