New Episode! "Clotilda: The Last U.S. Slave Ship"
In 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, the last slave ship landed in the United States from Africa, even though the transatlantic slave trade had been illegal in the US since 1808.
With Dr. Hannah Durkin.
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In 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, the last slave ship landed in the United States from Africa, even though the transatlantic slave trade had been illegal in the US since 1808.
With Dr. Hannah Durkin.
www.unsunghistorypodcast.c...
11:30 AM - Jan 15, 2024
Our most listened-to episodes in 2023 are:
1. The Southern Strategy, with Kevin Kruse;
2. Yellowstone National Park, with Megan Kate Nelson;
3. The Aerobics Craze of the 1980s, with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela.
Listen at unsunghistorypodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts!
1. The Southern Strategy, with Kevin Kruse;
2. Yellowstone National Park, with Megan Kate Nelson;
3. The Aerobics Craze of the 1980s, with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela.
Listen at unsunghistorypodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts!
10:00 AM - Dec 22, 2023
New Episode! 🔥
Just days after British troops captured New York City from General Washington and his army in September 1776, fire broke out, destroying a fifth of the city.
With guest Ben Carp.
Player links & show notes: https://www.unsunghistoryp...
Just days after British troops captured New York City from General Washington and his army in September 1776, fire broke out, destroying a fifth of the city.
With guest Ben Carp.
Player links & show notes: https://www.unsunghistoryp...
12:39 PM - Sep 18, 2023
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"Excellent Podcast! I’m really enjoying learning so many things about our History. TY for creating this space!"
Listen now at https://www.unsunghistoryp... or anywhere #podcasts are found!
09:40 AM - Sep 12, 2023
New Episode! "The History of Drag in New York City"
RuPaul’s Drag Race first aired on TV in 2009, but the New York City drag scene that launched RuPaul started over a century earlier. From drag ball…
Player links & show notes: https://www.unsunghistoryp...
RuPaul’s Drag Race first aired on TV in 2009, but the New York City drag scene that launched RuPaul started over a century earlier. From drag ball…
Player links & show notes: https://www.unsunghistoryp...
01:06 PM - Sep 11, 2023
03:54 PM - Sep 04, 2023
#OnThisDay in 1915 employees of Western Electric boarded the SS Eastland in Chicago, eager for the company picnic. Tragically the ship capsized 19 feet from the wharf, killing 844 people in one of the worst maritime disasters in US history.
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09:39 PM - Jul 24, 2023
When Jefferson wrote that all men were endowed with the right of Liberty he didn't have in mind the people he enslaved. But enslaved people & abolitionists adopted the American symbols of revolution & freedom in their fight for liberty.
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12:35 PM - Jul 03, 2023
Happy Birthday to Thurgood Marshall, born #OnThisDay in 1908.
As Director-Counsel of the NAACP LDF, Marshall argued many civil rights cases in SCOTUS, including Brown v. Board of Education. In 1967, LBJ appointed him Associate Justice of SCOTUS, where he served for 24 years.
As Director-Counsel of the NAACP LDF, Marshall argued many civil rights cases in SCOTUS, including Brown v. Board of Education. In 1967, LBJ appointed him Associate Justice of SCOTUS, where he served for 24 years.
09:40 AM - Jul 02, 2023
Happy Birthday to Babe Didrikson Zaharias born #OnThisDay in 1911. Zaharias won Olympic gold in track & field, was an All American basketball player, pitched in exhibition MLB games & won 17 straight amateur golf tournaments before co-founding the LPGA.
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10:03 PM - Jun 26, 2023
Happy Birthday to James Weldon Johnson, born #OnThisDay in 1871.
Johnson wrote "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" in 1899. He was appointed US Consul in Venezuela & Nicaragua in 1906, and from 1920 to 1930 served as Executive Secretary of the NAACP, later teaching at NYU & Fisk.
Johnson wrote "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" in 1899. He was appointed US Consul in Venezuela & Nicaragua in 1906, and from 1920 to 1930 served as Executive Secretary of the NAACP, later teaching at NYU & Fisk.
09:48 AM - Jun 17, 2023
Happy Birthday to Jeannette Pickering Rankin, born #OnThisDay in Montana in 1880. Rankin was the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. A devoted pacifist, Rankin was the only member of Congress to vote against US entry into both World War I and World War II.
01:02 PM - Jun 11, 2023
Happy Birthday to abolitionist Eliza Ann Gardner, born in NYC #OnThisDay in 1831. Gardner was a founder of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs & founded the missionary society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ).
11:37 AM - May 28, 2023
Happy Birthday to writer, abolitionist & suffragist, Julia Ward Howe, born #OnThisDay in 1819. Howe authored the poem "Battle Hymn of the Republican, co-founded the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) & edited its Woman's Journal for 20 years.
#OTD #WomensHistory #history
#OTD #WomensHistory #history
04:04 PM - May 27, 2023
It's always a good week when I manage to (appropriately) use one of my favorite quotes in an episode!
🎧 Listen to the story of Women & the Law in Revolutionary America: https://www.unsunghistoryp... or anywhere #Podcasts are found.
🎧 Listen to the story of Women & the Law in Revolutionary America: https://www.unsunghistoryp... or anywhere #Podcasts are found.
02:58 PM - May 13, 2023
Sixty years ago today, 1000 kids in Birmingham faced fire hoses, attack dogs & arrest in their march for desegregation. The Children's Crusade was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.
