BackStory

266: BlackStory: BackStory Celebrates Black History Month with a Compilation

Nathan showcases some of BackStory’s best content about African American history in honor of Black History Month. In this episode, hear about one historian’s heartbreaking research into the human effects of lynching to the extraordinary story of Korla Pandit, the turban-wearing showman of California’s cocktail lounges. We’re also sharing a segment from “<a href="https://www.sceneonradio.org/episode-39-a-racial-cleansing-in-america-seeing-white-part-9/">Scene On Radio</a>” about the racial cleansing in Corbin, Kentucky that took place 100 years ago, but mostly remains hidden from the town’s official history. Note: This episode contains previously broadcast content. <br/>
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About the image: "Civil Rights mural at Martin Luther King Memorial Park in Atlanta,” May 18 2013 by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/82134796@N03/">denisbin</a> via Flickr. Used under <br/>
 CC BY-ND 2.0 (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/</a>) 

BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities.

There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes history engaging and fun.