The History of Police and Policing in the U.S. with Matthew Whitaker
What is the history of policing in the U.S.? Where did police come from, and what was their role? How did police interact with communities in the past? How do […]
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Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II with Natalie J. Stewart-Smith
During World War II over one thousand women served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), freeing male pilots for combat roles at a critical time during the war. The WASP […]
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Lives of Arizonans from Memoirs and Fiction with Jim Turner
Arizona pioneers tell their stories in diaries, letters, and memoirs. Martha Summerhayes’s beloved Vanished Arizona and Captain John Bourke’s On the Border with Crook, plus biographies of Hopi, Pima, and Tohono O’odham women […]
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Chiles & Chocolate: Sweet and Spicy Foods in the American West with Sandy Sunseri & Chris Glen
Come have a taste of the rich and savory history of these food favorites, explore how early peoples used them, and how they have evolved and spread to all corners […]
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Mescal Agave Use in Arizona: Food, Fiber, and Vessel with Carrie Cannon
The agave plant was used by Native peoples for numerous utilitarian items. Mescal served as a valuable food source still being harvested and prepared to this day by many Indigenous […]
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Sorting Through Southwest Arizona Tribal Symbols with Royce and Debbie Manuel
IMG_0038Symbols come in a variety of forms and can be found in art, speech, and in writing. Knowing and understanding the southwest symbolism from a tribal perspective is one more […]
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Three Generations of the American Indian Boarding School Experience with Dr. Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie
The U.S. federal government’s harsh policy of compulsory Indian education in the form of boarding schools began in 1879 and continued through the Great Depression, with boarding schools on and […]
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Arizona’s Great Escape with Steve Renzi
During the night of Christmas Eve in 1944, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These […]
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The Ballad of Arizona with Jay Cravath and Dan Shilling
Originally conceived to celebrate Arizona’s Centennial in 2012, “The Ballad of Arizona” has been updated to provide a more complete survey of important, but often little-known, chapters of Arizona’s unique […]
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Tucson’s Black Community and School Segregation with Bernard Wilson
In 1909 the Territory of Arizona amended its compulsory school attendance bill to give cities and counties the ability to segregate their schools. Inspired by the change in the law, […]
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