Day In History

Marc talks about some of the lesser celebrated and remembered events that happened on this day in history, with a particular focus on Black, Native, women’s, and labor history.

January 21, 2014
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January 20: Day In History

January 20, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc explores some of the events that happened today in history, including the birth of Leadbelly, the foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union, the 1954 establishment of the National Negro Network, and the death of Etta James.
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January 17, 2014
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January 17: Day In History

January 17, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc discusses some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the start of the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945, President Eisenhower's last speech as president of the United States in which he warned against what he called the “military-industrial complex” and strongly urged people to seek peace, and the murders of Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins in 1969.
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January 16, 2014
Wee Bea Booze
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January 16: This Day In History

January 16, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day the first grammar of the Spanish language was presented to Queen Isabella I, the day Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom, and the day Bea Booze's "See See Rider" went #1 on what would become the R&B Chart.
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January 16, 2014
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January 15: This Day In History

January 15, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened today in history, including the writing of the labor anthem "Solidarity Forever," the first time the Democratic Party was symbolized by a donkey, and the death of Rosa Luxemburg.
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January 14, 2014
Allen Toussaint
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January 14: This Day In History

January 14, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the Sidereal Winter Solstice in South and Southeast Asian cultures, Ratification Day in the United States, and the birthday of musician and composer Allen Toussaint.
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January 13, 2014
Dylan
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January 13: This Day In History

January 13, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc looks back at some of the events that happened today in history, including the recording Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan, the publishing of Émile Zola's J'accuse, and the foundation of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
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January 10, 2014
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January 10: This Day In History

January 9, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc looks back at some of the events that happened today in history, including the publishing of Tomas Paine's Common Sense, the founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the birth of jazz drummer Max Roach.
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January 7, 2014
Zora Neale Hurston, Class of 1928, Chicago, Ill., November 9, 1934
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January 7: This Day In History

January 7, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc looks back at some of the events that happened today in history, including the day W. B. Purvis patented the Fountain Pen, the birthday of Zora Neale Hurston, and the day The Weekly Advocate, the second major Black newspaper in America, was established.
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January 6, 2014
Dizzy Gillespie
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January 6: This Day In History

January 6, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc looks back at some of the events that happened today in history, including the formation of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, the opening of the first Montessori School, and the death of musical legends Lou Rawls, Ron Asheton and Dizzy Gillespie.
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January 3, 2014
Joan of Arc
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January 3: This Day In History

January 3, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the point in the year when the Earth is closest to the Sun, the day Joan of Arc was handed over to Bishop Pierre Cauchon, and the day Stephen Austin received a grant of land in Texas from Mexico.
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January 2, 2014
The Liberator, abolitionist newspaper
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January 2: This Day in History

January 2, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the Big Bottom Massacre that began the Northwest Indian War, the day William Lloyd Garrison began publishing The Liberator abolitionist newspaper, and the start of the Open Door Policy, promoting trade with China.
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December 23, 2013
Henry Highland Garnet
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Day In History: December 23

December 23, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Slovenia voted for independence from Yugoslavia, the birthday of minister, abolitionist, and diplomat Henry Highland Garnet, and the death of Eddie Hazel.
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December 19, 2013
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Day In History: December 19

December 19, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including Goa's Liberation Day, the day the auto industry was given a bailout in 1979 and 2008, and they day a 47-day strike at Greyhound Bus Lines ended with members of the Amalgamated Transit Union accepting a new contract containing deep cuts in wages and benefits.
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December 18, 2013
Tunisia
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Day In History: December 18

December 18, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia, anti-government protests starting in Tunisia, heralding the Arab Spring, and the death of Václav Havel, Czech politician and poet.
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December 17, 2013
Project Blue Book, UFOs
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Day In History: December 17

December 17, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened in this day in history, including the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers; the day Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military leader and politician, died; and the day the U.S. Air Force closed its Project ''Blue Book'' which was started in 1952 to determine if UFOs were a threat to national security.
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December 13, 2013
Ella Baker
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Day In History: December 13

December 13, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom, the birth and death day of civil rights activist Ella Baker, and the day A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., jurist, scholar, teacher, and humanitarian, died.
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December 12, 2013
Ike Turner
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Day In History: December 12

December 12, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including Jamhuri Day, celebrating the independence of Kenya from Britain, the day Baltimore County's own Benjamin Banneker finished the first clock made entirely in America, and the day Ike Turner passed away.
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December 9, 2013
**ADVANCE FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 12** In this Jan. 17, 2000 file photo Kweisi Mfume, president and CEO of the NAACP, waves to the crowd during a rally in Columbia, S.C. An estimated 46,000 people gathered to demand the removal of the Confederate flag from the dome of the Statehouse. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, file)
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Day In History: December 9

December 9, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the establishment of New York City's first daily newspaper, the day the first African-American served as a governor of a U.S. state, and the day Kweisi Mfume was elected President and CEO of the NAACP.
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December 9, 2013
Roy Orbison
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Day In History: December 6

December 6, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc discuss some of what happen in this day in history, including the day the thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery. It is also the anniversary of the first edition of the Washington Post and the death of Roy Orbison.
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December 5, 2013
Cowboy Bill Pickett
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Day In History: December 5

December 5, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Pope Innocent VIII appointed inquisitors that defined how to torture and execute "witches," the day the Montgomery Bus Boycott began, and the birthday of famous cowboy of African-American and Native heritage, Bill Pickett.
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December 3, 2013
William Grant Still
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Day in History: December 3

