SHORT SERIES: Baseball During the Depression

SHORT SERIES: Baseball During the Depression

Author: C-SPAN December 22, 2024 Duration: 1:02:08
Pepperdine University professor Loretta Hunnicutt taught a class about baseball during the Great Depression. She looked at the role of baseball in American culture and the origins of sports journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Duration: 57:33
During Reconstruction, a campaign to overthrow the South Carolina government succeeded, triggering a constitutional crisis. University of North Carolina professor and author of "Sedition," Marcus Gadson, analyzed the his…
Gettysburg College’s Timothy Shannon on the Mystery of Roanoke [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:22
This week on the Lectures in History podcast: The mystery of the Roanoke Colony’s disappearance. In 1587, English settlers established a colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina — only to van…
The 1876 Great Sioux War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:53
What happened when General Custer and Crazy Horse faced off in battle? Stetson University Professor David Morton chronicles the 1876 Great Sioux War in the South Dakota Black Hills. Stetson University is located in Delan…
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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…