Thomas Maier tells the story of Ernest Cuneo, a former NFL player who became a spy for Winston Churchill, working from Rockefeller Center to gather intelligence on Nazi operatives in the US.
Noliwe Rooks tells the story of how Mary McLeod Bethune rose from poverty to become a pioneering educator and civil rights leader, founding Bethune-Cookman University and working with national figures like Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt to advance Black education, voting rights, and economic independence.
Remember the First Ladies explores the evolving role of the First Lady in American history. Through biographical and thematic chapters, it highlights their contributions to politics, society, and life in the White House from Martha Washington to Dr. Jill Biden.
Franklin Roosevelt was a master of radio –the greatest mass medium of the 1930s and 1940s. His famous radio “Fireside Chats" were major media events that attracted tens of millions of listeners. Find out how FDR used the radio to forge a powerful connection with the American public from Supervisory Curator Herman Eberhardt.
(Originally broadcast April 28, 2021; 20:14 minutes)
This diamond choker was given to Eleanor Roosevelt by her cousin, Susan Ludlow Parrish, on the occasion of Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential inauguration in 1933.
Facing a banking crisis that threatened the U.S. economy, FDR took immediate action by declaring a nationwide "bank holiday," pushing Congress to pass the Emergency Banking Act to reopen only financially stable banks, and delivering a reassuring radio address that restored public confidence and stabilized the financial system within just eight days.
"Whatever our individual circumstances or opportunities, we are all in it, and our spirit is good... and do not let anyone tell you anything different." FDR, Oct 12, 1942, fireside chat.
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