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Delta College history faculty share key moments in time that help us understand who we have been and who we are today. From Q-90.1 FM, Delta College Quality Public Radio.

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The Pullman Strike

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 4:01


When the Pullman Company responded to the depression of the 1890s by laying off workers and cutting wages, the workers went to the picket lines.

Alice Freeman Palmer

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 4:30


Alice Freeman Palmer became the first female college president in 1881.

Muller v Oregon

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 3:59


In 1908, the Supreme Court upheld an Oregon law limiting a woman's workday to 10 hours.

Alessandro de' Medici

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 4:00


Alessandro de' Medici's life offers a dramatic window into the Italian Renaissance. The history of his story reveals a great deal about modern narratives of race.

Big Mama Thornton

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 3:40


If the lyrics to Elvis' breakthrough hit "Hound Dog" seem a bit strange, they make more sense coming from the mouth of their original singer, Big Mama Thornton.

Painted Cousins: Dido Elizabeth Belle & Lady Elizabeth Murray

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 4:26


Paintings of wealthy women weren't unusual in the late 18th century, but paintings of wealthy black women with their white cousins were.

Toni Morrison

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 4:00


Toni Morrison's novels broke ground in their portrayal of African-American women, but her work received mixed reactions.

Medieval Muslim Scholars, Pt. 4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 3:00


Ibn Rushd (also known as Averroes) was a medieval Muslim scholar who weighed in on the thorny question of how to reconcile faith with reason.

Medieval Muslim Scholars, Pt. 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 3:00


Al-Biruni went further than knowing the Earth was round, he used that information to measure the world.

Medieval Muslim Scholars, Pt. 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 3:00


The legacy of medieval Islamic scholars is found in our numbering system and mathematics.

Medieval Muslim Scholars, Pt. 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 3:00


The Medieval Islamic world witnessed one of the great flowerings of science and culture in human history.

Adam Crosswhite

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 3:29


In the decades before the Civil War, Michigan had a reputation of hostility toward slavery, but it was not a safe haven from slave catchers.

Tetris

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 3:44


This Moment In Time takes us to the end of the Cold War with the history of one of the most popular video games of all time.

Nintendo Entertainment System

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 2:37


Nintendo faced an uphill battle when they brought their Famicom system over to the U.S. as the NES.

The Goodridge Brothers

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 4:00


Wallace and William Goodridge were African American photographers whose work captured scenes of late 19th century Saginaw.

Saginaw Fire of 1893

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 4:00


In May of 1893, a fire destroyed over 250 homes on Saginaw's east side.

The Saginaw Journal

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 4:00


Go back to 1837 to flip through the pages of Saginaw's first newspaper.

Britain & Europe, Pt. 4 - French Kings of England

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 3:30


For 400 years or more after the Norman Conquest, England's kings were also lords of French lands.

Britain & Europe, Pt. 3 - I, for One, Welcome Our New Norman Overlords

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 3:00


Britain has never been isolated from the rest of Europe, particularly not in the Middle Ages.

Britain & Europe, Pt. 2 - Insular, But Not Isolated

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 3:30


The popular view of the Angles and Saxons is not supported by serious historians today.

Britain & Europe, Pt. 1 - Splendid Isolation

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 3:00


Most of the thinking behind Brexit is based on assumptions that Britain is an island and fundamentally different from mainland Europe.

Rosa Luxemburg and the German Revolution, Pt. 4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019 3:15


Why are Rosa Luxemburg and the German Revolution itself so overlooked despite their historical importance?

Rosa Luxemburg and the German Revolution, Pt. 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019 3:29


After WWI, it looked like Germany would follow Russia in becoming a Communist State. This week, we look at why that didn't happen.

Rosa Luxemburg and the German Revolution, Pt. 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2019 3:30


Rosa Luxemburg was an unlikely key figure in the German Revolution.

Rosa Luxemburg and the German Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2019 3:30


Although not as well remembered as the Russian Revolution, the German Revolution led to the end of WWI and helped fuel the rise of the Nazis.

The Fall of Fort Michilimackinac

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2018 3:30


June 2, 1763. A group of Ojibwa take Fort Michilimackinac, the first of several British forts captured by Native Americans in Michigan.

Sarah Emma Edmonds and the Civil War

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2018 3:00


July 1861. A wounded Union soldier and spy defects from the Army rather than be discovered as a woman posing as a man.

Personal Liberty Laws

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 4:00


February 13, 1855 - Michigan enacts a law that eventually compels 11 southern states to secede from the Union.

Henry Ford's $5-a-Day "Profit Share"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 3:00


In 1914, Henry Ford announced he would pay his workers a "profit share" that was twice what the automobile industry typically paid, but with some strings attached that would be considered intrusive today.

Armistice Day

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 3:30


This Moment In Time takes us to the end of World War I, and how the seeds were sown for another World War just 20 years later.

Women in the Civil War

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 2:30


Women weren't allowed to join the military during the Civil War, but many presented themselves as men to join anyways.

Roman Divination

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2018 3:00


The Romans believed they needed to keep the gods happy, but how did they determine if their actions would do so?

Space Shuttle Enterprise

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2018 3:30


On this Moment In Time, we look at how history and pop culture came together in the naming of NASA's first shuttle orbiter.

H.P. Lovecraft

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 4:30


A look into the short life of the father of cosmic horror, author H.P. Lovecraft.

Caligula

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 3:00


We look at Rome's most infamous emperor, Gaius Caligula.

Scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 4:00


After World War I, Germany chose to sink its High Seas Fleet rather than surrender the ships, all while under the watchful eye of the British.

Kiel Mutiny

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2018 4:30


We discuss the mutiny of the German High Seas Fleet in 1918, an event that had major repercussions for Germany in World War I.

The Gleiwitz Incident

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 4:00


This week's Moment In Time is an infrequently discusses incident at the onset of World War II staged by Nazi Germany to justify the invasion of Poland.

Evolution of the Calendar

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 4:00


Where does our modern calendar come from? Take a look back at how the Roman calendar evolved into the one we use today.

The Invention of Soccer

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 4:00


This month sees the conclusion of the men's World Cup, so we take a look at the invention of the sport most of the world calls football.

Cleopatra

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2018 3:30


This Moment In Time follows Cleopatra, the last ruling pharaoh, who died trying to keep Egypt independent from Roman rule.

Livia Drusilla

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2018 3:59


This Moment In Time follows the life of a woman who wielded great political power in Ancient Rome, Livia Drusilla, the wife and unofficial advisor of Augustus.

Octavia

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2018 3:00


This Moment In Time is about an important woman in Ancient Rome, Octavia, who was involved in the power struggle between Gaius Octavian and Mark Antony following the death of Julius Caesar and came to be respected in her own right as a paragon of Roman female virtue.

30 Years' War, Pt. 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 3:35


This year marks the 400th anniversary of the 30 Years' War. In this episode, we look at the war's bloody legacy.

30 Years' War, Pt. 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2018 3:30


2018 marks a significant anniversary of one of Europe's bloodiest conflicts - not a World War, but a much earlier conflict.

Washington Crosses the Delaware

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017 5:00


This Moment In Time takes up back to December 25, 1776, when a surprise attack by George Washington breathed new life into the American Revolution.

The Early U.S. & France's War with Britain

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 5:30


This moment in time takes place in 1793 with the question of whether the United States was obligated to help France in her war with Great Britain.

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