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Past and Present
Hosted by Robin Henry
,
Jay Price
,
Robert E. Weems Jr.

Three Wichita State history professors, Drs. Robin Henry, Robert Weems, and Jay Price, will talk about Wichita history, parallels between current events and historical happenings, and how historical events got us to where we are today.

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  • Erasing women's history
    On today's Past and Present, Dr. Robin Henry looks at Women's History Month.
  • It’s the end of the world as we know it.
    On Past and Present, Jay Price explores how popular culture has imagined the future—and what lessons those movies and television shows might be teaching us.
  • Willis C. Hawley (left) and Reed Smoot meeting shortly after the signing of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.
    Looking back at the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
    In this episode of Past and Present, Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. suggests that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 demonstrates that Donald Trump’s contemporary call for a variety of tariffs will end disastrously for the United States.
  • Photograph of World War II veteran Isaac Woodard with eyes swollen shut from aggravated assault and blinding. Photograph distributed for a November 1946 speaking tour by Woodard and Thurgood Marshall.
    A turning point in Civil Rights
    The beating and blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard was a turning point in the fight for civil rights. Dr. Robin Henry tells us more on Past and Present.
  • Reviving rooming houses for affordable living
    Winter’s cold has brought a renewed conversation about housing and those who are finding themselves on the streets in brutal temperatures. Jay Price discusses how the types of housing we have, or don’t have, are part of the issue.
  • Historical parallels in American immigration policy
    The looming mass deportation of undocumented Hispanics is not the first time in American history when perceived undesirables were relocated. Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. tells us more on Past and Present.
  • Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner's "The Gilded Age."
    Unmasking the Gilded Age
    Dr. Robin Henry looks at the similarities between "now" and The Guilded Age on this edition of Past and Present.
  • Learning from the past (and making new mistakes)
    As we look to the new year, we are prone to look to history for lessons on how to go forward. On Past and Present, Dr. Jay Price warns us that is not so easy.
  • Plenary session during the Bandung Conference.
    From Bandung to BRICS
    In this episode of Past and Present, Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. links the important 1955 Bandung Conference with the activities of the "BRICS" nations today.
  • Photo of a scene from the play "A Raisin in the Sun." From left-Ruby Dee (Ruth Younger), Claudia McNeil (Lena Younger), Glynn Turman (Travis Younger), Sidney Poitier (Walter Younger) and John Fielder (Karl Lindner).
    The case behind 'A Raisin in the Sun'
    Today on Past and Present, Dr. Robin Henry examines the legal case that inspired a great American play.
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