Episodes of Scene on Radio
Tal Ben-Artzi didn’t worry about being an out bisexual athlete at Penn State. Maybe she would have if she’d known the school’s history. How much have times changed? In Part 4 of “Contested,” our series…
Two small towns, one in Idaho, the other in Upstate New York, try to decide whether to change the nickname of their high school sports teams: The Redskins. Photo: Emblem in the main foyer at…
More from suburban St. Louis, post-Ferguson, on the popular notion that sports unites communities. Can the camaraderie of a team sport make race and class status “disappear” for the kids involved or their parents? Scene…
Can a winning baseball team bring St. Louis together post-Ferguson? John Biewen investigates in the inaugural episode of Scene On Radio, a new podcast of audio stories from the Center for Documentary Studies…
Looks like a fascinating new book.
See/hear also, re: deep Northern involvement in slavery, our S2E6, "That's Not Us So We're Clean," and S4E3, "The Cotton Empire."
No US city was involved in the transatlantic slave trade as late as #NYC. The Last Slave Ships left Manhattan in 1862 -- a year into the #CivilWar & more than 50 years after Congress banned the traffic. The main slave traders are identified in this map (p.48 of my book).
I'm really glad that y'all are appreciating the Bonus Ep from S4 of @SceneOnRadio http://www.sceneonradio.org/tag/season-4/
We're not really "hot take" guys & I wanted to make sure it's clear that I DO believe in us and there IS a meaningful way forward. All the more reason to deal with reality.
Appreciate the mention of #SeeingWhite, @AKannapell 🙏@catchatweetdown https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/29/briefing/japan-skorea-hongkong-iran-china.html?smid=tw-share
Hey followers
If this election cycle has woken you up - you want to dig deeper into our democracy - or you are wondering - WTF got us here?
Give this a listen.
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" Gertrude Perkins is never mentioned in the history books, but she had as much to do with the bus boycott and its creation as anyone on heart."
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