We talk to activists and historians about Cuba, black radicalism, and how the Revolution attacked the problem of racism.

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Interviews with history professor Michelle Chase and Cuban scholar Marta Nuñez Sarmiento.

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Guatemala: an origin story, inspiration, and cautionary tale just a few hundred miles from our main story.

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After the Kennedy assassination, US-Cuba diplomacy wanes and the embargo continues. To this day. Our story ends.

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Castro, Khrushchev, and Kennedy take tentative steps toward the path of peace post-Crisis. Cuban exile groups, and their CIA sponsors, are not pleased.

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The USA announces to the world there are missiles in Cuba. Fidel prepares for war. Khrushchev secretly haggles with Kennedy. Americans enjoy Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix.

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Fearing another American invasion — "the big one" — Soviet and Cuban leaders plot a secret response. Camelot never sees it coming.

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Smarting from failure at the Bay of Pigs, the White House sets in motion a new plan to thwart the Cuban Revolution: Operation Mongoose.

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The CIA and the Cuban exiles get their long-awaited shot at taking out Castro and the Revolution. The subsequent battle in Cuba sends shockwaves around the world.

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JFK outmuscles Richard Nixon on Cuba and into the White House. The CIA begins training Cuban exiles in Central America for an invasion. And Fidel pays a visit to Harlem.

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