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6 Episodes 2016 - 2021
Episode 1
Mon, Feb 15, 201628 mins
Tennessee granted freedmen access to the ballot box three years before federal ratification of the 15th Amendment. Hear the story of the first fourteen African American legislators to serve in Tennessee's General Assembly.
Episode 2
Thu, Apr 20, 2017
Explore the early years of the Black press in Tennessee, from the end of the Civil War through Reconstruction into the early 1900s and learn about the struggles of these publications and their efforts to give voice to African Americans.
Episode 3
Thu, Feb 22, 2018
Civil war gave way to civic engagement, as thousands of benevolent societies formed and expanded across the country. Born from crisis, these community organizations became a part of the fabric of a newly reborn United States.
Episode 4
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
Military service has historically been seen as a pathway to legitimacy for minority groups, offering battlefield sacrifice as evidence of worthiness. Explore how this sacrifice has been leveraged to further the cause for full-citizenship.
Episode 5
Thu, Nov 21, 2019
In August 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee legislators cast the deciding vote to ratify the 19th Amendment, thus giving women in the US the right to vote. Narrator Rosanne Cash chronicles the events that lead up to that turbulent showdown.
Episode 6
Mon, Feb 22, 2021
The right to vote has evolved in the US, specifically in Tennessee. Focusing mainly on the challenges poor and Black people faced after the Civil War, this program aims to spur discussion about voting rights and why turnout remains low.