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This is a rebroadcast from July 18, 2023: In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Leon Bates, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pan African Studies, at the University of Louisville, KY. He focuses on Urban History (i.e. Education, Housing, Labor, Medicine, Policing, Violence), and the Intersection of Race. …

In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Leon Bates, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pan African Studies, at the University of Louisville, KY. He focuses on Urban History (i.e. Education, Housing, Labor, Medicine, Policing, Violence), and the Intersection of Race. Today he explores the life and times of …

While today’s conversation centers on slavery’s influence during the forty years from the 1830s to the 1870s, we’re going to begin a bit prior to that with a journal entry by Benjamin Banneker who lived from 1731 to 1806 near Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland (now known as Ellicott City). In that entry Banneker recalled a “great locust year” in 1749, a …

Today’s show is Part One of our conversation with Walter Johnson on his book The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States published by Basic Books We’ll open with “Skin Deep” from Duke Ellington’s “Black, Brown and Beige” performed here by Louie Bellson and His All-Star Orchestra featuring St. Louisan Clark Terry on …

In the liner notes to the album Pithecanthropus Erectus, Charles Mingus calls the title song “his conception of the modern counterpart of the first man to stand erect – how proud he was, considering himself the “first” to ascend from all fours, pounding his chest and preaching his superiority over the animals still in a prone position. Overcome with self-esteem, …

In honor of Memorial Day, the Bring It On! crew has prepared a special “best of” broadcast from our archives. PART ONE Originally aired on September 9, 2013, hosts Bev Smith and William Hosea speak with with longtime Bring It On! contributors Gladys DeVane and Liz Mitchell about indentured servitude and how three black women petitioned the Indiana Supreme court …

We open with “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” performed by Odetta off of the 1959 album My Eyes Have Seen. The “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” also known as “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory,” is a lyric by the American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song “John Brown’s Body.” The final stanza includes the …

In this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, IU historian John Summerlot, talks about Indiana University during the mid 1800s and during the Civil War era. The Bicentennial Journal—looking back on 200 years of history in South Central Indiana. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on …

In this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Donn Hall tells about the Underground Railroad in Monroe County. Local families who helped – and handed over – runaway slaves, in this week’s edition of The Bicentennial Journal—looking back on 200 years of history in South Central Indiana. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. …

In this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, John Summerlot tells about the statue on the IU campus of Union officer Richard Owen. The statue was commissioned by confederate prisoners, and created by a woman sculptor. Richard Owen was a scientist, a geologist, a professor, and an infantry officer. He was also the 1st president of Purdue University. Support for The …