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Obama's 2004 DNC Keynote
Former President Barack Obama’s keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention was the topic of a class taught by University of Kansas po…
2 years, 2 months ago
Nixon, Ford & the Constitution
Duquesne University president Ken Gormley taught a class looking at constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Ger…
2 years, 2 months ago
American Churches During World War 1
Hillsdale College Professor Richard Gamble taught a class on American churches and religion during World War I. He discussed how American pastors, mi…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Red Scare 1940s-1950s
University of California, Davis, history Professor Kathryn Olmsted taught a class on how the ‘Red Scare’ evolved into a wide-ranging conspiracy theor…
2 years, 2 months ago
Appalachia in the American Imagination
Professor Benjamin Bankhurst talked about Appalachia in the American imagination. He described how the regional stereotype has changed over time, fro…
2 years, 3 months ago
Eisenhower & 1950s Political Advertising
Purdue University Professor Kathryn Brownell taught a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential c…
2 years, 3 months ago
Civil War Weaponry
Guilford Technical Community College Professor Jeff Kinard taught a class about Civil War weaponry and shared artifacts such as muskets, carbines, an…
2 years, 3 months ago
Army Explorers of the West
Texas Woman’s University history professor Cecily Zander discussed the federal government’s efforts to explore and control the American west from the…
2 years, 3 months ago
History of Abortion
University of California, Davis, law professor Mary Ziegler discussed the history of abortion and contraception laws in the United States.
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2 years, 4 months ago
20th Century Fundamentalism & Pentecostalism
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Molly Worthen taught a class about the history and the intellectual underpinnings of Protestant…
2 years, 4 months ago