EpisodeReplay: America The Beautiful
In this hour, we look at expressions of American patriotism from the flip side of history. We’ll learn more about African-American music celebrating the nation, the writer Ann Petry, Walt Whitman’s stint as …
EpisodeThe Truth About Cultural Bias
Hoodie Rally in Memory of Trayvon Martin by Madison Guy, on Flickr Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in …
EpisodeHIV Education in the African American Church
Since the first case of AIDS was reported in the United States more than 30 years ago, prevention programs have been successful at curbing the number of new cases of …
EpisodeSlaves Waiting for Sale
In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. His painting of the scene was later exhibited at the Royal Gallery in London in 1861. …
EpisodeFurious Flower Honors Rita Dove
The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove (University of Virginia). The occasion was …
EpisodeReplay: Auto Biography
The lives of 13 people are featured in a new book, but the star is a 1957 Chevrolet Townsman wagon. Auto Biography: A Classic Car, An Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 …
EpisodeAmerica The Beautiful
Marian Anderson Sings at Lincoln Memorial: 1939 # 3 (Image courtesy Smithsonian Institution) From Marian Anderson’s 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial to Marvin Gaye’s singing of the National Anthem …
EpisodeA Burnable Book
Murder, mystery, and poetry come together in medieval scholar Bruce Holsinger’s (University of Virginia) new novel set in Chaucer’s London. Plus, Faulkner Fox (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) has a …
EpisodeSheer Good Fortune – Celebrating Toni Morrison
Image courtesy Angela Radulescu Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison was born Chloe Wofford in 1931. She was 39 when she published her first novel about a black girl’s painful coming of …
EpisodeAuto Biography
The lives of thirteen people are featured in a new book–but the real star is a 1957 Chevrolet Townsman wagon. Auto Biography, tells the true story of the car and its …
EpisodeReplay: Showdown in Virginia
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President touched off a secession crisis in the South. In his book Showdown in Virginia, Bill Freehling (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) focuses on turning …
EpisodeReplay: Race, Slavery, and the Civil War: The Tough Stuff
25th United States Colored Troops, February 1864 To mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the nation’s finest historians gathered at Norfolk State University to discuss the role of …
