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Society & Culture
History
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Jessica B. Harris, "Braided Heritage: Recipes a...
35 min
52
Keisha N. Blain, "Without Fear: Black Women and...
38 min
53
Maria R. Montalvo, "Enslaved Archives: Slavery,...
77 min
54
Susana M. Morris, "Positive Obsession: The Life...
50 min
55
Patrice D. Douglass, "Engendering Blackness: Sl...
75 min
56
Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-T...
54 min
57
Elaine Weiss, "Spell Freedom: The Underground S...
62 min
58
Gregg Mitman, "Empire of Rubber: Firestone's Sc...
An interview with Greg Mitman
39 min
59
LaShawn Harris, "Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpur...
64 min
60
Steve Luxenberg, "Separate: The Story of Plessy...
Steve Luxenberg has created an unusual history of the famous Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson and the 19th century’s segregationist practices...
45 min
61
Timothy Messer-Kruse, "Slavery’s Fugitives and ...
56 min
62
Rima Vesely-Flad, "Black Buddhists and the Blac...
88 min
63
Shennette Garrett-Scott, "Banking on Freedom: B...
Think running an insurance company or a bank is hard?  Try doing it as an African-American woman in the Jim Crow South...
39 min
64
Marlee S. Bunch, "Unlearning the Hush: Oral His...
60 min
65
Glenn Ligon, "Distinguishing Piss from Rain" (H...
49 min
66
Darren W. Davis and David C. Wilson, "Racial Re...
53 min
67
Christopher M. Reali, "Music and Mystique in Mu...
An interview with Christopher M. Reali
36 min
68
Harriet Jacobs, "Incidents in the Life of a Sla...
68 min
69
Bryon L. Garner, "Black Veteranality: Military ...
52 min
70
Manuel Barcia, "The Yellow Demon of Fever: Figh...
43 min
71
Kenneth Jones, "African American Males and Vide...
18 min
72
Stephanie McCurry, "Women's War: Fighting and S...
An interview with Stephanie McCurry
67 min
73
Irvin Weathersby Jr., "In Open Contempt: Confro...
65 min
74
Teacher by Teacher: The People Who Change Our L...
47 min
75
Kit W. Myers, "The Violence of Love: Race, Fami...
76 min