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Reporter's Audio Recordings Of D-Day Discovered After 75 Years

4:51pm November 11, 2019

This week the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., received audio recordings of a reporter narrating the landing in France. A homeowner found them in the house he bought where they had been for 75 years.

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The Origins Of 'Throw Him (Or Her) Under The Bus'

4:51pm November 11, 2019

We try to learn where the phrase "throw him or her under the bus" came from.

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Books

'The Tubman Command' Author On Harriet Tubman As A Patriotic Veteran

5:10pm November 10, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Elizabeth Cobbs about her book The Tubman Command.

An artistic rendering of the retreat of Hernán Cortés from Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital, in 1520. The Spanish conquistador led an expedition to present-day Mexico, landing in 1519. Although the Spanish forces numbered some 500 men, they managed to c

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500 Years Later, The Spanish Conquest Of Mexico Is Still Being Debated

1:24pm November 10, 2019

by James Fredrick

The meeting of Aztec Emperor Montezuma II and Hernán Cortés and the events that followed weigh heavily in Mexico half a millennium later.

People march along the Mississippi River levee in Louisiana on Friday as they perform in a reenactment of the 1811 German Coast Uprising.

Hundreds March In Reenactment Of A Historic, But Long Forgotten Slave Rebellion

8:42pm November 09, 2019

Artist Dread Scott organized the 26-mile trek to New Orleans as a tribute to the men and women who protested their enslavement in the German Coast Uprising of 1811 by re-imagining a different outcome.

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The Berlin Wall went up almost overnight in 1961; in November 1989, it began to crumble.

Opinion: 30 Years After The Berlin Wall

5:08pm November 09, 2019

by Scott Simon

The Berlin Wall was a concrete manifestation of the barrier between democracy and oppression. NPR's Scott Simon marks the 30th anniversary of the day it began to come down.

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Religion

The History Of Mormons In Mexico

5:02pm November 09, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Patrick Mason, professor of Mormon history and culture at Utah State University, about the history of Mormon communities in Mexico.

Education

Florida Students Replicate Berlin Wall To Study Societal Divisions

5:02pm November 09, 2019

by Kerry Sheridan

In Florida, students at a liberal arts college "rebuilt" a Berlin Wall replica to study the history of societal divisions and how they persist today — 30 years after the wall was taken down.

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What's Left Behind Of The Berlin Wall

8:12am November 09, 2019

by Rob Schmitz

As Germany celebrates the 30th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Wall, the city has incorporated a piece of the historic relic into the landscape of the united German capital.

National

Efforts To Heal Wounds Of Wounded Knee Massacre

8:12am November 09, 2019

by Jim Kent

A descendant of the commander at the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre apologized to victim descendants. Together they back legislation to rescind 20 Medals of Honor given to massacre soldiers.

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