This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Jill Lepore, author of a one-volume history of the United States titled, These Truths: A History of the United States. Lepore is one of the nation’s most prolific and widely read historians. She combines a brilliant … [Read more...]
Episode 152 These Truths: A History of the United States
Episode 143 The 19th Century Origins of Birthright Citizenship
What defines a US citizen? Remarkably, no official definition existed until 1868 -- some 80 years after the ratification of the Constitution. That's the year the 14th Amendment was ratified. Its opening line reads, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction … [Read more...]
Episode 123 Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at the largely unknown story of Black nationalist women in the struggle for freedom, equality, and justice in the mid-20th century. To explain this history, I speak with historian Keisha N. Blain about her new book, “Set The World … [Read more...]
Episode 097 Rethinking and Remembering: The 1898 Wilmington, NC Massacre and Coup
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...]
Episode 084 Hitler’s American Model: The US and the Making of Nazi Race Law
This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak with legal historian James Q. Whitman about his book, Hitler's American Model: The US and the Making of Nazi Race Law. Many people are aware that the American civil rights movement served as an inspiration to freedom movements around the … [Read more...]
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