Lectures in History

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Join students in college classrooms to hear lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to 9-11.

  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Reagan's 1982 Address to Parliament

    President Ronald Reagan's 1982 address to the British Parliament was the topic of a class taught by University of Kansas political communication professor Robert Rowland. The University of Kansas is in Lawrence.

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    28 April 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    HBCUs & Student Activism in North Carolina

    North Carolina Central University history professor Jasmin Howard discussed student activism and the civil rights movement at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in North Carolina. North Carolina Central University is located in Durham.

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    21 April 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Women & Employment Laws in the Early 20th Century

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, political science professor William Blake discusses early 20th century Supreme Court cases on laws regulating minimum wages and maximum hours for female workers.

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    14 April 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Mamie Till-Mobley & Remembering Emmett Till

    University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.

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    7 April 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Richard Nixon & the 1968 Election

    Chapman University history professor Luke Nichter discusses Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign and the issues in that year’s presidential election.

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    31 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 53 minutes 22 seconds
    The Development of the Early Republic

    Prairie View A&M history professor Ronald Goodwin discussed the early Republic and how Americans tried to define equality and interpret the Constitution in the first decades of the United States. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.

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    24 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 57 minutes 25 seconds
    Abortion and Reproductive Rights

    University of California, Davis, law professor Mary Ziegler discussed the history of abortion and contraception laws in the United States.

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    17 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 51 minutes 42 seconds
    1970s Labor & Working Class

    Wayne State University Professor Elizabeth Faue discussed the American working class and labor movements during the 1970s. Wayne State University is located in Detroit.

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    10 March 2024, 1:00 am
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    Army Explorers of the West

    Texas Woman's University history professor Cecily Zander discussed the federal government's efforts to explore and control the American west from the early 1800's through the Civil War. Texas Woman's University is located in Denton.

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    3 March 2024, 1:00 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    History of Emergency Medical Services

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County lecturer Jae Yang discussed the history of emergency medical services from the pre-industrial era through the development of 911 and modern state EMS agencies.

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    25 February 2024, 1:00 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    1909 Missoula Labor & Free Speech Fight

    University of Montana history professor Leif Fredrickson discusses the 1909 labor protests in Missoula, Montana that sparked a high-profile fight over free speech and police violence.

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    18 February 2024, 1:00 am
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