December 3, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the International Day of the Basque Language, the day the first issue of the North Star, an antislavery paper, was published, and the anniversary of African-American classical composer William Grant Still's death.
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November 25, 2013
Rene Magritte's Son of Man
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Day in History: November 21

November 21, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the Columbine Massacre, the day six Colorado coal miners striking for better working conditions under the IWW banner were killed, and the birthdays of French philosopher Voltaire and surrealist painter René Magritte.
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November 21, 2013
President Kennedy
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Day In History: November 20

November 20, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day New Jersey became the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights, President Kennedy issued an executive order barring racial discrimination in federally financed housing, and Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released.
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November 19, 2013
Garifuna Settlement Day
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Day In History: November 19

November 19, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including Puerto Rico's "Day of Discovery," Mali's Liberation Day, and Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize, celebrating the settlement of the Garifuna people in Belize after being exiled from the Grenadines by the British army.
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November 19, 2013
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Day In History: November 18

November 18, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico, the day Robert Edward Chambliss, a former KKK member, was convicted of first degree murder in connection with the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and the day Man Ray died.
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November 19, 2013
Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator
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Day In History: November 15

November 15, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the founding convention of the Federation of Trades and Labor Unions in Pittsburgh, the day Charlie Chaplin's satirical comedy The Great Dictator opened, and the day the Amistad Research Center was incorporated as a research library.
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November 14, 2013
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Day in History: November 14

November 14, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the death of Booker T. Washington, the founding of the Washington Society of Colored Dentists, and the day Ray Charles went No. 1 with "Georgia On My Mind."
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November 14, 2013
Montgomery-Bus-Boycott
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Day in History: November 13

November 13, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including a Western Federation of Miners strike crushed in 1914, the US Supreme Court decision making segregated busses illegal, and the day President George W. Bush signed an executive order allowing military tribunals for foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts on the United States.
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November 12, 2013
Bukka White
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Day In History: November 12

November 12, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the birthday of Bukka White, the day the treaty of the Durand Line was signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the day Ellis Island in New York closed.
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November 12, 2013
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
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Day in History: November 11

November 11, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including Veterans Day, the day of Sherman's March to the Sea during the American Civil War, and the day Louis Armstrong recorded the first of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings that influenced the direction of jazz.
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November 12, 2013
New Orleans general strike in 1892
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Day in History: November 8

November 8, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the New Orleans general strike, wherein black and white American trade unionists united in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time, the creation of the Civil Works Administration during the Great Depression, and the birthday of journalist Dorothy Day.
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November 7, 2013
Doug Wilder
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Day In History: November 7

November 7, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Douglas Wilder becomes the first African American to be elected as governor of a U.S. state, and the day in 1990 when the National Football League responded to the state of Arizona's refusal to observe a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday by rescinding their plan to hold the 1993 Super Bowl in Phoenix.
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November 7, 2013
Cuba - US Airlift Program
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Day In History: November 6

November 6, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Mohandas Gandhi was arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa, the day Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States, and the day composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died.
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November 5, 2013
Joan of Arc
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Day In History: November 4

November 4, 2013 - Segment 1 - We start off the show with a look back at the day in history. We remember Joan of Arc's liberation of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, Tupac Amaru's rebellion against Spain, and a dairy farmer demonstration in Neillsville, Wisconsin, which ultimately led to the freeing of jailed leaders of a milk strike over low prices set by large dairy plants. Tons of fresh milk were dumped on public roads, trains carrying milk were stopped, some cheese plants were bombed during the fight.
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November 4, 2013
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Today In Black Media History

November 1, 2013 - Segment 2 - Did you know that Jet (1951), Ebony (1945), and The Crisis (1910) magazines were all founded on November 1? We discuss those publications with Dr. Todd S. Burroughs, writer, consultant, and independent researcher, and explore this important date in Black media history.
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November 4, 2013
Griselio Torresola
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Day In History: November 1

November 1, 2013 - Segment 1 - We start the show with a look at the day in history. We honor Samhain and All Saints Day, and remember Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempting to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House, the African Free School opens in New York City, and 50,000 women in 60 cities participating in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation.
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October 31, 2013
Nat Turner
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October 30: Day In History

October 30, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility was published, the day Nat Turner was captured, and the day Orson Wells caused mass hysteria with a radio broadcast.
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October 28, 2013
Lou Reed
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October 28: Day In History

October 28, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the establishment of Harvard University, the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in NY, and the Black Monday Wall Street Crash of 1929, among many other things. We also honor the legacy of the Velvet Underground's Lou Reed, who passed away yesterday.
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October 25, 2013
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October 25: Day In History

October 25, 2013 - Segment 2 - We look back at the day in history, including a strike in Patterson, New Jersey, Evander Holyfield knocking out James "Buster" Douglas to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion, and Nelson Mandela being sentenced to five years in prison
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October 24, 2013
Rosa Parks
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Day In History: October 24

October 24, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including National Workers Demand a Raise Day, the "Black Thursday" stock market crash in 1929, the "Bloody Friday" stock declines in 2008, and the anniversary of the death of Rosa Parks.
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October 23, 2013
The October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation
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This Day In History: October 22

October 22, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation that has been mobilizing every year since 1996 for a National Day of Protest and the birthdays of songwriter James A. Bland and author Dorris Lessing.
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