EpisodeReplay: Evicted from the Mountains
When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. Margaret Marangione (Blue Ridge Community College) says new information has emerged suggesting that some of them were sent to state colonies and sterilized.
EpisodeEvicted from the Mountains
Courtesy Library of Congress When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. Margaret Marangione (Blue Ridge Community College) says new information has emerged suggesting …
EpisodeReplay: The Making of a Civil Rights Museum
In 1951, young Barbara Johns led a student walkout to protest conditions at the segregated Moton High School in Farmville, VA. Her actions led to a lawsuit, one of a …
EpisodeThe Making of a Civil Rights Museum
In 1951, young Barbara Johns led a student walkout to protest conditions at her segregated Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. Her actions led to a lawsuit that eventually helped …
EpisodeAn Imperfect God
Early biographers of the nation’s first president left out the part where a young George Washington raffled off slave children to prevent his family’s financial collapse. But Washington began to …
EpisodeRevolutionary War: Changes in American Military Strategy
Later this month, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is expected to submit to Congress his review of the status of the U.S. military. Politicians and pundits are eagerly waiting to …
