January 9, 2014
January 9, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc looks back at some of the events that happened today in history, including Panama's Martyrs' Day, the last battle of the American Indian Wars, and the day drummer Cozy Cole died.
January 7, 2014
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.
January 6, 2014
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.
January 3, 2014
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.
January 2, 2014
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.
December 23, 2013
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.
December 19, 2013
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.
December 18, 2013
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.
December 17, 2013
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.
December 16, 2013
December 16, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the Day of Reconciliation in South Africa, the Boston Tea Party, the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven and the death of singer Sylvester.
December 13, 2013
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.
December 12, 2013
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.
December 11, 2013
December 11, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the death of Sam Cooke, the arrest of Bernard Madoff for his role in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, and the birth of writer Grace Paley.
December 9, 2013
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.
December 9, 2013
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.
December 5, 2013
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.
December 5, 2013
December 4, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, December 4th.
December 3, 2013
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.
December 3, 2013
December 2, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the execution of John Brown, the introduction of both the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny, and the Jerusalem riots of 1947.
November 25, 2013
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.
November 21, 2013
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.
November 19, 2013
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.
November 19, 2013
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.
November 19, 2013
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.
November 14, 2013
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."
November 14, 2013
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.
November 12, 2013
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.
November 12, 2013
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.
November 12, 2013
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.
November 7, 2013
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.
November 7, 2013
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.
November 6, 2013
November 5, 2013 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including Shirley Chisholm being elected the first black woman in Congress, Guy Fawkes night, and the day that Nat Turner was tried and found guilty.
November 5, 2013
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.
November 4, 2013
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.
October 31, 2013
October 31, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened this day in history, including the day the Kabba caught fire and burned down, the end of the First Seminole War, and the death of Indira Ghandi.
October 31, 2013
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.
October 30, 2013
October 29, 2013 - Segment 1 - We take a look at the day in history, and remember Hurricane Sandy, Black Tuesday, and the death of Pearl Primus and Duane Allman.
October 28, 2013
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.
October 25, 2013
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
October 24, 2013
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.
October 24, 2013
October 23, 2013 - Segment 1 - We discuss the day in history, and look back at, among other events, the release of "The Times They Are A-Changin'," the end of Communist rule in Hungary, and a revolt in Harlem over the ban of public smoking.
October 23, 2013
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.
October 11, 2013
October 11, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the birth of suffragette Emily Davison and the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica.
October 10, 2013
October 10, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the birthdays of jazz legend Thelonious Monk, and singer and civil rights activist Oscar Brown, Jr.
October 9, 2013
October 9, 2013 – Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the birthday of Mary Ann Shadd, publisher of Canada's first antislavery newspaper, The Provincial Freeman, and the first woman in North American to publish and edit a newspaper.
October 8, 2013
October 8, 2013 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the birthdays of members of The Drifters, Redbone and The Impressions.
June 18, 2013
June 18, 2013 - Segment 1 - We look back on this day in history, which includes the start of the War of 1812 and the date the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry attacked Fort Wagner, S.C.
June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013 - Segment 1 - We look back on this day in history, which includes the day Ethel Waters became the first black woman on television and the day Caribbean-American poet June Jordan passed away in 2002.