Lectures in History

Lectures in History

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Go back to school with the country's top professors lecturing on a variety of topics in American history. New episodes posted every Saturday evening. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "After Words" and "C-SPAN's The Weekly" podcasts.
Episodes
Marion Orr "House of Diggs" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:20
Brown University professor Marion Orr lectures on the life & legacy of Congressman Charles Diggs, Jr. The Michigan Democrat founded the Congressional Black Caucus and was the only federal official to attend the trial of…
The History of the Space Program [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:33:47
In 1957, the beeps from Sputnik, a small Russian satellite, sent the USSR & US into a space race. Teasel Muir-Harmony of the Air & Space Museum chronicles the history of space travel and how the U.S. landed on the Moon a…
Williamsburg Revolutionary War Encampment [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:26
William & Mary lecturer Robyn Schroeder discusses the Williamsburg, Virginia, site where colonial troops built an encampment ahead of the 1781 battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War. Learn more about your ad cho…
How Martin Luther King Jr. Used Political Strategy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:20
Boise State history professor Jill Gill lectures on Martin Luther King Jr.'s political strategies in the Civil Rights Movement up until his assassination in 1968. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch…
Kentucky and Slavery: From Statehood to the Civil War [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:15
When Kentucky in 1792 became a state, it had a choice; keep slavery or abolish it. University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan teaches a class on the state's relationship with the institution of slavery until the 1863…
FEED DROP: America 250 Battle of Bunker Hill Commemoration [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:02
The National Park Service and other groups held a ceremony in Boston marking the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Barbary Pirates and Early American Foreign Policy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:47
Carroll College professor Jeanette Fregulia chronicles the Barbary pirates' conflict with American ships during the 18th and 19th centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gunmaking & the Roots of Mass Production [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:29
Northwestern professor Ken Alder presented an image of an 1851 Colt Navy Revolver and asked why the gun was one of the first mass produced technologies in the United States. Professor Alder chronicled the origins of Amer…

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