History

Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network

May 21, 2014
Brown v. Board of Education
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60 Years After Brown v. Board & The Resegregation of America’s Schools

May 21, 2014 - Segment 4 - Saturday was the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, which established that separate public schools for black children and white children was unconstitutional. We remember that decision and look at today's schools.
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May 21, 2014
the notorious b.i.g.
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May 21: This Day In History

May 21, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day slavery was abolished in Colombia in 1851, the day martial law was imposed in the town of Montgomery, Alabama after violent clashes between blacks and whites, and the birthday of the Notorious B.I.G.
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May 21, 2014
Toussaint-Louverture
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May 20: This Day In History

May 20, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the signing of the Homestead Act, the first publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier, and the birth of Haitian revolutionary Pierre-Dominique Touissant L'Overture.
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May 20, 2014
J. Edgar Hoover
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The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI

May 19, 2014 - Segment 3 - We look at another critical moment in our nation's history: the first time a journalist received secret government files from outside sources who had stolen them, as we talk with former Washington Post reporter Betty Medsger about her new book The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI.
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May 20, 2014
Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh
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May 19: This Day In History

May 19, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the birthdays of Malcolm X and Hồ Chí Minh, the day the New York Post Sunday Magazine published Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail, and the day Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher José Martí passed away.
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May 19, 2014
Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore
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Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore: Futures

May 16, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have a special audio offering, as we end our week-long series in conjunction with students from the Post-industrial Places Project (PIPP) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC): Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore.
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May 16, 2014
John Russworm
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May 16: This Day In History

May 16, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Joan of Arc was canonized, the day John Russwurm became the 1st Black college graduate, and the day Stokely Carmichael was named chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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May 15, 2014
Sparrows Point
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Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore: What Went Wrong

May 15, 2014 - Segment 2 - Listen to the latest episode in our week-long series produced by students from the Post-industrial Places Project (PIPP) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC): Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore. Thursday's installment is titled "What Went Wrong."
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May 15, 2014
Bloody Point Massacre
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May 15: This Day In History

May 15, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day President Abraham Lincoln created the Department of Agriculture, the Bloody Island Massacre in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians in Lake County were slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry, and the day IWW songwriter T-Bone Slim passed away.
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May 14, 2014
king oliver
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May 14: This Day In History

May 14, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the establishment of the Jamestown colony, the death of Frank Sinatra and soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, and the birth of jazz artist, coronet player, band leader and composer, Joseph "King" Oliver of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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May 14, 2014
South Curtis Bay Industrial Park
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Stories Of Deindustrialized Baltimore: Struggle

May 13, 2014 - Segment 2 - We broadcast the next episode of a very special series produced by students from the Post-Industrial Places Project (PIPP) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC): Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore. In the second episode, we focus on struggle.
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May 12, 2014
rapandstokely
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May 12: This Day In History

May 12, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including H. Rap Brown replacing Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a bill being sent to President Clinton making it a Federal Crime to block access to an abortion clinic or to use force or threats against people using these facilities, and Bob Dylan walking out of rehearsals for the Ed Sullivan show after being told he couldn't perform his song Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues due to it mocking the US military and segregation.
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May 9, 2014
Sojourner Truth
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May 9: This Day In History

May 9, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happens on this day in history, including the day Sojourner Truth delivered a speech championing the rights of all people, the day the first birth control pill was approved by the FDA, and the birthday of John Brown.
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May 9, 2014
pine ridge
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May 8: This Day In History

May 8, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the end of the 1973 American Indian Movement occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Joan of Arc leading French troops in the siege of Orleans, and the founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the trailblazing black labor union, by A. Philip Randolph.
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May 7, 2014
The Gilchrest Brothers
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Shared Weight: The Gilchrest Brothers – How Five Brothers Were Impacted By The War

