In the early 1800’s when America was debating what to do about those still enslaved and the many black Americans that were gaining their liberty,...
In 1846, a slave by the name of Dred Scott after several attempts to buy his own freedom from his master Eliza Sanford, sued. In...
Franklin Pierce is not one of the better known presidents in U.S. history but is still worth examining if for anything the lessons that can...
Recently there’s been a lot of different tellings about how Americas founding was tied to slavery. American History professor Dr. Dennis Boman comes Back By...
Henry Clay was an American statesman of the 1800’s that was so vital to the survival of the Republic that it was assumed by many...
R.J.M. Blackett professor of history at Vanderbilt University and a historian of the abolitionist movement in the US. He’s written several books including Building an...
Taneya Koonce comes on the podcast to talk about her adventures in genealogy. We’ll talk about shaking stories out of the family tree, the challenges...
Haitian history is what we’re learning all about on this episode and the Haitian Heritage Museum‘s Eveline Pierre is our professor! Join us as we talk...
A brief history of Cuba, including Spanish rule, the revolutionary work of Jose Marti, the dictatorships of Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Operation Peter...
John J Thompson talks about what fed into the writing of his book “Jesus, Bread and Chocolate: Crafting a Homemade Faith in a Mass Market World”!
Fredrick Douglass was a runaway slave, writer, preacher, abolitionist leader, accomplished violinist and eventual advisor and friend to President Abraham Lincoln. For this episode of...