289 - Freedom Train (Histories of the Meaning of "race" and "freedom" in America)

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Episode #289 - Freedom Train (Histories of the Meaning of "Race" and "Freedom" in America)

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⌚ Sun 15 January 2006  ☻John Marciano, Eric Foner

Download Hour1 Download Hour2Two historians on race, slavery, and freedom in America- in the first hour John Marciano returns with his public discussion group on Zinn's People's History with commentary on the function of race and slavery within empire, then we hear a talk from Eric Foner on the meaning of freedom.

Our first hour starts with John Marciano on 2005-06-21 commenting on Chapers 2 and 9 of Howard Zinn's People's History of The United States. In our second hour, we hear Eric Foner speaking at the university of Nevada 2005-11-04 on The Idea of 'Freedom' in the United States, starting by speaking about the 1947 Freedom Train.
Music: David Rovics
Thanks to the LA Sound Posse for Eric Foner's lecture
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