History

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

May 15, 2015
MOVE bombing
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May 13: This Day In History

May 13, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today in history, Britain's King Victoria issued a "Proclamation of Neutrality" on the Confederacy, enslaved African American Robert Smalls fought against the Confederacy in Charleston, and the Philadelphia police bombed the headquarters of radical Black nationalist movement MOVE.
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May 15, 2015
Toothpick Sam
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May 12: This Day In History

May 12, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today in history, Samuel "Toothpick Sam" became the first African American to pitch a no-hitter, the birthday of boxer William "Gorilla" Jones, and the day the British took control of Charleston, South Carolina during the Revolutionary War.
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May 11, 2015
marley
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May 11: This Day in History

May 11, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the death of Bob Marley, the launch of the Poor People's Campaign, and the foundation of Ghana, the first postcolonial independent nation on the continent of Africa.
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May 8, 2015
African American farmers
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Sound Bites: Good Food Gathering — Keeping The Tradition Of African American Farming Alive

May 7, 2015 - Segment 3 - On a new episode of Sound Bites, we broadcast of a very lively town hall meeting held on March 23 - one of our "Good Food Gatherings" in partnership with Baltimore Food & Faith Project - in which our panel of guests and the audience engaged in a discussion following a screening of the movie Homecoming, about the history of Black farmers in the U.S.
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May 7, 2015
martin
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May 6: This Day in History

May 6, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the birth of Martin Delaney, the death of Otis Blackwell, and the suspension of two DJs at a Colorado radio station for playing songs by the Dixie Chicks a few days after they criticized President George W. Bush.
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May 5, 2015
blind-willie-mctell1
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May 5: This Day in History

May 5, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including Gwendolyn Brooks winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950, the death of Elsie Bernice Washington, the “mother of the African American romance novel,” in 2009, and the birth of Blind Willie McTell.
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May 2, 2015
Provident Hospital
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May 4: This Day In History

May 4, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today in history, an event in Chicago spurred International Workers Day, the first Black-owned and -operated hospital in the United States opened, and the Freedom Riders left Washington DC for New Orleans to challenge segregation on interstate busses and bus terminals.
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April 30, 2015
Bessie Coleman
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April 30: This Day In History

April 30, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Bessie Coleman died, the day Christopher Columbus was given the money to set sail into the Western Hemisphere, and the day Hawaii became a territory of the United States.
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April 30, 2015
Parren Mitchell
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April 29: This Day In History

April 29, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the birthday of Duke Ellington, the day Maryland voted not to secede from the Union, and the birthday of Maryland’s of Baltimore first Black congressmen Parren Mitchell.
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April 30, 2015
Ann Petry
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April 28: This Day In History

April 28, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the famed Mutiny on the Bounty took place, the day over 30 dynamite bombs were to be sent to people on an "anarchists" enemies list, and the day Anne Petry, the first African American woman writer to have a book sell more than a million copies, died.
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April 24, 2015
President Nixon presenting Duke Ellington with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. April 29, 1969.
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April 24: This Day In History

April 24, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the day Duke Ellington received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, and the day Augustine John Tolton became ordained as a priest after being born enslaved.
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April 24, 2015
cesar_chavez
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April 23: This Day in History

April 23, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including Hank Aaron hitting the first of his 755-major league home runs on this day in 1954 in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals and the death of Cesar Chavez.
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April 24, 2015
San Miguel de Guadalupe Rebellion
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April 22: This Day In History

April 22, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the first slave revolt in continental North America, the day Howard University students sat in at Thompson's Restaurant, and the birthday of jazz great Charles Mingus.
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April 23, 2015
tiananmen_square
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April 21: This Day in History

April 21, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstration in Beijing, the death of Haitian dictator François “Papa Doc” Duvalier, and the birth of singer Clara Ward.
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April 17, 2015
Case for Reparations
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Encore Presentation: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ & The Case For Reparations

April 17, 2015 - Segment 1 - As you know, Ta-Nehisi Coates stepped into the international spotlight last year when his article "The Case for Reparations," was featured as the cover story for the June 2014 issue of The Atlantic. In the article he puts forth the argument that Black Americans as a group have been prevented from building inter-generational wealth.
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April 17, 2015
Betty DeRamus
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From The Archives: Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

April 16, 2015 - Segment 1 - Listen in to my conversation with author Betty DeRamus about her fascinating book Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad. For $100 donation you will want to have this book in your library - I couldn't put it down!
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April 17, 2015
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the American Drug War
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Encore Presentation: Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the American Drug War

