January 3, 2023 | 1:59 PM
Riveted: The History of Jeans – An American Experience Encore
American Experience’s Riveted: The History of Jeans reveals the fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment.
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October 4, 2022 | 10:00 PM
Becoming Frederick Douglass is a Story of Transformation
Frederick Douglass went on to become many things – abolitionist, autobiographer, essayist, diplomat, orator, political theorist, editor, publisher and social reformer.
July 18, 2022 | 2:02 PM
A councilman in Reading wants the city to implement reparations for slavery
Several cities across the nation are exploring, and even implementing, municipal reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans. Reading may be the next to take on the effort.
By Anthony Orozco November 20, 2021 | 8:09 AM
Slavery By Another Name
Explore the little-known story of the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South that persisted into
Updated: 2021-11-24 10:13:28
Formerly enslaved people made an impact at Dickinson College. The school is now honoring their names
After research into the college’s ties to slavery, a residence hall and a gate will be renamed.
July 7, 2021 | 3:00 PM
The legacies of Chief Justices Roger Taney and John Marshall and slavery
History remembers slavery is linked to the legacies of both Justices
By Merideth Bucher/WITF May 18, 2021 | 3:00 PM
Pennsylvania’s new Physician General Dr. Denise Johnson, MD
Also on the program: House Divided Project explores the struggle for freedom in the US
By Scott LaMar/WITF January 27, 2021 | 9:30 AM
The Long Song on Masterpiece
Tamara Lawrance (King Charles III) stars as an indomitable house slave in Jamaica during the era of emancipation, with Hayley Atwell (The Avengers) as her demanding, capricious mistress, in The Long Song.
