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The women’s suffrage movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in America. A struggle rooted in thousands of years of male domination. Could women push past unequal patriarchy, racism, and deep divisions in the movement to win the right to vote for all women?

Most wealthy in history isn’t a name just anyone can claim. But by the 14th Century, Mansa Musa had gained the title. He was head of the Mali empire, the world’s largest producer of gold and an international superpower. Now, if he could execute his 10,000 person pilgrimage to Mecca, he would put the power and prestige of Mali on the map forever.

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Sundiata Keita founded one of the most powerful empires in human history. He also constructed one of the earliest known declarations on human rights. Here we recite the epic of this West African ruler in all of its splendor and adventure. Placing it in its rightful place among the world’s greatest hero stories.

In the face of the biggest threat to American democracy in the 19th century, Ida B. Wells began to fight back. She had a vision. Lynching and Jim Crow could be stopped. But not without awakening the world to the terror facing black people in America.

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Amid the crisis and catastrophic enslavement of one in six people in 18th century America, Benjamin Banneker fought to free countess people from their terrible condition. Could he convince Thomas Jefferson to do the same?

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To challenge the moral corruption of ancient Athens, Socrates ignited a civic and ethical revolution. The core of his moral philosophy was simple. Know nothing. Question everything.

The black death’s disastrous, morbid character overwhelmed the medieval world. To survive this pandemic, humanity not only had to confront a catastrophic disease but the darkest depths of fear.

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What happens when the indigenous peoples of the Northeast find strangers from another shore living next door? Who was the woman named Pocahontas at the center of this first encounter?This show examines the dangerous early years of Native/English relations and how Pocahontas played a pivotal role in this important part of history.For a full list of sources and show notes, please visithttps://www.thehumanityarchive.com/podcast//the-real-story-of-pocahontas

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Who better to counsel us on overcoming fear than a man who stood up to death with the firmest footing. Here we look beyond the soundbites and go under the surface to discover Martin Luter King Jr's personal thoughts and anecdotes for conquering fear.For a full list of sources and show notes, please visit https://www.thehumanityarchive.com/podcast/conquering-fear-martin-luther-king-podcast

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Patriot? Martyr? Criminal? Inconsequential historical figure? These are the many opinions of Crispus Attucks.

As the man leading a crowd protesting against British soldiers on King Street in Boston, Attucks was shot and killed, along with four other civilians, on March 5, 1770, in the event that will forever be known as the Boston Massacre. 

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