Obama: the Black President

Professor Claude Clegg’s new book, The Black President, is the first interpretative, comprehensive history of Barack Obama’s presidency in its entirety. He explains some of the major themes in the book in his first appearance on our show. This is contemporary history at its finest! Episode 480.

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The Equal Rights Amendment

A group of women standing in front of a sign that reads Equal Rights Envous to President Coolidge -- National Woman's Party

Dr. Rebecca DeWolf explains the complicated, yet compelling, history of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and lays out possibilities for its eventual inclusion in the US Constitution. She also tells us why the ERA’s history has included a long-standing debate over “gendered citizenship.” This is the most comprehensive examination of the ERA in podcast history!…

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