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HISTORY DEPT #19 1:08:35

4d ago1:08:35

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In this podcast, we talk about Trump's inauguration, the polarization of politics, and I go on a long winded tangent about the Vietnam war.

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HISTORY DEPT #20: Communism 101 1:30:55

13d ago1:30:55

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In this episode, we talk about the specter of communism, what communism actually is, the good and the bad. Today I am joined by my good friend Lena from the Revolutionary Communist Party(RCP) to talk about her experience as a communist. Marxism, socialism, communism, historical materialism, and dialectics can seem like difficult and complex topics …

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HISTORY DEPT #18 1:01:51

19d ago1:01:51

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Back at it with another video episode! classes are back in session and we get into what we are up to. BC history, BC politics, Early automotive history and some city planning. Enjoy:)

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HISTORY DEPT #17 59:30

3M ago59:30

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In this episode (recorded before the election Nov 4) we are joined by our good friend Jared. We talk about the US election and Donald Trump's shenanigans.

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HISTORY DEPT #16 58:28

4M ago58:28

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In this episode, we talk about a lot of neat stuff like early Salt Spring Island, Indigenous treaty-making, the removal of the Acadians, and how slavery impacted our modern concept of race.

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HISTORY DEPT#15 53:05

4M ago53:05

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In this episode, we talk about what I have been up to in my Interwar class and the decline of classic liberalism before World War I.

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HISTORY DEPT #14 1:01:59

4M ago1:01:59

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On this episode, I am once again joined by my trusty co-host Gavinator to talk about what classes he is taking this term. we talk Pacific Northwest, Indigenous-Settler treaty making, Religion and reformation, and 20th Century warfare!

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HISTORY DEPT #13 1:33:14

4M ago1:33:14

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In this episode, I sit down to have a chat with a friend of the pod Finn, and ramble on about a wide variety of topics. Should we be proud of Canadian History? What did Christianity mean to Europe? How has history been used politically? What are the effects of neoliberalism on a global scale? Hopefully you enjoy!…

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HISTORY DEPT#12 (BONUS): Medieval Witches 1:33:38

7M ago1:33:38

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In this episode, I am joined by a friend of the pod Finn, to talk about medieval witches and how they have been wrongly convicted throughout history.

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HISTORY DEPT #11 (BONUS): History of Zionism 1:16:44

7M ago1:16:44

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Today we are joined by a friend of the pod Lena to talk about the history of Zionism and how it affected Palestine and Israel.

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TRL: 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act 1:51:55

8M ago1:51:55

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In this episode, Caenen talks about his latest read 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act written by Bob Joseph. This book highlights some of the most glaring issues with the Indian Act today and how it has affected the indigenous people of Canada. Highly recommended and a must-read for all Canadians to pave the way for a better future. 2…

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TRL: Canada: A Very Short Introduction 1:40:34

8M ago1:40:34

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In this NEW episode, Caenen Starts a new series THE READING LIST in hopes of showcasing great history reads. This episode is Canada: A Very Short Introduction covering all things Canadian including the very beginnings, dispossessions, nationalisms, rights, and Norths. Canada: A Very Short Introduction - Donald Wright (Oxford University Press) https…

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HISTORY DEPT #2: The Story of Flight 1850-1913 3:12:09

11M ago3:12:09

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Join us as I get to nerd out on the early beginnings of flight with Gavin going over the early wacky inventors to the Wright brothers to the brink of World War 1.

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HISTORY DEPT #10: The Story of Flight 1913-1918 1:50:28

11M ago1:50:28

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HEY WE ARE BACK!! We actually recorded this episode a month ago but it just never got posted (oops) ANYWAYS this one is another good one as we continue our journey in the history of flight. This covers WW1 and how planes rapidly developed into a mighty weapon of war and the devastation it caused.

