American History Untucked 007 -- Chris Cameron

05/26/14 • -1 min

My guest for this show is Chris Cameron, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. We discussed his autobiography The Many Lives of Chris Cameron, his research on African American abolitionists (soon to be published as To Plead Our Own Cause: African Americans in Massachusetts and the Making of the Antislavery Movement), and his current research.

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American History Untucked 006 -- Cathy Wright

My guest for this show is Cathy Wright, the curator of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia. We talk about what a curator does, the MOC upcoming merger with the American Civil War Museum, and about her favorite artifact in the collection.
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American History Untucked 008 -- Lil Fenn

My guest this week is Elizabeth (Lil) Fenn, Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado - Boulder. We discussed her 2001 book Pox Americana and her new history of the Mandan Indians, Encounters at the Heart of the World. We also discussed her career as an auto mechanic during a hiatus in her academic career.