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Secrecy and Celibacy: The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse

… has only recently become a news item, it has a much longer history. This month, your History Talk podcast hosts Lauren Henry and Eric Michael … for sexual abuse? How do these scandals reflect the history of the Church? How has the Church responded to this … Eric Michael Rhodes   Welcome to History Talk , we're the podcast that brings together …
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Economic Justice — in the Streets

… scandal about bookkeeping do better today? Recent American history suggests not. The savings-and-loan failures in the … bank executives built new mansions, hid their account books from investigators and found sanctuary under the law. … when necessary. Seth Rockman is an assistant professor of history at Occidental College, the author of the forthcoming …
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China and Africa: Historical Perspectives on a Rising Power

… Breyfogle (Moderator) | Associate Professor, Department of History Patrick Nash | Graduate Student, Department of History Joe Parrott | Assistant Professor, Department of History This podcast was supported by a U.S. Department of … Perspectives on a Rising Power. Brought to you by the History Department, the Clio Society, the College of Arts …
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Diet for a Large Planet

… Nicholas Breyfogle | Associate Professor, Department of History; Director, Goldberg Center Chris Otter | Professor, Department of History This event is presented in partnership with Bexley … by The Ohio State University. I'm an associate professor of history and director of the Goldberg Center. I'm your host …
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The Beatles, Rock, and Race in America

After John, Paul, George and Ringo brought the British Invasion across the Atlantic, rock and roll saw a resurgence that helped cement what many people called “race music” as a core part of American identity.
Carrie Buck

The Sterilization of Carrie Buck

Among the many states with eugenics legislation, Virginia is infamous for its legal campaign to forcibly sterilize Carrie Buck in 1927 and thereby entrench sterilization abuse as the law of the land.
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Ten Iconic World Series

Ten 20th Century World Series contests that are landmark moments in baseball’s evolution as a commercial enterprise and its adaptation to the significant social and cultural changes of modern America.
… Black Lives in American History …
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The Remarkable Life of Robert Smalls

Robert Smalls' leadership and courage made him important to the Union war effort and, afterwards, one of the most influential Black political leaders of the 19th century.
… Black Lives in American History …
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The Very Modern Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland, the little girl created by Oxford mathematician and logician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll, came to life in 1865.
… Intellectual History …
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The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion

When a Simi Valley jury announced the “not guilty” verdicts in the case of four police officers charged in the beating of African American motorist Rodney King on April 29, 1992, Los Angeles erupted in a firestorm of anti-police protest.
… Black Lives in American History …
Rosetta Tharpe holding a guitar, Lucky Milliner and Moe Gayle in 1941

The Mother of Rock and Roll

Rosetta Tharpe crossed many boundaries: of genre (playing both gospel and secular music), of gender (playing in a “male” style on a “male” instrument), and even of sexuality.
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Iraq War a Major Departure in American Foreign Affairs

… This experiment, with little or no precedent in American history, has provoked a steadily rising public outcry. Many … to the dominant diplomatic and military tradition of our history, a tradition which they claim is one of … the Revolutionary War. Even a brief survey of American history reveals a nation that has been most often …
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Blood and Steel

Review of Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm, by Harold James (Princeton University Press, 2012)
… armaments and the Nazi regime. Harold James' book, Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm , offers a new look at … the relationship between the Krupp business and Germany's history runs deeper, a product of the personalities involved … famed corporate culture, that of the Kruppianer. Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm is a book that will …