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… their faith in government itself, on that sunny autumn day in Dallas in 1963. In an inaugural address that has become a poignant reminder of the idealism of the 1960s, JFK … the assassination of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem in early November 1963 made JFK realize that the United …

… at least in part to the Reagan legacy. But there is a darker side to that legacy with which Americans will sooner or later have to come to terms: today we live in a society of greater … between wealthy Americans and working families. This disturbing development is linked to the PATCO debacle, for …

… Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, S.D., to lay a legendary Marine to rest. Gov. Mike Rounds asked that flags be … U.S. general killed in World War II, are not names that come to mind for most people.   That's because this is not … Indian history, arts and crafts, and the national tragedies of the 19th century. This is important material, but …

… 19th Amendment to fruition to further "women's issues." Today, we talk about the post 19th Amendment reality that many … the polls were moved to schools and churches and community centers. There was some change in how candidates … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

… February 26, 1885, was an unremarkable day in the  Congo  basin, where it passed like many others. … Conference on West Africa was signed.  The conference has become known for “carving up  the African continent ” for the … army to impose rule. White officers directed African soldiers.  Often “freed” from slavery or “orphaned,” many of …

… F. Scott Fitzgerald writing This Side of Paradise , The Damned and the Beautiful, or Tender is the Night without a … to loosen his creativity and imagination. As we have come to know Fitzgerald the person, the chances are good … prohibition became the fulcrum of moral and civil disobedience by those who formerly considered themselves …

… your right, you will encounter the upscale whiskey house, complete with nineteenth-century stone walls that feature … ago, these flats were known for harboring opioid users. Today, they are a Category A listed historic monument that … decision to list the building. The Banana Flats once embodied everything that Edinburgh felt was wrong with Leith. …

… of a permanent facility in which to play football.  When completed, Harvard Stadium cost over $300,000, held 40,000 … the American university campus.  They have always been standard equipment, and their critics have never been sure why. … institutions. But virtually all of these reforms, Smith points out repeatedly, have been in the name of competitive …

… and Martha Biondi have published important case studies on civil rights in the urban North, Sugrue offers the … never passive victims.  From the very beginning of black community development in the North, African Americans fought … control.  Integration and community control, Sugrue points out, were never mutually exclusive, but as blacks …

… capital city, Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Emperor was accompanied by battle-tested companies of Patriot guerilla fighters (the Arbanyoch). … and an assorted mix of Commonwealth fighters from Egypt , Sudan , and Kenya . Enormous feasts and festivities followed …

… The dar al-Islam , or realm of Islam, is very much in the news … immigration ban. Timely then that veteran religious studies scholar Brian A. Catlos has published an overview of … The reality of the Islamic kingdoms in Iberia was far more complex. Castilian ambassadors attempt to ally themselves …

… in Silicon Valley (where even people with six-figure incomes may qualify for housing subsidies) have attracted media attention, but they are only the … noting a troubling contradiction: shelter is a fundamental need, but in a market system there’s a cost to it. …

… American Civil War . After the Civil War, the Buffalo Soldiers saw storied service in the American West. Racism and … and lesser men. While African American soldiers and communities protested these conditions, the small size of … easy for white authorities to ignore. The World Wars fundamentally altered this dynamic. Millions of Black men …

… Doug Dangler  From the Center for the Study and Teaching of … Thanks for being on the show Professor Conklin and welcome.   Dr. Alice Conklin   Thank you for having me.   … a digital media piece of writing geared toward a popular audience. Is there some advantage to this form of writing over …

… a black president at the nation’s helm, even the most glib commentators can justify focusing on black history. But … and elections, as well as their personnel — generals, soldiers, kings and candidates.   No one tells us more about all the ways that power …

… administration has added more than 1,000 individuals and companies to sanctions lists. The president has gloried in … avoid violence but as a means to intensify it, to “make war damnable to the whole mass of your enemy’s population,” as a … Japanese occupation currency used in the Dutch East Indies in 1942. In July 1941, after Japan invaded Indonesia, …

… luxury and self-indulgence with the stern defender of the common man we know from history textbooks. As chief … the masses.   This seems like clear hypocrisy, but it also points to the deep ambivalence in the American mind between … sacrificing what he called “the pursuit of happiness,” embodied in nothing so much as our national pursuit of real …

… Great North American Eclipse of April 8, 2024, will plunge day into night. Its path of totality will cut through  … total solar eclipse . Dating to 1223 BCE in Syria, it was accompanied by the appearance of  Mars in the sky and … eclipses offer perspective through their enormity. They command respect. The response of Cooper’s New York to the …

… It was on Christmas day ten years ago that Kremlin guards hauled down the Soviet … wanted to emulate. Now that they had been freed from communist oppression, many supposed, it would not be long … many Russians did hope that Russia would magically become like the United States, the euphoric American …

… about 270 men left the Spanish port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda sailing west — and kept going. Led by explorer Ferdinand … 1494, after Christopher Columbus returned from the West Indies, the Spanish and Portuguese governments signed a deal … in, some of them to work off debts. Magellan’s second-in-command was the Spanish overseer and accountant, Juan de …