History Sleuth

In this episode, I talk about the Trump administration’s “1776 Commission” and how it was created, received, butchers history, and, worst of all, has no citations or footnotes.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776_Commission

https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/546034-south-carolina-may-implement-trumps-controversial-1776-report-in-its

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_1776_Report

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In this episode, I talk about the new character in Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Isaiah Bradley, and how his story has its roots in the harsh realities of American history.

Sources:

https://gamerant.com/falcon-winter-soldier-isaiah-bradley/

https://www.ign.com/articles/isaiah-bradley-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-explained-captain-america

https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study

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In this episode, I go through a few conspiracies about Jack the Ripper, Tesla’s death ray, whether Shakespeare actually wrote anything, and more!

Sources:

https://www.insider.com/historical-figures-with-conspiracy-theories-2019-4#according-to-some-nikola-tesla-invented-whats-been-called-a-death-ray-and-the-us-government-has-the-plans-7

https://www.history.com/news/nikola-tesla-files-declassified-fbi

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/12-of-the-most-popular-conspiracy-theories-in-american-history.html

https://poets.org/poem/jabberwocky

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In this episode, I discuss the myth, movie, and musical surrounding the story of Anastasia.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_%281997_film%29

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a9247552/princess-anastasia-romanov-true-story/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_%28musical%29

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In this episode, I pull apart the narrative of the Reynolds’ Pamphlet and question whether Hamilton was telling the truth, or if he used Maria Reynolds to hide a bigger scandal.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzoo7z7aZNM

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/linmanuelmiranda/saynotothis.html

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-10-02-0029

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-21-02-0138-0002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBj2GL_12R4&list=PLV78EPlNCZ5B1vHkRicCAdpbDqZ1DpLgM&index=36

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2I8Dlu3_U

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In this episode, I discuss Colin Kaepernick and his protests.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick

https://kaepernick7.com/

https://sports.yahoo.com/why-takeo-spikes-believes-colin-220825866.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2021/02/19/alex-smith-says-country-wasnt-ready-colin-kaepernick/4508703001/

https://letterfromjail.com/

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In this episode, I talk about the Harlem Renaissance and read poetry from famous writers including Langston Hughes and Claude McKay.

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Sources:    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzVtXbtEow

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/harlem-renaissance

https://www.nga.gov/education/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america/harlem-renaissance.html

https://www.britannica.com/event/Harlem-Renaissance-American-literature-and-art

https://poets.org/poems/claude-mckay

https://poets.org/poems/langston-hughes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdmp5lnj2WQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0URpI9nKQ

https://poets.org/poem/song-son

https://www.zedge.net/ringtone/7e78335e-37f7-46d5-b9a9-932ba255eb30

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In this episode, I compare the thoughts of Harlem Renaissance writer Carter G. Woodson to the present day research and controversy surrounding the 1619 Project.

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Sources:

Graham, Bryan Arman. “Tom Cotton Calls Slavery ‘necessary Evil’ in Attack on New York Times’ 1619 Project.” The Guardian, 26 July 2020, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/26/tom-cotton-slavery-necessary-evil-1619-project-new-york-times.

Hannah-Jones, Nikole. “1619.” The New York Times, 2019. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project.

Lockwood, Frank E. Bill by Sen. Tom Cotton Targets Curriculum on Slavery. 26 July 2020, https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/jul/26/bill-by-cotton-targets-curriculum-on-slavery/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_ArkansasOnline.

Serwer, Adam. “The Fight Over the 1619 Project Is Not About the Facts.” The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2019, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/.

Solender, Andrew. “Trump Launches 'Patriotic Education’ Commission, Calls 1619 Project 'Ideological Poison’.” Forbes, 2 Nov. 2020, https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/09/17/trump-launches-patriotic-education-commission-calls-1619-project-ideological-poison/.

“The 1619 Project (Published 2019).” The New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html.

Watson, Kathryn, and Grace Segers. Trump Blasts 1619 Project on Role of Black Americans and Proposes His Own “1776 Commission.” 18 Sept. 2020, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-1619-project-1776-commission/.

Woodson, Carter Godwin. “The Mis-Education of the Negro.” The Mis, 1933, p. 94.

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In this episode, I share the research I did for my history capstone and explore how the Bible was used for and against American slavery.

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Sources:

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/reconstruction/section2/section2_church.html.

https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/exodusters.htm.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/slavery-jim-crow-and-chri

tianity.

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Dabney_Robert_Lewis_1820-1898.

http://archive.org/details/defenceofvirgini00dabn.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/january-february/frederick-douglass-at-200-remembering-his-radical-christian.html.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1866/12/reconstruction/304561/.

https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/go-down-moses#A.

https://manifoldgreatness.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/the-king-james-bible-and-the-u-s-civil-war/

https://hqudc.org/history-of-the-united-daughters-of-the-confederacy/.

http://archive.org/details/lifelettersofrobert00john.

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/stanley-sara-g-1837-1918/.

https://usctwillcotn.blogspot.com/2019/03/williamson-countys-exodusters.html.

https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/benjamin-pap-singleton/12205.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christian-confederate-slavery_n_7638676.

http://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln2.

https://www.nps.gov/linc/learn/historyculture/lincoln-second-inaugural.htm.

https://www.docsouth.unc.edu/church/intro.html.

/history/issues/issue-33/christianity-and-civil-war-did-you-know.html.

https://loc.gov/exhibits/african-american-odyssey/reconstruction.html.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reconstruction-timeline/.

https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210633.

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1856-sara-g-stanley-addresses-convention-disfranchised-citizens-ohio/.

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Children_U_D_C_Catechism_for_1904.

https://www.ahgp.org/women/cornelia_branch_stone_1840_1925.html.

https://aaregistry.org/story/the-black-church-a-brief-history/.

http://www.frederick-douglass-heritage.org/reconstruction-civil-rights/.

https://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15138coll18/id/1126.

https://doi.org/10.2307/3169030.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/12/05/discriminating-in-the-name-of-religion-segregationists-and-slaveholders-did-it-too/.

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/lost-cause-religion.

“Robert Lewis Dabney: Religion and the Southern Holocaust.”

https://doi.org/10.2307/2208359.

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In this episode, I talk about the Transatlantic slave trade, how it was justified, and how that effects the understanding we have about the history of racism today.

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Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/transatlantic-slave-trade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade

http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0002

https://www.britannica.com/summary/Transatlantic-Slave-Trade-Key-Facts

https://www.statista.com/chart/19068/trans-atlantic-slave-trade-by-country-region/

https://historyincharts.com/trans-atlantic-slave-trade-destinations-and-statistics/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/slavery/ethics/justifications.shtml

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-1776-commission-report-slavery_n_600627e1c5b6df63a9194243

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