EpisodeShakespeare and Race
Until recently, scholars assumed that the Elizabethans were both white and English and that they didnt know people of color. But if thats the case, why did Shakespeare, the best-known …
EpisodeSlave Reparations
In 1968, a group calling itself The Republic of New Afrika startled the nation with a suggestion that six Southern states be set aside for blacks in America as a …
EpisodeThe Many Stories of Nat Turner
He is a cold-blooded murderer to some, a revolutionary to others. This much is certain. In August 1831, Nat Turner and about sixty other slaves rampaged through the countryside of …
EpisodeRace – Does it Exist?
In 1998, a group of American anthropologists garnered attention by questioning the meaning of “race.” These scholars, from a discipline that long supported the concept of race, announced they no …
EpisodeReplay: Race – Does it Exist?
In 1998, a group of American anthropologists garnered attention by questioning the meaning of “race.” These scholars, from a discipline that long supported the concept of race, announced they no …
EpisodeThe Hairstons: Two Races, One Family
Charlottesville author Henry Wiencek gives his first broadcast interview about his new book, The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White. Wiencek shares stories culled during eight years of painstaking research on …
