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Yellow Rose of Texas: Myth-making and Race in the 19th Century

Today we’re exploring one of Texas’s most enduring legends – the story of the “Yellow Rose of Texas” and her supposed role in the Battle of San Jacinto. We are going to unravel the myth of “The Yellow Rose of Texas.” We will explore the woman at the heart of Read more

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 8 months ago September 17, 2025
An oil painting from the early 19th century with two halves. On the left half, a white man is embracing and kissing a Black, likely enslaved woman. On the right panel, a white man in a white shirt is beating a Black likely enslaved man. On the bottom is the painted text: "Virginia Luxuries."
Women's History

Women and Slavery: How Harriet Jacobs Revealed Women’s Experience of American Enslavement

In 1861, one of the most powerful slave narratives in American history was published under the title, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by Harriet Jacobs and edited by the famous abolitionist, Lydia Maria Child. The memoir unflinchingly recounts the unique experience that enslaved women faced in Read more

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 9 months ago September 17, 2025
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6 Cs of History

From Slave Patrol to Street Patrol: Police Brutality in America

Please be aware that this episode contains references to racism and violence. Marissa: In 1937, a man named Page Harris was interviewed at his home for an oral history project. The interview was part of the federally funded Works Progress Administration, an aspect of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal designed to Read more

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 2 years ago March 10, 2024
A black and white map of the United States in 1861
6 Cs of History

Irrepressible Conflict, or Failure to Compromise? The Causes of the American Civil War

In 2017, White House chief of staff John Kelly, then serving Donald Trump, was interviewed by Fox New’s Laura Ingraham, who asked about Kelly’s thoughts on a church in Virginia that had recently taken down a statue to Robert E. Lee. Kelly responded that Robert E. Lee had been a Read more

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 3 years ago May 20, 2023
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Producer's Choice

Little Laborers: Child Indenture in 18th and 19th Century America

Today, we’re talking about the history of poor relief and child welfare in the United States. Transcript for: Little Laborers: Child Indenture in 18th and 19th century America Written by Sarah Handley-Cousins, PhD Recorded by Sarah Handley-Cousins and Marissa Rhodes, PhD Sarah: Recently, I was on a research trip in Read more

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 3 years ago June 6, 2023
The Second Great Awakening, 1839
Spiritualism

The Kingdom of Matthias: Sex, Gender and Alternative Belief in the Second Great Awakening

Elijah Pierson was the embodiment of early 19th century Christian masculinity. So how did he end up, just a few years later, shambling along the streets of New York City with a scruffy beard, long hair, and dirty fingernails, following a wild eyed prophet? And – perhaps more disturbing – Read more

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 4 years ago June 6, 2023
Scene in Longfellow's play "Giles Corey of Salem Farms" showing Rev. Cotton Mather encountering Tituba in the woods, as Mather travels to Salem Village to investigate the witchcraft accusations.
Bad Women

Tituba, The “Black Witch” of Salem

Anyone who’s read or seen Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible likely remembers Tituba, the enslaved woman who sets off the 1692 witch panic in Salem, Massachusetts. In literature and history, she’s been depicted as both a menacing Barbadian voodoo queen and a Black feminist touchstone. Who was the real Tituba? Read more

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 4 years ago October 9, 2024
1951 advertisement of Aunt Jemima pancake mix with the text, "Wake up to American's Best Loved Pancakes." The advertisement also shows the Aunt Jemima character wearing a shawl and kerchief and a large stack of pancakes.
Student Episode

Aunt Jemima: American Racism on Your Grocery Shelf

Last summer on June 17, 2020, the Quaker Oats Company announced its decision to rename its Aunt Jemima pancake brand after 131 years. Public opinion since the announcement has been mixed. One camp believes that the change is long overdue. While another group believes there’s nothing wrong with the brand’s Read more

By Carly Bagley, 4 years ago March 6, 2022
Voodoo altar in the French Quarter of New Orleans
Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

Marie Laveau: The Voodoo Queen and the Laveau Legend

Since her death in 1881 Marie Laveau has morphed from a respected and charitable neighbor, or a “she-devil” and mysterious Voodoo Queen (depending on whose talking), and into a saint of strong, Black, feminist womanhood. How do we separate popular history from fact? Today we are digging into the real Read more

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 5 years ago August 18, 2025
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Bodies

A History of Racial Passing in the United States

Late in 2020, a number of white academics were revealed to be passing as people of color, making the concept of racial passing a matter of national conversation. For these white folks, the benefits of being considered a person of color were based on a perception that minorities somehow have Read more

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 5 years ago October 23, 2021

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