This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak with historian Margaret M. Mulrooney about her new book, Race, Place, and Memory: Deep Currents in Wilmington, NC. It’s a book that examines more that 300 years of a southern city’s history of racial oppression and the ways in which its … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2018
Episode 094 The Founders, The Constitution, & the Fallacy of Original Intent
This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak with historian Andrew Shankman about his new book, Original Intents: Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and the American Founding. It’s a conversation that’s perfectly timed for the Senate hearings on President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme … [Read more...]
091 The Origins of Labor Day: Protesting Inequality in the Gilded Age
This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I take a deep dive into the origins of Labor Day. It's a holiday that most Americans these days take for granted. But it was born out of the crisis of the Gilded Age, that tumultuous last third of the 19th century that saw both the US economy boom … [Read more...]