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Smash, Smash, Smash!
Season 2 Episode 11
March 9, 1901. From a jail cell in Topeka, Kansas, temperance vigilante Carry Nation is hard at work. After her latest arrest for smashing up a bar w…
5 years, 1 month ago
A War on Women
Season 2 Episode 10
March 2, 1923. In Wichita, Kansas, Mary Irby and Euna Hollowell are being held at the county jail. The two women are charged with “lewdly abiding.” T…
5 years, 1 month ago
Jazz on the Record
Season 2 Episode 9
February 26, 1917. At the Victor Talking Machine Company’s studio in Manhattan, five white men gathered to record the first jazz record in history. T…
5 years, 1 month ago
Freedom Rides Down Under
Season 2 Episode 8
February 15, 1965. Walgett, Australia. A group of about 30 Sydney students has traveled here on a fact-finding mission – a mission they’ll call a Fre…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Capitol Attack of 1861
Season 2 Episode 7
February 13, 1861. The city of Washington DC is waiting. Bracing itself. For weeks, there have been threats that this day is going to get violent bec…
5 years, 2 months ago
INTRODUCING: The Food that Built America
Season 2
It takes bold visionaries risking everything to create some of the most recognizable brands on the planet. The Food That Built America, based on the …
5 years, 2 months ago
Sitting In for Civil Rights
Season 2 Episode 6
February 1, 1960. Four young Black men, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Jibreel Khazan and Joseph McNeil gather outside the Woolworth department sto…
5 years, 2 months ago
Houdini Defies Death
Season 2 Episode 5
January 25, 1908. Harry Houdini is the most famous magician in America. He’s known for his escapes – from handcuffs, boxes, jail cells, even a giant …
5 years, 2 months ago
The Capitol Riots in Context
Season 2 Episode 4
January 6, 2021. As Congress voted to affirm Joe Biden as the incoming president, rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to thwart the electi…
5 years, 2 months ago
The First VP of Color
Season 2 Episode 3
January 23, 1907. The Kansas legislature has convened to decide who will be the next US Senator from their state. The vote shakes out as everyone exp…
5 years, 2 months ago