Reflections of History
From the team behind the Webby Award-winning Best Podcast Series It Was Said and the acclaimed podcast Hope,Through History, comes Reflections of History, a series that guides listeners through critical moments in world history.Join Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling historian Jon Meacham as he travels back to impactful events that occurred on that date in history—the birth of a visionary filmmaker, the debut of an iconic athlete, the discovery of a lifesaving cure, a triumphant legal victory. You'll learn how that event shaped politics, art, culture, sports and science, and why it’s still relevant today.Reflections of History is an Audacy original presented in partnership with Shining City Audio.
Episodes
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On April 7, 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
On April 6, 1968, Robert Kennedy reflects on American violence.
On April 5, 1933, FDR creates the Civilian Conservation Corps.
On April 4, 1968, Robert Kennedy eulogizes Martin Luther King, Jr.
On April 3, 1948, President Truman signs the Marshall Plan into law.
On March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson withdraws from the presidential race.
On March 30, 1981, President Reagan is shot.
On March 29, 1861, Lincoln moves toward provisioning Fort Sumter.
On March 28, 1968, Dr. King leads a march in Memphis.
On March 27, 1866, Andrew Johnson vetoes the 1866 Civil Rights Act.
On March 24, 1882, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dies.
On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry delivers his ‘Give Me Liberty’ address.
On March 22, 1968, Robert Kennedy announces the publication of a revised “To Seek a Newer World."
On March 21, 1861, Alexander Stephens delivers the ‘Cornerstone Speech’ about the Confederacy.
On March 20, 1854, the Republican Party is founded in Ripon, Wisconsin.
On March 17, 1954, Senator John F. Kennedy delivers St. Patrick’s Day speech in New York.
On March 16, 1751, James Madison is born.
On March 15, 1965, Lyndon Johnson calls for voting rights after Selma.
On March 14, 1977, Fannie Lou Hamer dies in Mississippi.
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