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History

History Forum: Imperialism and America's mission abroad: A century ago and now.

History Forum: Imperialism and America's mission abroad: A century ago and now.

A look at globalization, racism and America's role in the world, from the perspective of events more than a century ago. Susan Harris was featured at the 2016 History Forum, and she gave her talk the intriguing title, "Pious Hypocrisies: Mark Twain, The Philippines, and America's Christian Mission Abroad."

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David Blight on the Civil War in American memory

David Blight on the Civil War in American memory

The historian explores the immediate aftermath of the Civil War: efforts to fulfill the promise of emancipation, repairing the sectional divide between the north and south and the ongoing racial divide.

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Nick Hayes: 'Putin's Power Game at Home and Abroad'

Nick Hayes: 'Putin's Power Game at Home and Abroad'

Minnesota's preeminent Russia expert, professor Nick Hayes, gives a complex portrayal of Vladimir Putin, a man who sees himself as the leader who has given Russia a place at the table for international diplomacy.

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Historian Kevin Boyle on 'Arc of Justice'

Historian Kevin Boyle on 'Arc of Justice'

Kevin Boyle, author of the National Book Award-winning, "Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age." The story of Dr. Ossian Sweet, a black doctor who moved into a white neighborhood in Detroit in the 1920's. Famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow made the stirring closing arguments 90 years ago on May 11.

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Journalist Tom Gjelten explores America's immigration story

Journalist Tom Gjelten explores America's immigration story

The NPR reporter's new book marks the 50th anniversary of the 1965 immigration law.

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Reflections on war, disability and the American veteran

Reflections on war, disability and the American veteran

Author and history professor John Kinder considers the many experiences of veterans who have been wounded in America's wars.

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Thomas Edison: How the lightbulb changed everything

Thomas Edison: How the lightbulb changed everything

University of Tennessee historian Ernest Freeberg discusses how the light bulb changed nearly everything about American life.

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On Abraham Lincoln's birthday: hear historian Harold Holzer

On Abraham Lincoln's birthday: hear historian Harold Holzer

Renowned Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer tells us this hour about Abraham Lincoln's presidency, his assassination, and his mostly unknown career as a newspaper man. Harold Holzer gave the 2015 "Lincoln Lecture" at the Minnesota Historical Society. He titled it "Lincoln and the Press in 1865: Mayhem, Manhunts and Martyrdom."

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Rashad Shabazz: 'Why Geography Matters in the Struggle for Racial Justice'

Rashad Shabazz: 'Why Geography Matters in the Struggle for Racial Justice'

Rashad Shabazz says America has a racial divide that can be explained by a study of geography and our sense of place. He concludes that lack of freedom and mobility, and government policies in housing and transportation, have hindered our ability to have a just and multi-racial society.

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