May 7, 2014 - Segment 3 - We bring you the deeply emotional and inspiring story of the five Gilchrest brothers, four of whom were actively involved with the War but who had never discussed it among themselves before our interview. Listen in as former congressman Wayne Gilchrest and his four brothers - Jeffrey, Alan, Richard, and Clifford - reflect on how they were affected by the war and how their views of the world evolved in the years hence.
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May 7, 2014
Homer Steedly
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Shared Weight: Wandering Souls – US Viet Nam Veteran Meets Family of Young Soldier He Killed

May 7, 2014 - Segment 2 - Two young soldiers meet on a jungle trail in Viet Nam. One lives, one dies, and their fates are connected for over 40 years. This is the story of Homer Steedly, and the journal of the young soldier he killed. Wandering Souls is a story of patriotism, mysticism, remorse, and redemption. This is part of our acclaimed documentary series, Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later.
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May 7, 2014
Jimmy Ruffin
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May 7: This Day In History

May 7, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day ride-in protests of segregated streetcars in Southern cities took place, the day singer Jimmy Ruffin was born, and the day the independence of Greece was recognized.
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May 6, 2014
Lynda Van Devanter
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Shared Weight: Mash 1969 – Visions of War, Dreams of Peace

May 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - We broadcast another segment of our series on the Viet Nam War, Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later. This segment is called Mash 1969 - Visions of War, Dreams of Peace. We turn to the stories of two writers: poet George Evans and the late Lynda Van Devanter.
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May 6, 2014
Chief Crazy Horse
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May 6: This Day In History

May 6, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrendered to U.S. troops in Nebraska, the day President Eisenhower signed Civil Rights Act of 1960, and the day American author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau died.
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May 6, 2014
Shared Weight - Woody's Journey
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Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later – Woody’s Journey

May 5, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close out Monday's show with another special archive edition from our acclaimed series Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later. Today we feature the inspirational story of Vietnam vet and addiction recovery counselor Woody Curry: Woody's Journey.
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May 6, 2014
Taylor Branch and Harry Belafonte
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Taylor Branch on Citizenship & Freedom: Memphis 1968, and Afterward

May 5, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the America in the King Years Trilogy, Taylor Branch, about the course he teaches at the University of Baltimore, " Citizenship & Freedom: The Civil Rights Era." On Tuesday evening, May 6, at 5:30, acclaimed singer, actor, and human rights activist Harry Belafonte will be the featured guest at the final seminar for Branch's class.
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May 6, 2014
Mt. Pleasant riots in Washington DC, 1991
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May 5: This Day In History

May 5, 2014 - Segment 1 - On this day in history, Carnegie Hall in New York had its grand opening, German philosopher Karl Marx was born, and the day in 19991 that a riot broke out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shot a Salvadoran man.
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May 3, 2014
little walter
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May 1: This Day In History

May 1, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc looks at some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the Haymarket riots for the 8 hour day that led to May First becoming International Workers' Day, the birth of blues harmonica player Little Walter, and the death of Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.
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May 1, 2014
muddy waters
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April 30: This Day In History

April 30, 2014 - Segment 1 - Did you know that on this day in history great American guitarist and singer-songwriter Muddy Waters passed away, Louisiana became a state, and the day graphic photographs of life inside Abu Ghraib prison were released? Marc talks about those events and more on This Day In History.
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April 30, 2014
Duke Ellington
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April 29: This Day In History

April 29, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Maryland's House of Delegates voted not to secede from the Union, the day Richard Wright's Black Boy became a number-one bestseller, and the day pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington was born.
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April 28, 2014
mussolini
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April 28: This Day In History

April 28, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including Maryland's ratification of the US Constitution, the Mutiny on the Bounty, the killing of deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci and the overthrow and assassination of Afghan president Mohammed Daoud Khan.
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April 24, 2014
Mumia-Abu-Jamal
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April 24: This Day In History

April 24, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the launch of the United Negro College Fund and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union's work stoppage in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal on his birthday.
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April 24, 2014
Chuck Berry
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Cultural Crossroads: The History of Rock ‘N’ Roll

