If you missed her keynote address at the 66th Missouri Conference on History, don't worry, because Sydney J. Norton joined host Sean Rost to discuss her new book, Fighting for a Free Missouri: German Immigrants, African Americans, and the Issue of Slavery.
About the Guest:
Sydney J. Norton is an independent scholar, translator, and educator in St. Louis. While teaching German at Saint Louis University, she curated "German Immigrant Abolitionists: Fighting for a Free Missouri," an exhibition that opened at the Center for Global Citizenship, and that traveled to the Deutschheim State Historic Site in Hermann. Her research for this project and her close collaboration with colleagues in related fields inspired her recently published collection of essays: Fighting for a Free Missouri: German Immigrants, African Americans, and the Issue of Slavery. Norton earned her doctorate in German literature and cultural studies from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Her publications include books and articles on contemporary German art and literature. Weimar-era performing and visual arts, and the German abolitionist movement in the United States. Norton currently teaches German at St. Louis Community College, Forest Park, and the German School Association of St. Louis. She is on the library staff at Concordia Historical Institute.
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Episode 29: Hamburg, St. Louis, & Missouri's German Heritage Corridor – Caitlin Yager (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 5)
Episode 28: Battle Lines & the Golden Lane – Joan Stack (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 4)
Episode 27: "The Gateway Arch" – Tracy Campbell (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 3)
Episode 26: Mr. Mac & The Race to The Moon (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 2)
Episode 25: SHSMO St. Louis Research Center – A.J. Medlock (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 1)
Episode 24: William Monks & "A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas" – John Bradbury
Episode 23: Ozark National Scenic Riverways – Dena Matteson
Episode 22: Passport to the Ozarks – Kaitlyn McConnell
Episode 21: "Father of Route 66" — Susan Croce Kelly
Episode 20: Kate Franklin Newton and the Memorial to Missouri's Great Heart
Episode 19: "Rube Tube" – Sara K. Eskridge
Episode 18: "A History of the Ozarks" – Brooks Blevins
Summer Series, Part 4: One Year Later
Summer Series, Part 3: Moon Memories
Summer Series, Part 2: Mr. Mac & the Race to the Moon
Summer Series 2019, Part 1: Calculations
Episode 17: "A River in the City of Fountains" – Amahia Mallea
Episode 16: Rolla, Rotoscope, & Route 66 – Katie Seale
Episode 15: The African American Press in Missouri – Debra Foster Greene
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