Congress Investigates: Iran-Contra
In 1987, House and Senate select committees jointly examined the clandestine operation of selling missiles to Iran in exchange for the release of hostages in Lebanon, with proceeds going to …
55 viewsIn 1987, House and Senate select committees jointly examined the clandestine operation of selling missiles to Iran in exchange for the release of hostages in Lebanon, with proceeds going to …
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680 viewsHistory professors Tarak Barkawi (Johns Hopkins University), David Cline (San Diego State University), Suzy Kim (Rutgers University), and John McManus (Missouri University of Science and Tec…
8 viewsAuthors Victoria Christopher Murray (The First Ladies) , Pamela Newkirk (Diversity, Inc.) , Thabiti Lewis (Black People Are My Business) and Khalil Gibran Muhammad (The Condemnation of Black…
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122 viewsJournalist Antonia Hylton looked at one of the last segregated asylums and the role of race and mental health treatment in the Jim Crow south. Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC,…
McKendree University professor Lauren Thompson talked about how, despite prohibitions against it, Union and Confederate soldiers often fraternized, sharing coffee, tobacco, and newspapers. T…
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106 viewsThis 1968 documentary tells the story of Lady Bird Johnson’s beautification program. The program focused on improving neglected areas of the nation’s capital by planting trees and flowers, c…
274 viewsVirginia Tech lecturer Taulby Edmondson discussed unionization efforts in the West Virginia mining industry that led to a series of armed conflicts in the 1910s and 1920s. Virginia Tech is l…
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