Seneca Village
Seneca Village was a predominantly black community that built itself from the ground up. But its story is fragmented. Even though it existed at a time when it could have been fairly well-documented, t...
27 Jul 202036min
SYMHC Classics: Irish Famine, Part 1
We're revisiting a 2013 two-parter. The history lesson kids often get on the Irish Famine could be summed up as "a blight destroyed the potato crops, and a lot of people starved or moved away." Most k...
25 Jul 202018min
Behind the Scenes Minis: COINTELPRO
Tracy and Holly talk about this week's two-parter on COINTELPRO, and how they both think about those initiatives. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudi...
24 Jul 202013min
COINTELPRO, Part 2
In part two of this topic, the show looks at some of the specifics of the COINTELPROs that targeted black liberation organizations and the New Left, as well as how these programs were finally exposed ...
22 Jul 202044min
COINTELPRO, Part 1
FBI surveillance of people associated with the civil rights movement has come up on the show many times. Today, we’re going to talk about the history of the FBI, especially as it related to communism ...
20 Jul 202040min
SYMHC Classics: The Scopes Trial
This 2017 episode covered the Scopes Trial, aka the Monkey Trial, that played out in Dayton, Tennessee in the summer of 1925. It all stemmed from a state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution. Le...
18 Jul 202033min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Ignatius and Frank
Tracy shares how she landed at the topic of Ignatius Sancho, and she and Holly discuss his writing style. Free Frank's unique story, and how it involves some contradictory situations, is also discusse...
17 Jul 202010min
Free Frank McWorter
Free Frank McWorter was the first black man in the U.S. to design a town and establish a multi-racial community. He did this despite having been born into slavery. Learn more about your ad-choices at...
15 Jul 202034min
