Today’s Rewind

In this episode we discuss US President Andrew Johnson’s proclamation that ended the Confederate insurrection, officially concluding the American Civil War. This proclamation was declared on 2nd April 1866. The civil war lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865 and was fought between the United States and the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union, forming the Confederate States of America. We look at the build up to the civil war and it’s aftermath, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the proclamation that ended the Confederacy.

In this episode we focus on the Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. The procession took place in India starting on this day, 12th March, and ending on 6th April. Thousands of Indians joined in this 24 day non-violent protest which defied British law on salt taxation. We take a look at Gandhi as an individual, the events preceding the march, the march itself and its aftermath.

In this episode we take a look at the death of Joseph Stalin which happened on this day in 1953. We also explore his early life, rise to power in the Soviet Communist Party, and details of his cruel and violent policies as General Secretary of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.

In this episode we look at Betty Friedan’s well-known book ‘The Feminine Mystique’ published on this day in 1963. This was a highly influential book that described the dissatisfaction among women in mainstream American society in the post-war period. The book is credited for sparking the second-wave feminism in the United States. We discuss Friedan as an individual, explore the controversies of her book as well as the positive impacts it had on society.

In this episode we focus on the formation of America’s oldest and largest civil rights organisation, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. We discuss the group’s goals and achievements from its early establishment and throughout the 1950/1960s civil rights movement.

In this episode we discuss the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. We also cover her early life, reign and succession.

In this episode we explore the events that happened on 15th January. Our main focus in this discussion is the coronation of Elizabeth I.