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Anna May Wong Steps into the Spotlight
Season 3
June 4, 1939. Anna May Wong steps off an ocean liner to greet her fans in Australia. In many ways, she is a classic Hollywood actor. Glamorous and fa…
3 years, 10 months ago
Reconstruction IV: Voting Rights At Last
Season 3
May 26, 1965. One hundred years after the Civil War, Congress is debating a bill whose goal is to enforce the 15th amendment, which, in 1870, promise…
3 years, 10 months ago
Reconstruction III: Eric Foner and Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction
Season 3
In 1935, famed Black sociologist and scholar W.E.B. Du Bois published Black Reconstruction, a revolutionary reassessment of the period of Reconstruct…
3 years, 10 months ago
Reconstruction II: The First Presidential Impeachment
Season 3
May 16, 1868. The Capitol is filled with spectators, anxiously trying to predict how each Senator will vote. It’s the first presidential impeachment …
3 years, 10 months ago
Reconstruction I: Secession on Trial
Season 3
May 10, 1865. Jefferson Davis is awakened by gunshots. The president of the defeated and disbanded Confederate States of America is on the run, and t…
3 years, 11 months ago
HTW Presents: Reconstruction
Season 3
In this miniseries, HISTORY This Week takes listeners from the Civil War to Civil Rights to uncover the true cost of putting the country back togethe…
3 years, 11 months ago
Beethoven's Silent Symphony (Replay)
Season 3
History repeats itself this week with an episode from the HISTORY This Week archives: May 7, 1824. One of the great musical icons in history, Ludwig …
3 years, 11 months ago
Dividing the Desert
Season 3
April 25, 1859. About 150 people have gathered on the shores of Lake Manzala in Egypt. And one of them, a mustachioed, retired French diplomat, steps…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Luddites Attack
Season 3
April 20, 1812. An angry crowd approaches a mill in Lancashire, England. They’re fed up with what’s happening to their knitting industry, and they’re…
3 years, 11 months ago
Jackie Robinson Tries Out for the Majors
Season 3
April 16, 1945. Jackie Robinson is ready. He’s won a tryout with the Boston Red Sox, and if he makes the team, he will become the first player to bre…
4 years ago