Episode 5: The Sins of the Republic

The American Republic is supposedly an exception creation of liberty and light. But is this truly so? Here, we examine the dark roots of America's past in hope for a better future

 

Sources 

Claudio Saunt, Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory (New York, 2020)

"The People Who Profited Off the Trail of Tears" Book Review

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/05/claudio-sant-unworthy-republic-trail-of-tears/609097/

Juneteenth

https://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

 

Mass racial violence in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_racial_violence_in_the_United_States

 

Tulsa Race Massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre

 

Loving v. Virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia

 

National Museum of African American American History & Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/

 

The 1619 Project - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html