Episode 94 - Philip Randolph
In this episode, we examine the life of Philip Randolph and his role in shaping the early Civil Rights movement. We examine his humble beginnings, his leadership of the Brother Hood of Sleeping Car Po...
1 Apr 202129min
Episode 93 - W.E.B. Du Bois
In this episode, we examine the life of WEB Du Bois one of the Civil Rights leaders of the early Cold War era. Please check out our sponsor for this episode and get one month free at The Great Courses...
15 Mars 202138min
Episode 92 - Civil Rights 1950 - 60
In this episode, we examine the Civil Rights Movement 1950-1960. We cover the effect of the Civil rights movement on US foreign policy, the major events of the period, and how the Eisenhower administr...
1 Mars 20211h 6min
Episode 91 - Prelude To Civil Rights 1930 - 50
In this episode, we examine how the New Deal and the Second World II shaped the early Civil Rights Movement. We examine the decline of scientific racism and how World War II restructured American Soci...
15 Feb 202146min
Episode 90 - Segregation De Jure
In this episode, we examine what racism looked like in the rest of the United States outside of the south. We examine red-lining and US housing policy that built a virtual system of segregation in the...
1 Feb 202146min
Episode 89 - The Jim Crow Social System
In this episode, we examine the Jim Crow social system explaining the various social customs and aspects of the system. We look at how segregation operated in practice and legal and extra-legal ways i...
15 Jan 202133min
Episode 88 - The Rise Of Jim Crow
In this episode, we examine the failure of reconstruction and the rise of the Jim Crow legal and social system in the South. We examine the forces that brought about an end to reconstruction and how t...
1 Jan 20211h 3min
Review Episode 2020
Join Jeff and Dave as they look back on 2020 and look ahead to 2021, Including what are Jeff's favorite episodes in the past year and what is he most excited about for the podcast in the future. For p...
15 Dec 202029min
