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Go back to school with the country's top professors lecturing on a variety of topics in American history. New episodes posted every Saturday evening. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "After Words" and "C-SPAN's The Weekly" podcasts.

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Go back to school with the country's top professors lecturing on a variety of topics in American history. New episodes posted every Saturday evening. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "After Words" and "C-SPAN's The Weekly" podcasts.

    HBCUs & Student Activism in North Carolina

    HBCUs & Student Activism in North Carolina

    North Carolina Central University history professor Jasmin Howard discussed student activism and the civil rights movement at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in North Carolina. North Carolina Central University is located in Durham.
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    • 1 hr 1 min
    Women & Employment Laws in the Early 20th Century

    Women & Employment Laws in the Early 20th Century

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, political science professor William Blake discusses early 20th century Supreme Court cases on laws regulating minimum wages and maximum hours for female workers.
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    • 1 hr 19 min
    Mamie Till-Mobley & Remembering Emmett Till

    Mamie Till-Mobley & Remembering Emmett Till

    University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
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    • 1 hr 2 min
    Richard Nixon & the 1968 Election

    Richard Nixon & the 1968 Election

    Chapman University history professor Luke Nichter discusses Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign and the issues in that year’s presidential election.
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    • 1 hr 11 min
    The Development of the Early Republic

    The Development of the Early Republic

    Prairie View A&M history professor Ronald Goodwin discussed the early Republic and how Americans tried to define equality and interpret the Constitution in the first decades of the United States. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.
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    • 53 min
    Abortion and Reproductive Rights

    Abortion and Reproductive Rights

    University of California, Davis, law professor Mary Ziegler discussed the history of abortion and contraception laws in the United States.
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    • 57 min

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