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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Ike's Cold War Radio Strategy
What was President Eisenhower’s role in radio broadcasts designed to fight communism as the Cold War took shape? Mark Po…
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Zip Code with the Swingin' Six
The 1960s folk band “The Swingin' Six” stars in a U.S. Postal Service public service announcement explaining the zip cod…
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The West Virginia Mine Wars
Virginia Tech lecturer Taulby Edmondson discussed unionization efforts in the West Virginia mining industry that led to …
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Showcase for the Nation
This 1968 documentary tells the story of Lady Bird Johnson’s beautification program. The program focused on improving ne…
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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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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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