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🚨NEW FROM @HistoryTalkPod!🚨 Although Hong Kong's government has announced it is withdrawing the controversial extradition bill, protests look set to continue. This month, we discuss the complicated history of Hong Kong and China with two experts: bit.ly/HTHongKong
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🚨NEW FROM @OriginsOSU!🚨 In February 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos peacefully rose up to bring down the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Now, 35 years later, @mjs_history looks back at the #Philippines People Power Revolution and its legacy: origins.osu.edu/milestones/p…

The People Power Revolution, Philippines 1986

From February 22 to 25, 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos rose up to overthrow dictator Fernando Marcos.

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🚨🚨🚨 Infectious disease and public health history expert Dr. Jim Harris (@Jimtopia) is answering your questions on r/AskHistorians LIVE right now!!! 🚨🚨🚨 Click here to join us: reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/c…
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Check out this review of a hugely important new work on the history of Black HIV-AIDs activism (previously discussed in a @HistoryTalkPod episode here: origins.osu.edu/history-talk…)
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In the decades since it was identified in 1981, HIV/AIDS has devastated African American communities. TO MAKE the WOUNDED WHOLE (@uncpressblog) offers the 1st history of African American AIDS activism in all of its depth and breadth. @danroyles joins us👇 newbooksnetwork.com/dan-royl…
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Are you listening to @ProloguedPod, the amazing new serialized podcast from @OriginsOSU? Click below to check it out, or find Prologued on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Soundcloud! origins.osu.edu/milestones/p…
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Dive into the history of American women in politics with Season 1 of @ProloguedPod — out now! origins.osu.edu/milestones/p…

Prologued Podcast

With amazing stories and remarkable guests, Prologued offers in-depth discussions of the historical roots of the world today.

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The Amazon River, which snakes through the rainforest that bears its name, has become a transmission route for #Coronavirus into vulnerable indigenous communities that are already deeply threatened by deforestation and development: origins.osu.edu/article/amaz…
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Thanks for the read! We also produced an episode of our @HistoryTalkPod podcast on the alt-right's obsession with the ancient world, featuring @pharosclassics's @CurtisDozier, @donnazuck, and Denise Eileen McCoskey of @MiamiOHClassics: bit.ly/ClassicsAltRight… Quote Tweet
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This offers interesting points on how the far right uses and abuses history for ideological purposes.
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Shots rang out in Boston #OnThisDay 250 years ago, when a confrontation between British troops and angry Bostonians turned violent, leaving five dead. The Boston Massacre marked the point of no return on the road to revolution and independence: bit.ly/OriginsBostonMassacre
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Michael Bloomberg's record-breaking campaign spending has led many to wonder if the path to the White House is paved with cash. Check out our @HistoryTalkPod conversation with three experts about the influence of money on the ballot box in U.S. history. origins.osu.edu/historytalk/…
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A Kentucky lawmaker promotes a measure to restore felon voting rights. Policies of felon disenfranchisement are inherently rooted in the racial politics of the Reconstruction South, as @HistoryTalkPod explores: origins.osu.edu/historytalk/…

Voter Disenfranchisement in the United States

Two experts on voter disenfranchisement consider the past and present of voting rights in the United States.

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“It really is a place for living history.” Check out this episode of @HistoryTalkPod, where Professors Stephanie Shaw and Hassan Kwame Jeffries (@ProfJeffries) discuss their work renovating the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. #BlackHistoryMonth youtu.be/Bhqt3PcqcH0

Putting Race on Display (a History Talk podcast)

History Talk podcast: Join hosts Leticia Wiggins and Patrick Potyon...

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In honor of #RoevWade Day, check out @HistoryTalkPod's episode on the politics of abortion in the United States and Europe: origins.osu.edu/historytalk/…
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🚨 NEW FROM @OriginsOSU ! 🚨 Fifty years ago today, the Nigerian Civil War ended with the demise of the breakaway state of Biafra. On this anniversary, @osuhistorydept Professor Ousman Kobo looks back at a conflict with "no victor and no vanquished": origins.osu.edu/milestones/n…
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Ten years ago today, a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing at least 100,000 people and reducing much of the island to rubble: origins.osu.edu/article/pact…
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If you're stuck in traffic while traveling home for Thanksgiving, this might be a good time to listen to our @HistoryTalkPod discussion of why America's roads, rail, and other infrastructure is in such dire shape: bit.ly/2YL43DQ
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Also, check out our @HistoryTalkPod episode where we discuss 1989, the year that changed it all, with @osuhistorydept Professors Theodora Dragostinova (@theodora_dragos) and Nicholas Breyfogle, and @osu_slavic Professor Angela Brintlinger: bit.ly/HistoryTalk1989
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And this classic @HistoryTalkPod discussion with three Cuban history experts! origins.osu.edu/historytalk/…
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Today in History: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman faced off against each other #OnThisDay in 1974, in the iconic Rumble in the Jungle boxing match. #OTD bit.ly/2MIROnt

History Milestone: The Rumble in the Jungle

The true story behind the most famous boxing match of all time.

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Our biggest fans this week: Boyercvbucks. Thank you! via sumall.com/thankyou?utm_sour…
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The Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson through the window of her home has been charged with murder. Listen to this @HistoryTalkPod discussion on the long historical roots of police misconduct in America: bit.ly/2DEsK9e
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