Tulane University History Professor Rien Fertel discusses the erection of Confederate monuments in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century at the same time as efforts to integrate and unionize Black and white dock laborers.
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Confederate Monuments & Labor Integration in New Orleans

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University of Notre Dame military history professor Ian Ona Johnson discussed the contest for control of Atlantic sea routes during World War II. The University of Notre Dame is located in Indiana.
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WWII Battle of the Atlantic

Prairie View A&M history professor Malachi Crawford discusses the evolution of civil rights law from efforts to dismantle Jim Crow and racial segregation to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision.
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The Road to Brown v. Board of Education

Virginia Tech lecturer Taulby Edmondson discussed unionization efforts in the West Virginia mining industry that led to a series of armed conflicts in the 1910s and 1920s. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg.
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The West Virginia Mine Wars

President Ronald Reagan's 1982 address to the British Parliament was the topic of a class taught by University of Kansas political communication professor Robert Rowland. The University of Kansas is in Lawrence.
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Confederate Monuments & Labor Integration in New Orleans

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