Tamara Venit Shelton is associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College and author of Herbs and Roots: A History of Chinese Doctors in the American Medical Marketplace and A Squatter’s Republic: Land and the Politics of Monopoly in California, 1850–1900.
In the episode, we sketch a brief bio of the poet and writer Joaquin Miller and read some of his more famous poems.
In this episode, we look at the fascinating life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, an African American woman who blazed trails in Californian politics.
Tony Platt is the author of thirteen books and 150 essays and articles on race, inequality, and social justice in American history, among them...