When African-Americans rejected the Democrats
African-Americans are regarded as natural Democrats but up until 1936, many voted Republican as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
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Ku Klux Klan – a history of brutal murder
The brutal history of the Ku Klux Klan from its founding in 1865 and its record of murder exposed by TV historian Tony McMahon
JFK assassination and the magic bullet
JFK was assassinated 60 years ago and ever since there has been criticism of the magic bullet theory proving Lee Harvey Oswald was the killer
When Trump nearly ran for President in 1987
In 1987, Donald Trump teased his fans with the prospect of running for US President but then pulled away as Tony McMahon discovers
America’s Violent Crusade against Alcohol
At the turn of the 20th century, America experienced a violent crusade against alcohol led by female crusader Carrie Nation
J. Edgar Hoover – the LGBT FBI boss?
J. Edgar Hoover was head of the FBI from the 1920s to the 1970s – the hammer of gangsters, communists, and LGBT people. Strange, given he was in a lifelong gay relationship.
US Civil War: how Europe aided the Confederacy
How Europe helped the Confederacy during the American Civil War while professing its abhorrence of slavery is an interesting tale of hypocrisy and mendacity in equal measure.
What if Russia invaded Alaska?
Alaska was once part of Russia but the tsar sold it to the United States for a bargain sum. So might Vladimir Putin be eyeing it up?
Did the Founding Fathers oppose democracy?
The Founding Fathers never conceived of the United States as a democracy and let’s not get started on women, slaves and the poor as Tony McMahon discovers
When cigarettes were healthy for you!
Between the 1930s and 1950s, smoking cigarettes was presenting as being healthy for you and endorsed by doctors and athletes.
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