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This compelling work delves into the harsh realities and challenges faced by the African American population in the South following their emancipation at the end of the Civil War. Sinclair poignantly captures the struggle, stating, . . . the chief efforts of Southern leadership have been to curtail the freedom of the colored people, to minimize their liberty and reduce them as nearly as possible to the condition of chattel slaves. - Summary by Jim Locke

From a plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BCE, to another in 540 that wiped out half the population of the Roman empire, down through the Black Death in the Middle Ages and on through the 1918 flu epidemic (which killed between 50 and 100 million people) and this century's deadly SARS outbreak, plagues have been a much more relentless fact of life than many realize. The legacy of epidemics, Brian Michael Jenkins observes, is not only one of lives lost but of devastated economies and social disorder, all of which have severe political repercussions.

Explore the notorious mutiny on the Bounty, a ship of the British Royal Navy, which occurred on April 28, 1789. Led by Fletcher Christian, the mutiny was a rebellion against the commanding officer, William Bligh. The Bounty, carrying a cargo of breadfruit, had just left Tahiti when the mutiny broke out near Tonga. Christian, along with his followers, forcefully took control of the ship, confining Bligh to the deck with only his nightshirt for clothing. Despite Blighs pleas for reason, Christian responded with, I am in hell, I am in hell!. The mutineers then forced Bligh and his loyal crew into...

For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American military history. The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book.

The Great War is often overlooked, especially compared to World War II, which is considered the "last good war." The United States was disillusioned with what it achieved in the earlier war and withdrew into itself. Americans have tried to forget about it ever since. The Great War in America presents an opportunity to reexamine the country's role on the global stage and the tremendous political and social changes that overtook the nation because of the war.

1912 is a podcast about the expulsion of more than 1,000 Black residents from Forsyth County, Georgia and its lasting impact on the families affected. We’ll explore how a combination of popular myth and generations of displacement contributed to the attempted erasure of an entire Black community. A limited series from Atlanta History Center. Find more at wabe.org/1912