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HISTORY DEPT #9: History of Cannabis in the USA 1:51:42

12M ago1:51:42

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Today in this extra bonus episode I am joined by my girlfriend Peyton and trusty co-host Gavin to talk about how cannabis came to the United States and how it affected society through the decades. Chasteen, John Charles. Getting High : Marijuana through the Ages. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.…

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HISTORY DEPT #8: Canadian Expedition to Northern Russia 1918 (Part 1) 56:35

12M ago56:35

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In this episode, Gavin introduces us to the Canadian involvement in the Allied expedition in northern Russia during WW1. He also sets us up for their later part during the Russian Civil War.

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HISTORY DEPT #7: 1919 Palmer Raids 1:11:23

12M ago1:11:23

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In this episode we continue our communism week and get into the 1919 Palmer Raids and how anti-communism shaped the United States government. Sources used for this episode:Ernest Freeberg. “After the Red Scare: Civil Liberties in the Era of Harding and Coolidge.” In Little “Red Scares,” 1–22. 1st ed. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2014.…

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HISTORY DEPT #6 (BONUS): Fall of the USSR 1:10:00

1y ago1:10:00

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Today we are joined by our good friend Max as we dive into what communism means to us and where our interest in history started. As well as that, Max takes us through some of the reasons why Gorbachev and the USSR were headed for failure. As always thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!Caenen & Gavin…

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HISTORY DEPT #5 (BONUS): Perspectives in History 1:23:13

1y ago1:23:13

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Finn is back in this episode! this time (including Gavin) we continued our talk about some misconceptions of the medieval era as well as digging deeper into how history is perceived by those writing it and learning it.

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HISTORY DEPT #4: Vancouver Island Coal Mining 1:04:38

1y ago1:04:38

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Today it is Gavin's turn and he brings us back to the coal mining roots of Vancouver Island and how it shaped several of the major settlements. PS: sorry for some of the audio issues :( We are new and still figuring this out :D

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HISTORY DEPT #3 (BONUS): Medieval Misconceptions 46:01

1y ago46:01

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Today is our first guest episode!! I am joined by my good friend Finn to talk about what the Medieval era is (and isn't) and how history is perceived from the present and the past.

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HISTORY DEPT #1: Canadian Railways (Ft. Gavin Senft) 1:05:15

1y ago1:05:15

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In this episode, I am joined once again by my co-host Gavin where I ask him all sorts of questions about how the rail industry in Canada got its roots and where it could be headed.

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EPISODE 2: Building modern Egypt (Part1) 57:44

1+ y ago57:44

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This episode dives into the beginnings of the modern Egyptian state under Muhammad Ali and the *brief* rise and fall of his hopes for an Egyptian empire.

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EPISODE 1: PEACE IN EUROPE & THE UNITED NATIONS 1:25:38

1+ y ago1:25:38

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WELCOME, ALL!! This is the first of hopefully many episodes in my new project. I wanted to share my university journey and learning with everyone and give you all a healthy dose of history. In this first episode I go into as the title says, peace in Europe as well as the beginnings of the United Nations. For you listeners, I would love to hear your…

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Telling The Truth About History 1:27:46

3y ago1:27:46

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A panel conversation responding to the ongoing attacks on teaching accurate history, with Shevrin Jones, Laura Briggs, Raphael Rogers, and Jennifer Rich, moderated by Barbara Krauthamer.For not the first time in U.S. history, the content of public school curricula is being challenged across the country. Since January 2021, 41 states have introduced…

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Viral Exchanges: Hotspots, Spillovers, and the Reordering of Life, Lecture by Gregg Mitman 1:35:50

3y ago1:35:50

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2021 HISTORY WRITER IN RESIDENCE PUBLIC LECTURE BY GREGG MITMAN The word “hotspot” can mean a place where fires flare, where novel viruses appear, where human rage erupts. In the turbulence of ecological, public health, and political crises, hotspots portend disaster and death. Too often hotspots and the menaces they pose are only made visible, onl…

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Landfall: Conversation With Director Cecilia Aldarondo 59:33

3y ago59:33

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A conversation with Landfall director Cecilia Aldarondo, with an introduction and moderation by Patricia Montoya.Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, Landfall is a cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of protests that toppled the US colony’s governor in 2019, the film offers a prismati…