Listen to the story on this week's Unsung History.
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Listen to the story on this week's Unsung History.
https://www.unsunghistoryp...
09:50 PM - May 02, 2023
On Episode ONE HUNDRED, with guest Paul Kix, we're doing a deep dive into Project Confrontation, the 1963 campaign to desegregate Birmingham that proved to be a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.
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🎧 Listen at https://unsunghistorypodca... or anywhere #Podcasts are found.
09:21 PM - May 01, 2023
#OnThisDay in 1982 Jane Fonda's Workout was released on home video, becoming the top-selling VHS tape for 6 years, & along with its follow-ups, selling 17 million videos.
Listen to the story of the Aerobics Craze of the 1980s: https://www.unsunghistoryp...
#JaneFonda #workout #OTD
Listen to the story of the Aerobics Craze of the 1980s: https://www.unsunghistoryp...
#JaneFonda #workout #OTD
06:11 PM - Apr 24, 2023
Learn the history of reproductive justice in the US.
Relevant eps of Unsung History with full transcripts at the link.
With Felicia Kornbluh, Jennifer Wright, Cornelia Dayton, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine & Lauren MacIvor Thompson.
https://www.unsunghistoryp...
Relevant eps of Unsung History with full transcripts at the link.
With Felicia Kornbluh, Jennifer Wright, Cornelia Dayton, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine & Lauren MacIvor Thompson.
https://www.unsunghistoryp...
03:07 PM - Apr 14, 2023
#OnThisDay 60 years ago Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, AL, during Project C, the campaign to desegregate Birmingham. It was in jail that MLK wrote his now-famous Letter from Birmingham Jail.
On May 1, writer Kix joins the podcast to discuss Project C & his new book about it.
On May 1, writer Kix joins the podcast to discuss Project C & his new book about it.
06:57 PM - Apr 12, 2023
#OnThisDay 40 years ago, Harold Washington was elected the first Black mayor of #Chicago .
Listen to the story at https://www.unsunghistoryp... or anywhere #Podcasts are found.
#history #UShistory #WindyCity #ChicagoPolitics #Politics #BlackHistory #podcast #OTD
Listen to the story at https://www.unsunghistoryp... or anywhere #Podcasts are found.
#history #UShistory #WindyCity #ChicagoPolitics #Politics #BlackHistory #podcast #OTD
06:33 PM - Apr 12, 2023
Happy Birthday to Frances Perkins, born in Boston #OnThisDay in 1880. Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, was the longest-serving Secretary of Labor in US history, in office from 1933 to 1945. Perkins helped establish the Social Security Act of 1935.
03:10 PM - Apr 10, 2023
This week on #UnsungHistory with guest Kevin M. Kruse we look at the Southern Strategy, the systematic & well-documented approach the GOP used to win white voters in the South, leading to the realignment of the parties over several decades.
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02:12 PM - Apr 10, 2023
ICYMI: This past week on Unsung History, we discussed Harold Washington, the first Black mayor of Chicago, elected 40 years ago this month.
Listen & Subscribe: https://www.unsunghistoryp... or anywhere #Podcasts are found.
#Politics #Chicago #BlackHistory
Listen & Subscribe: https://www.unsunghistoryp... or anywhere #Podcasts are found.
#Politics #Chicago #BlackHistory
11:31 AM - Apr 09, 2023
The election of Brandon Johnson has invited comparisons to Harold Washington, the first Black mayor of Chicago 40 yrs ago.
On #UnsungHistory we're looking at Harold Washington, the coalition who elected him & the challenges he faced in office.
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On #UnsungHistory we're looking at Harold Washington, the coalition who elected him & the challenges he faced in office.
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04:46 PM - Apr 08, 2023
Happy Birthday to jazz singer Billie Holiday, born in Philadelphia #OnThisDay in 1915. Holiday won four posthumous Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
#BillieHoliday #BlackHistory #MusicHistory
#BillieHoliday #BlackHistory #MusicHistory
01:36 PM - Apr 07, 2023
#OnThisDay in 1968, students at Tuskegee Institute barricaded the doors of Dorothy Hall during a meeting of the Board of Trustees, demanding reforms.
Gov. Lurleen Wallace sent National Guardsmen to intervene, but bloodshed was avoided.
Listen here: https://www.unsunghistoryp...
Gov. Lurleen Wallace sent National Guardsmen to intervene, but bloodshed was avoided.
Listen here: https://www.unsunghistoryp...
05:53 PM - Apr 06, 2023
40 years ago Harold Washington took on the machine & won, becoming Chicago's first Black mayor.
Listen to the story of his rise, who helped him & the struggles he faced once elected, with guest Dr. Gordon Mantler. #Chicago #history #ChicagoElection #podcast
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Listen to the story of his rise, who helped him & the struggles he faced once elected, with guest Dr. Gordon Mantler. #Chicago #history #ChicagoElection #podcast
https://www.unsunghistoryp...
07:08 PM - Apr 03, 2023
#OnThisDay in 1917 Jeannette Rankin of Montana was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the US Congress.
Later that day President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. Four days later, Rankin, a pacifist, was one of 50 members of the House to vote against the war.
Later that day President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. Four days later, Rankin, a pacifist, was one of 50 members of the House to vote against the war.
09:31 AM - Apr 02, 2023
