On the night of October 1st in 1893, a mob of over 200 white men near Lake City, South Carolina, lynched a twenty-year-old black man named George McFadden. Will is joined by Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, an expert on African American history at the University of Nebraska. She is also…
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Late in the evening on May 2nd in 1879, in a little court room in Omaha, Nebraska, Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Nation stood to address the court. Arrested for refusing to leave his home on the Missouri River, Standing Bear filed a writ of habeas corpus. He sued…
At 5 o’clock on July 21st, 1877, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, National Guard soldiers opened fire on a crowd of civilians protesting in the streets during a national labor strike. In five minutes, more than 20 people were killed. More than 60 seriously wounded. How did this happen? Will is joined by…