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Young People Fighting For Climate Justice, A Conversation with Vanessa Nakate and Varshini Prakash 1:25:35

3y ago1:25:35

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2021 James Baldwin LectureYoung people have transformed the climate and environmental movement. Youth of color and youth from the Global South have been especially central in this process. In this conversation, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and executive director of the Sunrise Movement Varshini Prakash ‘15 reflected on their personal exp…

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Disaster Capitalism, Ecofascism, and Ecoauthoritarianism 1:28:31

3y ago1:28:31

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The gravity of climate change and the environmental emergency demands not just attention but concerted action. But what form will that action take? Will states exercise more authority to impose solutions without democratic process? Will corporations seize opportunities to rebuild devastated communities, privatizing land and infrastructure in the pr…

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Environmental Policy In Historical Perspective: The 2020 Election Results & the Future of the Planet 1:29:49

4y ago1:29:49

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Feinberg Series Panel Discussion with Bill McKibben, Robert Pollin, Thea Riofrancos & Eve Vogel, moderated by Ashwin Ravikumar with an introduction by Kevin Young.We have only a few years left to make deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. This event will reflect on the implications of the U.S. election results for meeting this imperative. What are…

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History from Below: Extractivism, Geology, and Power 1:30:45

4y ago1:30:45

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Feinberg Series Panel Discussion with Angélica Maria Bernal, Nigel Clark, Gregory Cushman, and Andrea Marston, moderated by Kiran Asher and with an introduction by Heidi Scott. November 18, 2020Human exploitation of the underground has been central to the unfolding climate and ecological emergency. Inseparable from empire-building, colonialism, and…

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Thom van Dooren: The World in a Shell 1:27:35

4+ y ago1:27:35

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Feinberg Series lecture on the disappearing snails of Hawaii by Thom van Dooren.Thom van Dooren is a field philosopher, storyteller and Associate Professor, University of Sydney and the University of Oslo. Moderated by Malcolm Sen with an introduction by Brian Ogilvie.The Hawaiian Islands were once home to one of the most diverse assemblages of ter…

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Mike Davis: California Burning 1:12:13

4+ y ago1:12:13

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UMass Amherst Department of History Distinguished Annual Lecture and Feinberg Series Lecture by Mike Davis, moderated by Vijay PrasahdCalifornia Burning: The Apocalyptic Trinity of Climate Change, Alien Plant Invasion and ExurbanizationAn activist and writer, Mike Davis is the author of 20 books, including City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Planet of…

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Walidah Imarisha: "All Organizing is Science Fiction" 1:30:36

6y ago1:30:36

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Educator, writer, public scholar and spoken word artist Walidah Imarisha explores the history of sci-fi and social change, sharing tools for using science fiction as a practice ground for social justice strategizing and vision. Imarisha is co-author with adrienne maree brown of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements.…

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Domestic Workers Building Dignity and Power, Past and Present 2:00:40

6+ y ago2:00:40

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Domestic workers are drawing lessons from past movements to organize on a massive scale and build feminist economies. A panel conversation with Linda Burnham (National Domestic Workers Alliance), Monique Tú Nguyen (Matahari Women Workers’ Center), and Jennifer Guglielmo (Putting History in Domestic Workers’ Hands), moderated by Diana Sierra Becerra…

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21st Century Socialism: Venezuela's Communes in Historical Perspective, Feinberg Series 51:32

6+ y ago51:32

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Venezuelan communes are radical experiments in grassroots democracy and economic production that attempt to “concretize utopia.” Atenea Jiménez (Network of Communers, Venezuela) and George Ciccariello-Maher (Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York) examine the communes’ history, achievements, and present challenges. Presented by…

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Imagining Community, Living in Community 57:34

6+ y ago57:34

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An exploration of efforts to create intentional communities based on participants' visions of just and harmonious social relationships. Often described as “utopian,” these movements have focused on realizing transformative visions on a small scale in the “here and now,” and were envisioned by participants as an opportunity to live rightly even with…

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State Violence and Revolution: Lessons from El Salvador 1:08:31

