History

Another weekend of protests in and around Philadelphia put the Fourth of July in a different light for many who never saw the holiday as representing them.

Today, we listen to Marty's interviews with Leslie Odom Jr. of the musical Hamilton, Imani Perry on "The Black National Anthem," and Sarah Vowell discusses Lafayette.

Lawsuit filed to return statue of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo to committee that paid for it.

Amidst the weeks of protests, an old conversation has gained new traction: what do we do with our monuments to slaveholders and other problematic historical figures?

Delaware was the last state to abolish the use of the whipping post as a form of legal punishment in 1972. Now the final remaining post on public display will be removed.

In the next installment of "Why didn’t I go there?," The Why's Shai Ben-Yaacov and his 10-year-old son take a virtual tour of the time capsule that is the Mercer Museum.

The statement describes the Confederate monuments as representing an “important, if controversial, chapter in our nation’s history.”

In recent weeks, the Christopher Columbus statue has been the site of confrontations. Philly officials seek to remove the statue and they want to hear from residents.

The Colored Girls Museum and the Paul Robeson House have joined forces to raise $100,000.

Juneteenth is more than a remembrance of the day in 1865 when 2000 Union troops marched into Galveston Texas, and told enslaved blacks they were free.

Juneteenth celebrations mark word of the end of slavery arriving in Texas on June 19, 1865, but people enslaved in Delaware were still not freed until months later.

Pa., N.J., Del. and 44 other states officially mark June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas first got news of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Author Erik Larson on Winston Churchill's leadership through the Blitz, the nine months of German nighttime bombing raids that killed tens of thousands of British people.

The group behind the campaign wants to buy the Black artist’s house and transform it into a creative hub for North Philadelphia.

First we discuss the history and importance of Juneteenth and the efforts to recognize it as a holiday. Then, we talk about the lasting impact of the Tulsa massacre of 1921.