For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff is in conversation with historian Peniel Joseph about his new book, The Sword and the Shield, on the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black liberation struggle they both influenced. Peniel Joseph is a professor of public affairs at the Lyndon B. […]
Never Again is Now: Remembering Japanese American Internment During WW...
Earlier this month, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley made repeated reference to Japanese American internment camps during oral arguments about overturning the state’s stay-at-home order. Many have rightly criticized the comparison as offensive and inappropriate, including actor George Takei and Ron Kuramoto, president of the Wisconsin chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). […]
Remembering the 1970 Jackson State Shootings
Tomorrow, May 15, marks the 50th anniversary of the 1970 police shooting of Black students at Jackson State College (now University) in Mississippi that left two dead and twelve wounded. Coming just eleven days after the Ohio National Guard fired on students at Kent State, the Jackson State shooting never received the same national media […]
How the U.S. Postal Service Shaped American Society and Democracy
As the U.S. Postal Service faces a new financial crisis in the midst of the pandemic, we take this opportunity to learn about the history of the USPS and its vital role in shaping American society and democracy with historian Richard R. John. Richard R. John is a professor of history and communications at Columbia […]
What Wisconsin’s 1918 flu pandemic can teach us about COVID-19
Almost one hundred years ago, a global pandemic eerily similar to COVID-19 swept through the country. The Influenza Pandemic of 1918, also known as the Spanish Flu, left 8500 Wisconsin residents dead. It also forced mass closures of business and mandatory quarantine orders. Earlier today, WORT producer Jonah Chester spoke with Jim Malewitz, Investigations Editor […]
New history project documents life during COVID-19
A new project from the Madison Public Library is chronicling what life is like during the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Stories From a Distance” initiative asks Madison residents to send in letters, videos and audio clips to be preserved for future generations. WORT producer Jonah Chester sat down with Laura Damon-Moore, a Community Engagement Librarian with […]
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