Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Speaking With Auschwitz Survivor Michael Bornstein Mar 08, 2017

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Holly interviews Michael Bornstein and his daughter Debbie Bornstein Holinstat about their book "Survivors Club." The book chronicles the story of Michael's family during the Holocaust, and how Michael survived at Auschwitz.

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Lady Jane Grey, the Nine-day Queen Mar 06, 2017

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For a very short time between Edward VI and Mary I, Lady Jane was, at least nominally, Queen of England and Ireland, but whether she had any right to the title is still the subject of dispute.

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John Kidwell and the Founding of Hawaii’s Pineapple Industry Feb 27, 2017

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From his start as an apprentice to a nurseryman in London, John Kidwell would go on to catalyze the establishment of Hawaii’s pineapple industry. His story is tied to the white business-driven Reform Party and its coup over the Hawaiian monarchy.

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Interview: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Feb 27, 2017

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Dr. Gates joins Holly to talk about history's impact on our future, Black History Month, and his upcoming PBS series "Africa's Great Civilizations."

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Jamaica's Maroon Wars Feb 22, 2017

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Maroons are Africans and people of African ancestry who escaped enslavement and established communities in the Caribbean and parts of the Americas. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Jamaica's Maroon communities clashed with British colonial government.

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Bombing of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple Feb 20, 2017

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Rabbi Jacob Rothschild was a vocal activist who spoke out for civil rights despite the danger in doing so. White supremacists bombed The Temple in Atlanta in a direct reaction to Rothschild's work for equality.

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Executive Order 9066 & Japanese Internments, Part 2 Feb 15, 2017

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After Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, people were incarcerated in inadequate and dehumanizing camps. Even once the detention program ended, things were still incredibly difficult for people after their release.

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Executive Order 9066 & Japanese Internments, Part 1 Feb 13, 2017

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Roughly 122,000 Japanese immigrants and American citizens of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes on the West Coast and incarcerated for much of the U.S. involvement in WWII. About two-thirds of them were U.S. citizens.

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The Women's March on Versailles Feb 08, 2017

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In 1789, a group of protesters -- mostly women -- marched from Paris to Versailles to pressure King Louis XVI to address France's food shortage.

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Ira Frederick Aldridge, Famous Unknown Shakespearean Feb 06, 2017

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He was one of the first Americans to achieve fame as a Shakespearean actor — and the first black man to do so, becoming a famous figure on the Victorian stage. But Aldridge has largely been excluded from biographies of Shakespearean actors.

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