How 9 Former Slaves Started a Proto University in Alabama in 1867

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History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Alabama State University is well known as a historically black university and for the involvement of its faculty and students in the civil rights movement. Less attention has been paid to the school's remarkable origins, having begun as the Lincoln...

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0:00.0	What was it like to watch the Twin Towers collapse on 9-11?
0:03.8	How about to be sent to Auschwitz during the Holocaust?
0:06.7	Our past is a collection of stories that bring us to where we are and shape our perspectives.
0:11.2	Hi, I'm Josh Cohen, host of the Eyewitness History Podcast.
0:14.9	On my show, I interview guests who watch the events that shaped our world.
0:18.8	From heartbreaking war stories to hilarious memories from the SNL writers room,
0:23.0	no recollection is off limits.
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0:31.1	player of your choice.
0:40.4	History is in just a bunch of names and dates and facts.
0:43.5	It's the collection of all the stories throughout human history that explain how and why we
0:47.6	got here.
0:48.9	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, where we look at the forgotten, neglected, strange,
0:53.9	and even counterfactual stories that made our world what it is.
0:58.1	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:20.6	Joseph, welcome to the show.
1:22.6	Thank you.
1:23.6	Thank you for having me.
1:24.6	I'm glad to be here this morning.
1:25.6	Yeah, me too.
1:26.6	You have researched this subject.
1:29.0	You have taught on reconstruction and education for African Americans for a very long time.
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