Unworthy Republic
University of Georgia American History professor Claudio Saunt discussed the federal government’s forced migration of Native Americans to territories west of the Mississippi in the mid-19th …
1,263 viewsUniversity of Georgia American History professor Claudio Saunt discussed the federal government’s forced migration of Native Americans to territories west of the Mississippi in the mid-19th …
1,263 viewsUniversity of Chicago African American history professor emeritus Thomas Holt provided a history of the civil rights movement. This was a virtual event hosted by the Atlanta History Center.
302 viewsStephen and Paul Kendrick recounted Martin Luther King’s imprisonment in the days prior to the 1960 presidential election and the efforts of members of John F. Kennedy’s campaign to secure h…
317 viewsHistorian H.W. Brands provided a dual biography of abolitionist John Brown and Abraham Lincoln. This was a virtual event hosted by the Atlanta History Center.
1,237 viewsAuthor and journalist Lisa Napoli provided a history of cable news and the rise of the 24-hour news cycle. This was a virtual event hosted by the Atlanta History Center.
587 viewsThe Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum was founded in 1841 and would become the largest mental institution in the world. In her book, Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and th…
975 viewsRetired pediatrician and geneticist Bettye Kearse investigated her family’s lineage and its oral history that claims they are descendants of James Madison and his slave, Coreen.
977 viewsTom Brokaw talked about his memoir, A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope, about being diagnosed with blood cancer and the year of treatment he received for it, which he chronicled in a…
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