096 The Origins of Racial Segregation in the United States

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Ever wonder how the United States’ problem with race developed and why early American reformers didn’t find a way to fix it during the earliest days of the republic? Today, Nicholas Guyatt, author of Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation, leads us on an exploration of how and why the idea of separate but equal developed in the early United States. Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/096 Helpful Show Links Help Support Ben Franklin's World Crowdfunding Campaign Ask the Historian Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Join the Ben Franklin's World Community Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App *Books purchased through this link will help support the production of Ben Franklin's World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,
0:04.0	Podcast about Early American History with Liz Covert.
0:08.0	The study of history is key to understanding who we are
0:11.0	and how we can affect a better future.
0:13.0	Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present day world.
0:20.0	And now, here's your host, Liz Colarn.
0:23.4	Hello and welcome to episode 96 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:28.3	The podcast dedicated to helping you,
0:30.6	learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present
0:35.2	day world we live in.
0:36.8	It's no secret that we Americans have problems when it comes to race relations in the United
0:41.1	States.
0:42.1	Think about how many times, just in the last year even,
0:44.8	that we've turned on our televisions, looked at our Twitter feeds, or
0:47.9	browsed our favorite news websites, and seeing headlines that trumpeted another shooting or beating between white Americans and black Americans.
0:57.0	Every time I see or read about one of these shootings or beatings, I wonder,
1:01.0	how did we get here?
1:03.0	How did the United States get to this point?
1:06.0	As a historian, I naturally turned to the past for answers.
1:10.0	Today's guest, Nicholas Guyet, is a historian who has some answers for us.
1:15.0	Like us, Nick is intrigued by the question of how the United States became a country divided by race.
1:21.0	And he recently spent a lot of time thinking about and
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