Tag Archives: History

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Suzanne Faulk tells us about her African-American family and their historical relationship to Monroe County. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website. The …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:13 — 21.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Sheriff’s Department announced they will  release officers’ body camera footage, today; The Monroe County Community School Corporation is continuing a public debate over whether it should deploy metal detectors at schools in the district; Flags across the state will be at half-mast, for the rest of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreJames Parks was among the earliest homesteaders in Monroe County. A member of the first board of county commissioners in 1818., Parks later served on the Board of School Commissioners, and was elected to the Indiana legislature. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:58 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Bicentennial Journal Glenda Murray tells the story of Susan B. Anthony’s visit to Bloomington in the 1880’s to support women’s rights. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s edition of The Bicentennial Journal, Bloomington City Council member Susan Sandberg talks about the history of women in politics. Sandberg tells us about the first women to serve in Monroe County politics, after women swept the county primary last week. Support for The Bicentennial …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:58 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this edition of The Bicentennial Journal, Gladys DeVane continues her story of being Black in Bloomington and about the signature events that she and her friends created in Bloomington for the Black community. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:58 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Darby McCarty tells her story about growing up in Ellettsville. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website. The Bicentennial Journal is produced by …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:00 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Jim Manion tells about broadcasting from the tower on Radio Ridge in 1993, during WFHB’s first 14 months. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:04 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis episode, we start out with a statement from Anastazia Schmid, a prisoner in the Indiana Women’s Prison. She walks us through a brief history of how prisons, and specifically the modern practice of prison slave labor, came about. She also talks through some basics of how …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:51 — 55.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOur show is Cuba in Africa, or what my guest today has called “Castro’s Worldview: Foreign Policy in a Hostile World.” Our music throughout also reflects the influence of Cuba in Africa and the struggle for independence by African nations. Our opening song, “Valodia” by Santocas, released …