
History
South Jersey middle schoolers interview Holocaust survivor, create documentary
Before Holocaust survivor Goldie Finkelstein passed away, middle school students from the KIPP school and Kellman Brown Academy memorialized her story.
5 years ago
Listen 3:37Anti-Asian propaganda on display in City Hall
A private collection of historic racist ephemera offers lessons on how we see ‘others’.
5 years ago
This week: Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke, the history of women's suffrage in NJ, and the new face of New Jersey social media.
Air Date: March 9, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Just 5% of Philadelphia schools are named after women
Only a third of those have women of color as a namesake.
5 years ago
5 Philly cases that made it to the U.S. Supreme Court — and their impact on the nation
The current dispute over Catholic foster parents could set precedent.
5 years ago
Last year, The New York Times published the 1619 Project with the goal of placing the narratives of enslaved Africans at the forefront of American history.
Air Date: February 28, 2020
Listen 49:27“A Black Women’s History of the United States”
Historians Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross highlight some of the remarkable black women who shaped America but who have been overlooked by history.
Air Date: February 25, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:12Pioneering black mathematician Katherine Johnson has died
NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures" has died.
5 years ago
Refugee docents help bring Penn Museum’s global collection to life
Attendance at the Penn Museum has shot up since the Global Guides first tours in 2018. Refugee and immigrant docents receive training in ancient history and storytelling.
5 years ago
Inside the money museum hidden a block from Philly City Hall
Take a selfie in a stagecoach and feel the weight of gold.
5 years ago
Regional Roundup: translating the Odyssey, Sacred Harp singing, Harriet Tubman
For President's Day, we bring you some of the best segments from the Regional Roundup archives.
Air Date: February 17, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 50:00Power of the past: Retelling Utah’s suffragette history to empower modern women
Women in Utah became the first in America to vote under an equal suffrage law in 1870. The state is celebrating — but that means it's confronting its history of polygamy, too.
5 years ago
When South Street was almost bulldozed to make room for a highway
Throughout the mid-20th century, Philly looked at turning South Street into a highway. Here's why the iconic party, music and shopping destination was spared.
Air Date: February 13, 2020
Listen 15:34Should Alice Paul replace N.J. ‘war hero’ in Washington, D.C. statue gallery?
A prime mover behind the 19th Amendment could get a statue replacing Philip Kearney, a Civil War general.
5 years ago
Historian Gretchen Sorin discusses her book "Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights."
Air Date: February 11, 2020 10:00 am
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