History
‘Barracoon’ spurs a long-overdue conversation about last known slave-ship survivor
"Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo,'" one of the only surviving first-person accounts of the transatlantic slave trade, was published in May.
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Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon”
Guests: Deborah Plant, Autumn Womack, Johnnie Hobbes Jr. Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo ...
Air Date: July 31, 2018 10:00 am
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North Korea hands over possible remains of U.S. servicemen killed in Korean War
The transfer took place Friday local time, which marks the anniversary of the armistice that halted the Korean War in 1953.
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9/11 victim identified, nearly 17 years later
About 40 percent of victims still await identification.
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A 1918 ‘race war’ and its ties to Philadelphia’s present
Stop and frisk. Changing demographics. A fishy police shooting. Inside a 1918 race riot in Grays Ferry and its parallels to the present.
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Delaware museum looks back at racism, tumult of ’68 — and shadows still stretching over Wilmington
For the fifty-year anniversary of the Wilmington military occupation, the Delaware Art Museum examines how the past reaches its tendrils into the present.
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Listen 4:58![This political cartoon (attributed to Benjamin Franklin) was to encourage the American colonies to join the Albany Plan for Union. From The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, 1754. (Benjamin Franklin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)](https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1024px-Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die-360x280.jpg "1024px-Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die")
Got at least $40k? You could bid on historic copy of Ben Franklin’s ‘Join, or Die’ cartoon
"Join, or Die" is a political cartoon showing a snake broken into eight pieces, and was first seen in Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper in 1754.
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Young masons breathe new life into work of preserving Eastern State Penitentiary
Working with small trowels and brushes, the Philadelphia volunteers are restoring the mortar with a mix of lime and sand — materials used when 19th-century prison was built.
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Australian skull displayed in U.S. museum buried in France
The skull was removed from public display at Australia's request last year after a member of the public complained.
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At this dinner series, the dining table is a global crossroads
A Philadelphia couple with an interest in food history explore different cultures through traditional recipes.
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Jon Meacham on The Battle for Our Better Angels
Guest: Jon Meacham Presidential historian JON MEACHAM j ...
Air Date: July 13, 2018 10:00 am
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Shipwreck found dating back to WWII off Jersey coast
The Octavian was sunk by a German U-boat during World War II.
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Philadelphia’s legacy of slavery
Guests: Kathleen Brown, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Kenyatta Johnson In 2016, several major universities founded in t ...
Air Date: July 12, 2018 10:00 am
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A tea caddy collection with a Broadway connection on display in Delaware
Mark Bramble is a Broadway author and producer best known for '42nd Street' and 'Barnum. A portion of his mother's tea caddy collection is on display now in historic Odessa.
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