Freedom Rides of 1961: The Anniston Firebomb, Bull Connor and Parchman
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Supreme Court had ruled segregated interstate buses unconstitutional in Morgan v. Virginia i...
1 Nov 21min
Fort Wagner 1863: The 54th Massachusetts, Shaw's Grave and Carney's Flag
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On July 18, 1863, Union general Quincy Gillmore set out to take Fort Wagner on Morris Island, a ...
1 Nov 22min
Civilian Conservation Corps: FDR's Tree Army, 3 Billion Trees and $25 Home
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the spring of 1933, with a quarter of the workforce unemployed, Franklin D. Roosevelt scaled ...
1 Nov 21min
FDR's First Hundred Days: Bank Holiday, Fireside Chats and Frances Perkins
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office on March 4, 1933, governors across the country had restri...
1 Nov 19min
Enron's Collapse: Mark-to-Market Profits, Fastow's Raptors and Skilling
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In April 2001 an analyst on an Enron earnings call asked CEO Jeffrey Skilling for a balance shee...
1 Nov 25min
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Election Math, Paper Sons and Angel Island
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Chinese immigrants began arriving in large numbers around the 1848 California Gold Rush, many fl...
1 Nov 22min
Dartmouth College v. Woodward: A Seized Seal and the Contracts Clause
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1769 King George III granted Dartmouth College a royal charter that defined its purpose, set ...
1 Nov 21min
Red River Campaign of 1864: Cotton Speculators, Mansfield and Bailey's Dam
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1864 Major General Henry Halleck planned a Union drive up Louisiana's Red River with four goa...
1 Nov 22min
