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The Civil War in Virginia
Texas Christian University professor Steven Woodworth teaches a class about Civil War life on the home front and battles fought in Virginia in the cr…
4 years, 7 months ago
Culture During the Great Depression
Professor Carl Abrams talked about American culture during the Great Depression era. He described changes to family life, the role of religion, and t…
4 years, 7 months ago
First Ladies in Their Own Words - Lady Bird Johnson
First Ladies from Lady Bird Johnson to Melania Trump talked about the role of the First Lady, their time in the White House, and the issues important…
4 years, 7 months ago
Cold War Educational Film
Professor Karen Rader talked about mid-20th century educational films used to teach students about nuclear warfare and science. During the Cold War, …
4 years, 7 months ago
Neutrality and World War I America
University of Minnesota Professor Saje Mathieu taught a class about “neutrality” and what that concept meant in World War I America. She explained ho…
4 years, 8 months ago
1960s African American Voter Registration
Emory University professor Carol Anderson taught a class about efforts in the early 1960s to register African American voters in Mississippi. She des…
4 years, 8 months ago
Watergate 50 Years Later
American University professor Joseph Campbell teaches a class about the 1972 Watergate scandal and, what he calls, “the myth of heroic journalism.”
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4 years, 8 months ago
Bakari Sellers, "My Vanishing Country"
Former Charleston, South Carolina Mayor Joseph Riley and professor Kerry Taylor co-teach a course at The Citadel military college looking at why a ne…
4 years, 8 months ago
Politics and Culture in Early America
Suffolk University professor Kathryn Lasdow taught a class on politics and culture in the United States from 1800 through the 1830s. She described ho…
4 years, 9 months ago
Civil War as a Constitutional Crisis
Penn State professor Rachel Shelden teaches a class on how the Civil War tested the limits of the U.S. Constitution.
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4 years, 9 months ago