Unsung History
A podcast about people and events in American history you may not know much about. Yet.
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Aug 10, 2026 · 47 minJane Addams, Hull House, and Chicago's Nineteenth WardJane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr launched Hull House in 1889 to serve Chicago's poor, offering education and cultural programs while pushing for worker protections. The Jul 27, 2026 · 51 minBuddy BradleyBorn in the Jim Crow South, Buddy Bradley became a tap dance innovator in Harlem before moving to London in the 1930s, where he built a career choreographing for stage anJul 13, 2026 · 55 minThe All-American Girls Professional Baseball LeagueDuring World War II, Philip K. Wrigley created a professional women's baseball league that ran for twelve seasons and employed more than 600 players. Historian Dr. LeslieJun 29, 2026 · 49 minThe Declaration of IndependenceCongress voted for independence on July 2, 1776, and approved the Declaration's text on July 4, but the news traveled slowly by broadside, newspaper, and letter. The episJun 15, 2026 · 39 minThe Statue of Liberty and the Empire State BuildingTwo New York landmarks stand for competing ideals of liberty and ambition, and their meanings have shifted as American values changed. The episode compares how each monumJun 1, 2026 · 40 minAn American History of PursesThe purse market is now worth more than $12 billion, but purses only became a 'women's item' once men's clothing gained pockets and cosmetics marketing targeted women in May 18, 2026 · 41 minThe Lady Bird SpecialOn the morning of Tuesday, October 6, 1964, the Lady Bird Special, a 19-car train carrying First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson, her supporters, members of the press, aMay 4, 2026 · 51 minPolicing Slavery & Black Rebellion in the American SouthEnslaved Africans were forcibly shipped to Virginia starting in 1619 in response to a severe labor shortage. From the beginning, enslaved laborers resisted by fleeing andApr 20, 2026 · 53 minThe Frontier Myth and the People of the Western United StatesIn 1893, historian Frederick Jackson Turner advanced his now-famous Frontier Theory, arguing that the American identity was forged through the process of exploring and adApr 6, 2026 · 45 minMagnus Hirschfeld, Dora Richter, and the Institute for Sexual Science in Weimar GermanyIn the Weimar Republic, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld opened the Institute for Sexual Science and advocated for the repeal of legislation that criminalized sexual relations betweMar 23, 2026 · 45 minThe Feliciana Parishes of LouisianaFor 74 days in 1810 the current-day parishes of East and West Feliciana in New Orleans were part of the independent Republic of West Florida, which flew a lone star flag.Mar 9, 2026 · 48 minThe Academy AwardsWhen the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was formed in 1927 one of the goals of the founders was to recognize achievements in the industry. That recognition qFeb 22, 2026 · 46 minSlavery and the Complicated Legacy of George WashingtonGeorge Washington privately condemned slavery while actively holding hundreds of people in enslavement. He championed gradual emancipation plans while scheming to keep thFeb 9, 2026 · 47 minBlack History MonthOne hundred years ago, Dr. Carter G. Woodson created and launched the inaugural Negro History Week after his professors told him that Black people didn’t have a history wJan 26, 2026 · 41 minReed PeggramReed Peggram, born in Boston in 1914, a gay Black man in a world that put up barriers to his success, excelled at Harvard before heading to a Europe on the brink of war. Jan 12, 2026 · 49 minCharles C. Diggs, Jr.Charles C. Diggs, Jr., founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, spent 25 years in Congress, pushing for change, on issues from segregation in commercial aviation to homDec 30, 2025 · 51 minAll in the FamilyWhen All in the Family premiered in January 1971, CBS was nervous enough about the content that they added an advisory message at the beginning. Despite their fears, the Dec 15, 2025 · 43 minChristmas Films, the Early Cold War & the FBIWhen It’s a Wonderful Life was first released, it wasn’t a box office hit, but it did draw the attention of the FBI and its investigation into the Communist Infiltration Dec 1, 2025 · 44 minAn American History of CoffeeAmericans love their coffee; according to the Fall 2025 National Coffee Data Trends Report, 66% of adult Americans drink coffee every day, averaging three cups per day. TNov 17, 2025 · 41 minThe History of RumGlobal rum sales are expected to reach nearly $28 billion USD by the year 2033, making it one of the ten most popular alcoholic beverages in the world. In this episode weNov 3, 2025 · 48 minStreet Food and Public Markets in New OrleansNew Orleans is known for its unique cuisine that blends and highlights the many cultural roots of the city and its residents. The history of food distribution in New OrleOct 20, 2025 · 44 minThe Girl Scouts of the USAIn 1912, wealthy Savannahian Juliette Gordon Low supposedly called her cousin and exclaimed: “Come right over! I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah, for all of AmOct 6, 2025 · 42 minZoe Anderson NorrisZoe Anderson Norris, known to her friends in the Ragged Edge Klub as the Queen of Bohemia, was born in Kentucky in 1860, moved to Wichita, Kansas, with her first husband,Sep 22, 2025 · 43 minMarguerite CartwrightDr. Marguerite Phillips Dorsey Cartwright, born May 17, 1910, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was a journalist, sociologist, educator, and actress, who served as a corresponSep 8, 2025 · 48 minBlack Women's Anti-Rape ActivismThe feminist anti-rape movement began in the late 1960s at the height of women’s liberation. As rape crisis centers relied on federal grants aimed at prosecution of those
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