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What we don’t know about American slavery hurts us all. From Teaching Tolerance and host Hasan Jeffries, Teaching Hard History brings us the lessons we should have learned in school through...
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At James Madison's Montpelier, an exhibit models how to explore American slavery at a historic site through the commitment to accuracy and t...

Building on the discussion of " Slavery in the Constitution ," historian Paul Finkelman examines the connections among the Constitution, the...

Constitutional and legal historian Paul Finkelman explains the critical role slavery played in the founding of the United States and how the...

Film historian Ron Briley returns with more suggestions for teaching through film — from thought-provoking documentaries and feature films t...

Film has long shaped our nation's historical memory — for good and bad. Film historian Ron Briley offers ways to responsibly use films in th...

The experiences of enslaved people varied greatly based on a variety of factors, including time, location, crop, labor performed, size of sl...

For a more complete picture of enslaved people's experiences, we need to expand our understanding of resistance. Kenneth S. Greenberg, Ph.D....

In learning about slavery, students often ask, "Why didn't enslaved people run away or revolt?" Lindsay Anne Randall explains "process drama...

In many ways, the U.S. has fallen short of its ideals. How can we explain this to students — particularly in the context of discussing slave...

When we think of slavery as a strictly Southern institution, we perpetuate a "dangerous fiction," according to historian Christy Clark-Pujar...

Salem State University professor Bethany Jay returns to examine how the actions of free and enslaved African Americans shaped the progress o...

What really caused the Civil War? In this episode, Salem State University Professor Bethany Jay examines the complex role that slavery playe...

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries represents New York's 8th congressional district. Our final episode this season takes us to the U.S. House of Re...

After emancipation, aspects of the legal system were reshaped to maintain control of Black lives and labor. Historian Robert T. Chase outlin...

From concertos to operas, Black composers captured the changes and challenges facing African Americans during Jim Crow. Renowned classical p...

When we consider the trauma of white supremacy during the Jim Crow era—what writer Ralph Ellison describes as "the brutal experience"—it's i...

Black political ideologies in the early 20th century evolved against a backdrop of derogatory stereotypes and racial terrorism. Starting wit...

From ranches to railroads, learn about the often unrecognized role that African Americans played in the range cattle industry, as Pullman po...

This nation has a long history of exploiting Black Americans in the name of medicine. A practice which began with the Founding Fathers using...

This is a special four-part series where historian Charles L. Hughes introduces us to musicians who are exploring the sounds, songs and stor...

During the Harlem Renaissance, more Black artists than ever before were asking key questions about the role of art in society. Oftentimes th...

In the United States, Black athletes have had to contend with two sets of rules: those of the game and those of a racist society. While they...

Opportunities created by the New Deal were often denied to African Americans. And that legacy of exclusion to jobs, loans and services can b...

U.S. involvement in world wars and the domestic Black freedom struggle shaped one another. By emphasizing the diverse stories of servicemen...

Historian Tera Hunter describes Black institution-building post-slavery and throughout the Jim Crow era, illustrating how Black workers reor...

Naming the 1921 Tulsa massacre a "race riot" is inaccurate. Historian David Krugler urges listeners to call this and other violent attacks w...

Black American experiences during Jim Crow were deeply affected by the ever-present threat of lynching and other forms of racist violence. H...

The Lost Cause narrative would have us believe that Confederate monuments have always been celebrated, but people have protested them since...

Just months after the Civil War ended, former Confederates had regained political footholds in Washington, D.C. In her overview of Reconstru...

Historian Ed Baptist provides context on the creation and enforcement of a U.S. racial binary that endures today, as well as Black resistanc...

People from all corners of public life are telling teachers to stop discussions about race and racism in the classroom, but keeping the trut...

This season, we're examining the century between the Civil War and the modern civil rights movement to understand how systemic racism and sl...

In 2015, Coach Steve Bandura loaded the Anderson Monarchs, a little league baseball team from Philadelphia, onto a 1947 Flxible Clipper Bus...

The civil rights movement offers critical context for understanding the systemic police violence, voter suppression efforts, 'law and order'...

The history of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense can help us understand the transition from civil rights to Black Power, as well as c...

Historian Clarence Lang joins us for a conversation about Malcolm X. We discuss his commitment to Black pride and self-determination and his...

In this episode, we talk with movement veteran Courtland Cox about lessons from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and his own de...

Oral histories, historic sites, archives and museums expand students' understanding of the past. They fill in gaps in our textbooks—compleme...

Teaching civil rights history to young learners creates both opportunities and challenges. The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and t...

From the hard work of organizing to the reality of everyday life under Jim Crow, films and literature can bring historical context to life f...

Everyone thinks they know the story, but the real history of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott is even better. This episode details...

To fully understand the United States today, we have to comprehend the central role that slavery played in our nation's past. That legacy is...

You cannot teach the civil rights movement without talking about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But it's critical that students deconstruct the...

The Civil Rights Movement was never strictly a Southern phenomenon. To better understand the Jim Crow North, we explore discrimination and B...

Armed resistance and nonviolent direct action co-existed throughout the civil rights era. In this episode, three historians confront some co...

Alice Qannik Glenn is the host of Coffee and Quaq and assistant producer of The Forgotten Slavery of our Ancestors . This short, classroom-r...

Jim Crow was more than signs and separation. It was a system of terror and violence created to control the labor and regulate the behavior o...

Music chronicles the history of the civil rights struggle: The events, tactics and emotions of the movement are documented in songs of the e...

Students don't enter our classrooms as blank slates. When it comes to the civil rights movement, we often have to help our students unlearn...

Teaching the civil rights movement accurately and effectively requires deconstructing the myths and misconceptions about the civil rights mo...
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