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Relative Location and Rebuilding after the Great Chicago Fire
Northwestern University History Professor Carl Smith discussed the importance of Chicago's location to…
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Origin of Chautauqua in New York State
Scholar Sarah Bell talked about the founding of the Chautauqua, its mission and what attendees could…
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Detroit's Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley was the business and entertainment district in Detroit for African Americans from the…
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Escaped Slaves in Detroit
The first race riots in Detroit happened in 1833. Those riots were sparked by the imprisonment of…
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Detroit Music from Jazz to Hip Hop
Known as the birthplace of Motown, Detroit’s music history goes further back than the soul sounds of…
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Detroit's Birwood Wall
In 1941, a developer built the Birwood Wall in northwest Detroit that was meant to separate white and…
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Wallace Turnage: Escape from Slavery
Eric Finley talked about a slave named Wallace Turnage who escaped slavery and whose story was told in…
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1966 Civil Rights Movement in Mobile, AL
Eric Finley talked about the Civil Rights movement in Mobile, AL, including voting rights and community…
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Josephine Allen Private Institute, Mobile, AL
Eric Finley talked about the origin of the school after the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted and…
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Hidden Figures of Mobile, Alabama
Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail Tour Guide Eric Finley discusses some of Mobile,…
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830
This lesson explores the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and how it affected different Native American…
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Indian Removal and the Muscogee Tribe
Muscogee (Creek) Nation curator John Beaver discussed the Trail of Tears and the removal of the Muscogee…
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The Dawes Act and Indian Land Ownership
Muscogee (Creek) Nation curator John Beaver discussed the 1887 Dawes Act which changed how Indians in…
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The French Settlement of Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, AL tour guide Eric Finley explained the founding of Mobile by the French in 1702.
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Legacy of Voyaging on Board the Hokulea Canoe
Ka’iulani Murphy, apprentice navigator with the Polynesian Voyaging Society, shared the legacy of…
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Eddie Would Go
Author Stuart Coleman shared the life of legendary native Hawaiian surfer Eddie Aikau and his impact on…
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Mormon Pioneers in Missouri
Church of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Elder George Peterson explained the migration of Mormons to…
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Industrialization and Lowell Mill Girls
Queens College History professor Joshua Freeman talked about the history of factories. He discussed…
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History of the Brazos Valley
Deborah Cowman, Director of the Brazos Valley Museum in Bryan, Texas, walked through the museum’s…
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William Penn and the Quakers
Lynne Calamia gave a tour of the Arch Street Friends Meeting House in Philadelphia. She explained a…
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