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Debbie Reese on Book Bans and Native Representation
Scholar Debbie Reese talks book bans and the fear of a just society.
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Reconstruction 101: Progress and Backlash
Episode 4, Season 4 Just months after the Civil War ended, former Confederates had regained political footholds in Washington, D.C. In her overview of Reconstruction, Kate Masur notes how—in the face of evolving, post
September 28, 2021
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Black Soldiers: Global Conflict During Jim Crow
Episode 9, Season 4 U.S. involvement in world wars and the domestic Black freedom struggle shaped one another. By emphasizing the diverse stories of servicemen and women, historian Adriane Lentz-Smith situates Black
December 13, 2021
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Charles Person: Freedom Rider Encourages Others To Get On Board
For the youngest of the original Freedom Riders who boarded buses in 1961, the quest for justice continues.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn explains that "Education is not merely a way of upward mobility for the individual, it is a way of collective movement."
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Saving Title VI
This group of moms is working to ensure no one’s children are denied civil rights in school.
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Correcting History: Confederate Monuments, Rituals and the Lost Cause
Episode 5, Season 4 The Lost Cause narrative would have us believe that Confederate monuments have always been celebrated, but people have protested them since they started going up. Historian Karen Cox unpacks how the
October 18, 2021
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Baseball, Civil Rights and the Anderson Monarchs Barnstorming Tour
Episode 17, Season 3 In 2015, Coach Steve Bandura loaded the Anderson Monarchs, a Little League baseball team from Philadelphia, onto a 1947 Flxible Clipper Bus for a barnstorming tour back in time. Bandura and the
August 16, 2021
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Changing the Game: Sports in the Jim Crow Era
Episode 11, Season 4 In the United States, Black athletes have had to contend with two sets of rules: those of the game and those of a racist society. While they dealt with 20th century realities of breaking the color
January 20, 2022
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Sexism in the Civil Rights Movement: A Discussion Guide
A closer examination of heroes in our culture.