Two broadcast journalists from “Back Story with the American History Guys,” a public radio show, interviewed me a few weeks ago for a show titled “Committed: Marriage in America.” The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the University of Virginia sponsor the shows, which bring “historical perspective to the events happening around us today. On…
Incorporating Oral Histories into Dynamic Public Programming Workshop
I was pleased to work with UMBC’s John Willard to present a workshop for participants in the Museum on Main Street program on May 17 As museums around the state get ready for a Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, John and I talked to participants about the stories of communities. Most have plenty of little-known, but intriguing stories from local tradition-bearers…
Voters at Last: Battling for the Ballot — A New Program Available From the Delaware Humanities Forum
This is a new program available from the Delaware Humanities Forum ———————— This program examines the struggle to extend voting rights to most adult citizens in Delaware and the nation. Using archival photographs, newspapers, cartoons, letters and speeches the organizing, petitioning, picketing, leafleting, educating, and politicking that went on is presented in a lively way. …
Pass the Rum: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition — A New Program Available from the Delaware Humanities Forum
This is a new program available from the Delaware Humanities Forum ————————— This program looks at historical attempts to regulate the consumption of alcohol over the centuries. While most people are aware of prohibition in the 1920s, during the so-called Noble Experiment, attempts to regulate this behavior extend far back into our past. While the…