For the Ages: A History Podcast
History
While the Supreme Court is often presented in American history as a protector of civil liberties, its record across the centuries provides a more complex picture. While the short period of the 1930s to the 1970s saw the Court end segregation and safeguard both free speech and the vote, during the preceding period, the Court largely ignored or suppressed basic rights for many Americans. The succeeding period, too, saw a retreat and even regression on gains made toward racial justice. Prizewinning author and professor of history Orville Vernon Burton charts the Court’s racial jurisprudence, discussing the many cases involving America’s racial minorities and the impact of individual rulings.
Recorded on July 6, 2023
A Conversation with Walter Isaacson
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965
Shakespeare in a Divided America
An Evening with Drew Gilpin Faust
An Evening with Robert A. Caro: Working
An Evening with Jill Lepore
A Conversation with Ron Chernow
Silver, Sword, and Stone: A History of Latin America
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom Featuring: H.W. Brands
A Conversation with Joanne Freeman: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency
The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
A Conversation with Philip Deloria: America’s First Inhabitants
A Conversation with Cokie Roberts
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
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