2020: What a Decade this Year Has Been - BONUS Episode
Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast
12/31/20
•11m
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Let's celebrate the end of this decade.. I mean year with a review of all the historical stuff that went down in 2020, shall we?
From Kobe Bryant to impeachment; fires to COVID, 2020 grabbed our attention from the beginning and made sure we never stopped worrying. Come hang with me as I salute the end of the year and welcome 2021.
Sources Used This Episode:
- Australia fires: A Visual guide to the bushfire crisis. BBC.com (LINK)
- Novel Corona Virus - China. The World Health Organization. (LINK)
- Iowa Caucuses Results 2020. CNN. (LINK)
- Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years In Prison For Rape And Sexual Abuse by Colin Dwyer, NPR. March 11, 2020. (LINK)
- Coronavirus in Washington state: A timeline of the outbreak through March 2020. By Casey McNerthney. April 3, 2020. KIRO7 News (LINK)
- Police agencies are banning a controversial neck hold after George Floyd's death. By Ben Poston. Los Angeles Times. June 5, 2020. (LINK)
- Breaking barriers: Madame Vice President Kamala Harris. By Melissa De Witte. Standford News. December 11, 2020. (LINK)
- One Term Presidents: Trump Joins John Adams, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, George HW Bush. By Gillian Brockell. Washington Post. November 7, 2020. (LINK)
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's top opinions and dissents, from VMI to Voting Rights Act. By Richard Wolf. USA Today. September 18, 2020. (LINK)
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The American Revolution - Impacts
December 26, 2020
•12m
This week I am going to talk a little bit about the American Revolution, but a lot more about those individuals impacted as a result of the call for independence. We know about the Battle of Yorktown and the harsh winter at Valley Forge. In this episode, I talk about how the fight for revolution impacted its residents - Black Americans, Women, Native Americans and the poor. Did you know there was a female soldier who received a military pension for her service during the revolution? Hear about this - and more - on this week's episode!
NOTE: Episode is marked explicit because I use the "a" word a few times. I try to keep it clean!
Sources Used In This Episode:
- These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinne
Next Episode
The Revolution & Slavery - All Men Created Equal?
January 2, 2021
•12m
This week I talk about the institution of human bondage in the immediate aftermath of the American Revolution.
The colonies had just declared themselves a free and independent republic where all men were created equal. But what about the men and women forced to serve in life long bondage? What did this fight for independence mean for them?
As I talk about this week, there was an immediate - albeit short lived - shift in the acceptance of and need for slavery. But as an institution and labor source, slavery would remain as part of the American fabric for another 100 years. Enjoy!
Sources Used This Episode:
- American Slavery by Peter Kolchin
- Vermont, the first state to abolish adult slavery, is trying to remove any mention of slavery from its Constitution altogether by Brandon Griggs, CNN. (LINK)
- Massachusetts Constitution and the Abolition of Slavery (LINK)
- Revolutionary Changes & Limitations: Slavery, U.S. History Online Textbook (LINK)
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