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February 11, 2014
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February 11: This Day In History

February 11, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the arrest of labor agitator Mother Jones for leading a protest of conditions in West Virginia mines at the age of 83, the death of singer Whitney Houston, and the release of Nelson Mandela from prison after 27 years of incarceration.
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February 10, 2014
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Baltimore Black History: Chick Webb, Drummer & Band Leader, Born Today

February 10, 2014 - Segment 5 - Marc talks to Lisa Crawley, Resource Center Manager at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture about this day in Baltimore history. Today, they discuss the birth of band leader and jazz & swing drummer Chick Webb in Baltimore.
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February 10, 2014
Grace Towns Hamilton
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February 10: This Day In History

February 10, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Jefferson Davis was selected as provisional President of the Confederate States of the America, the day the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the U.S. House of Representatives, and the birthday of Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton.
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February 7, 2014
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February 7: This Day in History

February 7, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of the things that happened on this day in history, including Grenada's Independence Day, the first celebration of Negro History Week, and the birthday of Baltimore music legend Eubie Blake.
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February 6, 2014
Dr. Cheryl LaRoche
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Free Black Communities & the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance

February 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - Dr. Cheryl LaRoche, archaeologist and lecturer in the American Studies Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, talks about her fascinating new book Free Black Communities & the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance that explores how the free black community assisted the escapes of enslaved runaways in three Midwest communities.
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February 5, 2014
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Black History Month? Black History 365 Days A Year?

February 5, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss Black History Month, including how Black History is taught, and whether it is constructive to set aside one month instead of highlighting Black History throughout the year. Our guests are: Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead, Assistant Professor of Communication and Affiliate Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland; and Dr. Ray Winbush, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University.
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February 5, 2014
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February 5: Day In History

February 5, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the birth of Trayvon Martin, King Leopold II of Belgium establishing the Congo as a "personal possession," the 2000 Russian massacre of at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya, and the death of Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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February 3, 2014
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February 3: This Day In History

February 3, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the authorization of the US federal government to impose and collect an income tax, the banning of child labor and implementation of the forty-hour work week, and the births of Pretty Boy Floyd and Gertrude Stein.
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January 31, 2014
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The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, An Often Overlooked Gem in Baltimore

January 31, 2014 - Segment 2 - We visit the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum! We tour the museum withDr. Joanne Martin, the museum's President, and CEO, who co-founded the museum with her late husband Elmer. As we walked through the museum and enjoy the exhibits, we also talk about the museum's plan to transform itself into an anchor in East Baltimore's Oliver neighborhood.
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January 31, 2014
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January 30: This Day In History

January 30, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the bombing of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott, the formation of the Harlem Globetrotters, and Bloody Sunday, the day British Paratroopers opened fire on and killed fourteen unarmed civil rights marchers in Derry, Ireland.
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January 30, 2014
Willie Dixon
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January 29: This Day In History

January 29, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day in 1889 six thousand railway workers went on strike for a union and the end of the 18-hour day, the birthday of Oprah Winfrey, and the day blues legend Willie Dixon died.
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January 28, 2014
Crystal Bird Fauset
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January 28: This Day In History

January 28, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Zora Neale Hurston died, the date the Free Africa Society was organized in Philadelphia, and the day the first African-American state legislator was elected, Crystal Bird Fauset.
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January 27, 2014
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January 27: Day In History

January 27, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, the launch of the 2011 Yemeni revolution, and the death of historian Howard Zinn.
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January 27, 2014
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The Kinsey Collection: African American Art And History

January 24, 2014 - Segment 2 - We take a visit to Baltimore's Reginald F. Lewis African American History and Culture Museum to spend some time in their current exhibit, The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard & Shirley Kinsey - Where Art & History Intersect. It's a treasure trove of art and artifacts - including letters from Zora Neale Hurston and antique photographs - chronicling over 400 years of African American history and culture and telling the often-untold story of African American achievement and contribution to our society.
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January 27, 2014
Vera
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January 24: This Day in History

January 24, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including a slave uprising in Brazil, the shooting Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg, by the Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich, and the shooting of Ozie Powell, a Scottsboro boy, the day after he is sentences to 75 years.
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January 23, 2014
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January 22: Day In History

January 22, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the creation of the Central Intelligence Group, the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency, Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, David Bowie coming out as bisexual, and the births of Nat Turner, Antonio Gramsci, and Sam Cooke.
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January 21, 2014
Fanny Jackson Coppin
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January 21: This Day In History

January 21, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Fanny Jackson Coppin, one of the first black women to graduate from college, passed away, Altagracia Day in the Dominican Republic, and the birthday of musician Richie Havens.
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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
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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Craig Steven Wilder, Author of ‘Ebony & Ivy,’ On How Slavery Built the Ivy League

January 16, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America's Elite Colleges.
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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
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Sound Bites: Future Harvest: Farming For Profit & Stewardship Conference | GMOs & Cheerios | Maureen Ogle’s “In Meat We Trust”

January 14, 2014 - Segment 4 - In the newest edition of Sound Bites, we get a sneak preview of the 15th Annual Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference hosted by Future Harvest CASA, which will be held this weekend. We also talk about GMOs and General Mills' decision to stop using them in Cheerios, and look at the history of Americans and meat with historian and author Dr. Maureen Ogle.
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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
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The War On Poverty: A Two Hour Special

January 13, 2014 - Segment 2 - Last week marked the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's declaration of a war on poverty. We kick-off the week with a 2-hour special on how far we have - and haven't - come in the fight against poverty over the past 50 years.
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January 13, 2014
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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 27, 2013
Craig Steven Wilder
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Craig Steven Wilder’s “Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities”

December 26, 2013 - Hour 2 - Marc talks to author and professor of history at MIT Craig Steven Wilder about his new book Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities.
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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
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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
Detroit Bankruptcy Protest
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Baltimore-Detroit-Oakland: Episode 2 – Pensions, Bankruptcy & The Future Of The American City

December 17, 2013 - Segment 2 - In this episode of Baltimore-Detroit-Oakland, we discuss what these cities' economies say about the future of the American city, looking at the state of pensions in each of these cities and discussing the implication of Detroit's bankruptcy on Baltimore and Oakland.
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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 16, 2013
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Remembering Mother Mary Lange

December 16, 2013 - Segment 4 - We hear the story of Mother Mary Lange, a Haitian-born Baltimore nun who initiated the world's first Black Catholic order in 1829. Plans are underway to canonize Sister Lange, and joining us to discuss those plans will be Sr. Marcia L. Hall, of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, and legendary musician Milton Dugger.
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December 13, 2013
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Mario Livio’s “Brilliant Blunders: Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe”

December 13, 2013 - Segment 3 - We turn to Cosmic topics, when astrophysicist Mario Livio talks about his new book Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe.
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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
Nelson Mandela
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Remembering Nelson Mandela: Struggle Against Apartheid, Contemporary Politics & Legacy

December 12, 2013 - Two Hour Special - We rebroadcast our special two-hour tribute to Nelson Mandela, who passed away last week at the age of 95. You will hear from a vast array of guests from around the globe - some of whom fought with Mandela in the struggle to end Apartheid - who will discuss the life and legacy of this legendary international leader and fighter for justice.
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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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