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 120 Bringing Down the Colonel – A #MeToo Story from the Gilded Age
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at a #MeToo incident from the Gilded Age. It involved a powerful congressman and a mistress he kept for ten years. But when he broke his promise to marry her, she did the unthinkable – she sued him for “breach of promise.” The … [Read more...]
Episode 117 How Activist Government in Post-War America Expanded Opportunity and Spread Prosperity
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at the decades following World War II when the federal government passed civil rights laws and enacted social programs concerning public health, housing, education, transportation, and anti-poverty initiatives that aimed to provide … [Read more...]
Episode 112 The Forgotten Story of African American Pioneers in the Early West
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a close look at a long forgotten chapter in US history – the story of tens of thousands of African Americans who, in the 70 years before the Civil War and the end of slavery, settled on what was then the western frontier and today … [Read more...]
Episode 109 How Americans Made Sense of World War I
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1, we’ve put together two episodes related to that topic. The previous one explored the history of the great influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 that swept the world in the wake of the war, killing tens of millions. In this episode, we turn our … [Read more...]
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