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Lectures in History

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May 26, 2024 • 59min

WWII Battle of the Atlantic

University of Notre Dame military history professor Ian Ona Johnson discussed the contest for control of Atlantic sea routes during World War II. The University of Notre Dame is located in Indiana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 19, 2024 • 1h 9min

The Road to Brown v. Board of Education

Prairie View A&M history professor Malachi Crawford discusses the evolution of civil rights law from efforts to dismantle Jim Crow and racial segregation to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 12, 2024 • 1h 19min

The West Virginia Mine Wars

Virginia 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 located in Blacksburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 5, 2024 • 47min

Confederate Monuments & Labor Integration in New Orleans

Tulane University History Professor Rien Fertel discusses the erection of Confederate monuments in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century at the same time as efforts to integrate and unionize Black and white dock laborers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 28, 2024 • 1h 7min

Reagan's 1982 Address to Parliament

President Ronald Reagan's 1982 address to the British Parliament was the topic of a class taught by University of Kansas political communication professor Robert Rowland. The University of Kansas is in Lawrence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 21, 2024 • 1h 3min

HBCUs & Student Activism in North Carolina

North Carolina Central University history professor Jasmin Howard discussed student activism and the civil rights movement at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in North Carolina. North Carolina Central University is located in Durham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 14, 2024 • 1h 19min

Women & Employment Laws in the Early 20th Century

University of Maryland, Baltimore County, political science professor William Blake discusses early 20th century Supreme Court cases on laws regulating minimum wages and maximum hours for female workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 7, 2024 • 1h 2min

Mamie Till-Mobley & Remembering Emmett Till

University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 31, 2024 • 1h 12min

Richard Nixon & the 1968 Election

Chapman University history professor Luke Nichter discusses Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign and the issues in that year’s presidential election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 24, 2024 • 53min

The Development of the Early Republic

Prairie View A&M history professor Ronald Goodwin discussed the early Republic and how Americans tried to define equality and interpret the Constitution in the first decades of the United States. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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