6+ y ago1:08:31

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In the 1980s, Salvadoran revolutionaries fought to overthrow a U.S.-backed dictatorship and build popular democratic alternatives. Many people in Massachusetts supported them. Former guerrilla Carlos Henríquez Consalvi, peasant organizer Rosa Rivera, and Pioneer Valley Workers Center immigrant rights organizer Diana Sierra Becerra will discuss the …

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Rev Dr William J Barber: Feinberg Series Keynote Address and Inaugural James Baldwin Lecture 1:11:52

6+ y ago1:11:52

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is president of Repairers of the Breach, national co-chair of the 2018 Poor People’s Campaign, and leader of an alliance of more than 200 progressive organizations best known as “Moral Monday.” This coalition has led justice work in North Carolina for a decade and inspired organizing across the nation. Delivered at UMa…

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Reawakening the Black Radical Imagination: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Kali Akuno, Mary Hooks 1:44:26

6+ y ago1:44:26

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A panel discussion with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (author of From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation and How We Get Free), Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson), and Mary Hooks (Southerners on New Ground), moderated by Toussaint Losier (UMass). Presented by the 2018 Feinberg Series. Sept 6, 2018UMass Amherst History Department

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Jen Manion, "Historicizing the Carceral State: Race, Sex, and Power in Early America" 1:04:39

8y ago1:04:39

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This lecture by Jen Manion (Amherst College) explores how the penitentiary system in early America exploited racist ideologies, gender norms, sexual desire and antipathy toward the poor to justify its existence and expansion. Presented by the UMass Amherst's 2016-2017 Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series. Nov 15, 2016. Image Credit: "Freedo…

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Panel, "'Alien' Incarcerations: Migrants In Detention," UMass Feinberg Series, Nov 10, 2016 1:45:15

8y ago1:45:15

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A panel discussion on the history and current realities of the migrant detention regime with David Hernández (Latina/o Studies, Mount Holyoke College), Carl Lindskoog (History, Raritan Valley Community College), Megan Kludt, (Curran and Berger Immigration Law), and Mizue Aizeki (Immigrant Defense Project). This event was part of the 2016-2017 Feinb…

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Panel, "Resisting Police Violence in Springfield and Beyond: Mothers, Scholars and QTPOC Speak Out" 1:40:17

8y ago1:40:17

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An evening of conversation with local and national voices on police violence in Springfield, MA and beyond, featuring Kissa Owens (mother of Delano Walker), Andrea Ritchie (attorney, writer, Soros Justice Fellow), ShaeShae Quest (Out Now), and Rhonda Y. Williams (scholar and community organizer). Presented by the University of Massachusetts Amherst…

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Talitha L. LeFlouria, "Chained in Silence: A History of Black Women and Convict Labor" 1:07:37

8+ y ago1:07:37

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Lecture by award-winning historian Talitha L. LeFlouria (University of Virginia) on the plight of post-Civil War black women prisoners and their day-to-day struggles to overcome work-related abuses and violence, based on LeFlouria's award winning book. This event was the 2016 UMass/Five College Graduate Program in History Distinguished Annual Lectu…

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Flint Taylor, "Racist and Systemic Police Violence, Chicago Style," UMass Feinberg Series, Oct 2016 1:24:23

8+ y ago1:24:23

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"Racist and Systemic Police Violence, Chicago Style." Lecture by longtime civil rights attorney Flint Taylor of the People's Law Offices on police torture and violence in Chicago, including the 1969 assassination of Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, the torture of African American suspects by police commander Jon Burge, and the rec…

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Keynote Panel, "Women, Incarceration, and Carceral Feminism," Feinberg Series, Sept 2016 1:26:19

8+ y ago1:26:19

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"Women, Incarceration and Carceral Feminism," Feinberg Series Keynote Panel with Andrea James, Mariame Kaba, Herschelle Reaves, and Elias Vitulli. Moderated by Victoria Law. Presented by the UMass Amherst History Department's 2016-2017 Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series, The U.S. in the Age of Mass Incarceration: http://www.umass.edu/hist…

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