April 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - It's Cultural Crossroads with Lea Gilmore! Gospel & Blues singer and Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor Lea Gilmore co-hosts this hour as we look at The History of Rock 'n' Roll! Our guests include Dr. Glenn Altschuler, Litwin Professor of American Studies at Cornell University, and Rosa Pryor, columnist for The Afro and The Baltimore Times.
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April 22, 2014
pravda
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April 22: This Day In History

April 22, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the launch of Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg, witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings, and the births of Charles Mingus and Vladimir Lenin.
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April 22, 2014
Upton Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair: California Socialist, Celebrity Intellectual

April 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - We explore the life of an often overlooked but extremely important social and political figure, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Upton Sinclair. We will talk with author and historian Lauren Coodley, who wrote the book Upton Sinclair: California Socialist, Celebrity Intellectual.
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April 18, 2014
flag
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Citizens Stand: Battle for Baltimore 1814

April 17, 2014 - Segment 2 - We learn about a dramatization of an important part of Baltimore's history. Citizens Stand: Battle for Baltimore 1814, a collaborative effort between the Baltimore School for the Arts, Maryland Historical Society, and National Park Service, is a production of three short plays about the battle that led to the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.
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April 17, 2014
Francis Williams
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April 17: This Day In History

April 17, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Reggae drummer Carlton Barrett of The Wailers was shot dead, the day Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time, and the day the first U.S. Black college graduate published a poem book in Latin.
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April 16, 2014
PatrickBond
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Patrick Bond On South Africa

April 16, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to South Africa, as we talk with Dr. Patrick Bond, Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he has directed the Centre for Civil Society since 2004, about the state of that country since the death of Nelson Mandela.
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April 16, 2014
jackie
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April 15: This Day In History

April 15, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the day Jackie Robinson broke the major league baseball colorline, the adoption of the California Fugitive Slave Law, and the opening of the first McDonald's restaurant.
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April 14, 2014
Forbidden Fruit
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Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

April 11, 2014 - Hour 2 - I talk to award-winning journalist Betty DeRamus about her fascinating book, Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad. The book tells the largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together -- and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property.
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April 10, 2014
The Pursuit of Happiness
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The Pursuit of Happiness: The Founders v. All of Us

April 10, 2014 - Hour 2 - What does "happiness" mean to you? Keeping in theme with WEAA's "Happiness Spring Membership Drive," join us for a discussion about the pursuit of happiness! We will examine what that phrase meant to the founders of the United States, what it means to us today, and how we can create a world where everyone has the right to happiness.
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April 10, 2014
Body and Soul
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Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination

April 10, 2014 - Hour 1 - We talk about the book Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination, with author Dr. Alondra Nelson, professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Columbia University.
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April 9, 2014
mavis staples
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I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers and the March up Freedom’s Highway

April 9, 2014 - Hour 2 - Stay tuned for some R&B and Gospel, as I talk with author Greg Kot, who has been the music critic at the Chicago Tribune since 1990, about his inspiring new book I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers and the March up Freedom's Highway.
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April 9, 2014
Craig Wilder, author of the new book "Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of American's Universities" poses for a portrait on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 7, 2013.
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How Slavery Built the Ivy League

April 9, 2014 - Hour 1 - Did you know that the Ivy League schools were built on slavery? Listen to my interview with Dr. Craig Steven Wilder, professor of history at MIT and author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America's Elite Colleges.
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April 8, 2014
Stokely Carmichael
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The Life of Stokely Carmichael

April 7, 2014 - Hour 2 - We talk to Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, about the life & legacy of Stokely Carmichael. Dr. Joseph is a Professor of History at Tufts University, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Tufts, and author of the biography, Stokely: A Life.
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April 8, 2014
Soul Train
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Love, Peace, and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America’s Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments

April 7, 2014 - Hour 1 - We take a step back in time while I interview award-winning Baltimore author Ericka Blount Danois about her book Love, Peace, and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments.
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