April 15, 2015 - Segment 2 - Listen in to my interview with Johann Hari, author of the fascinating and revealing book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the American Drug War, which tells the tale of Harry Anslinger, the first head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, and his personal war to destroy Billie Holliday.
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April 10, 2015
Emiliano Zapata
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April 10: This Day In History

April 10, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the day Emiliano Zapata was tricked into riding into an ambush, the day Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escaped from the Birkenau death camp, and the day that singer Little Eva died.
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April 8, 2015
SNCC
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April 8: This Day In History

April 8, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Oriole Frank Robinson became the manager of the Cleveland Indians, the day 128 men were killed in a mining explosion at Banner Mines outside Birmingham, and the founding of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
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March 30, 2015
nation
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The Nation’s 150th Anniversary Issue

Marcnationh 30, 2015 - Segment 3 - We close out the show at 11:45 with a celebration of the 150th anniversary of TheNation magazine, with D. D. Guttenplan, London Correspondent for The Nation and co-editor of the magazine's 150th Anniversary Special Issue.
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March 30, 2015
poe
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Maryland Historical Society: Coffins and Poe

March 26, 2015 - Segment 2 - We look at two current offerings at the Maryland Historical Society: the exhibit A Tale of Three Coffins: Living and Dying in 17th Century St. Mary's County and an interactive production, Mesmeric Revelations! Of Edgar Allan Poe.
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March 26, 2015
roxanne
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An Indigenous People’s History of the United States

March 25, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc speaks with Native American author, historian, feminist, and self-described revolutionary Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on her fascinating and informative book An Indigenous People’s History of the United States.
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March 25, 2015
delasoul
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March 24: This Day in History

March 24, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the birth of Pasemaster Mace of De La Soul, the abolition of slavery in Venezuela in 1854, and Halle Berry becoming the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for the movie “Monster’s Ball.”
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March 24, 2015
Sticks McGhee
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March 23: This Day In History

March 23, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the birthday of guitarist Sticks McGhee, the day 101 Wobblies were charged with opposing the draft and hindering the war effort, and the day Mussolini started his fascist movement in Milan, Italy.
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March 13, 2015
Howard Thurman
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Documentary: The Psalm Of Howard Thurman

March 13, 2015 - Segment 3 - We take a look at a film currently in production on one of our nation's most original and important theological thinkers, Howard Thurman. I will talk with Arleigh Prelow, who is Producer-Director of "The Psalm of Howard Thurman," about her film.
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March 13, 2015
Romare Bearden
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March 12: This Day in History

March 12, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the birthday of activist Clara Fraser, the day artist Romare Bearden passed away, and the day Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr., hall of fame jazz saxophonist and composer, died.
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March 13, 2015
William Edouard Scott
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March 11: This Day In History

March 11, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the day the Bureau of Indian Affairs was established, the day A Raisin In The Sun debuted on Broadway, and the birthday of artist William Edouard Scott.
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March 11, 2015
Ornette Coleman
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March 9: This Day In History

March 9, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the birthday of free jazz musician Ornette Coleman, the day the Barbie doll hit the shelves, and the day Marylander and African American explorer Matthew Henson passed away.
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March 9, 2015
Selma 1965
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50th Anniversary Of Selma March: Remembering Our History & Voting Rights Today

March 6, 2015 - Segment 2 - This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Selma march, and we take time to reflect upon the events of March 1965, with NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and a panel of guests.
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March 9, 2015
Dred Scott
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March 6: This Day In History

March 6, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the day the Battle of the Alamo ended, the day the Supreme Court handed down the Dred Scott V. Sanford decision, and the day artist Georgia O’Keeffe passed away.
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March 3, 2015
Rodney King assault
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March 3: This Day In History

March 3, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including the day President Thomas Jefferson signed a law banning the importation of slaves to the United States, the day the Freedman's Bank was established, and the day the LA police beating of Rodney King was caught on tape.
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March 2, 2015
Sonny Rollins
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March 2: This Day In History

March 2, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened today in history, including Dr. Seuss' birthday, the day The Weeping Time took place in 1859, and the day saxophonist Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins was given a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama.
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March 2, 2015
Marian Anderson
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February 27: This Day In History

February 27, 2015 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the Dominican Republic declared itself independent from Haiti, the day the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was held up as constitutional, and the birthday of opera singer Marian Anderson.
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