/tags/american-history American History en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:47:00 GMT /austin/2024-02-19/from-willie-nelsons-cowboy-boots-to-taylor-swifts-guitar-austin-museum-showcases-music-history Music lovers can see artifacts that represent the diversity of American music at the LBJ Presidential Library as part of the "Music America: Iconic Objects From America's Music History" exhibit. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:47:00 GMT /austin/2024-02-19/from-willie-nelsons-cowboy-boots-to-taylor-swifts-guitar-austin-museum-showcases-music-history Ren Leija /texas/2019-10-21/in-dreams-of-el-dorado-historian-hw-brands-invites-readers-to-rethink-the-american-west From Texas Standard:The American West isn’t a fixed idea; its scope and definition can change depending on whom you ask. So how does Texas fit into it?� Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:43:32 GMT /texas/2019-10-21/in-dreams-of-el-dorado-historian-hw-brands-invites-readers-to-rethink-the-american-west Alexandra Hart /texas/2019-06-18/why-most-people-dont-remember-the-meanest-man-in-congress From Texas Standard:The list of notable Texans to serve in the U.S. House is a long one. Names like Sam Rayburn, "Cactus Jack" Garner, Barbara Jordan and� Tue, 18 Jun 2019 17:32:22 GMT /texas/2019-06-18/why-most-people-dont-remember-the-meanest-man-in-congress Laura Rice /texas/2018-06-26/for-survivors-of-native-american-boarding-schools-family-separation-is-nothing-new From Texas Standard.In the present moment, all eyes are on the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexican border. However, Vance Blackfox can’t help but� Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:52:02 GMT /texas/2018-06-26/for-survivors-of-native-american-boarding-schools-family-separation-is-nothing-new Laura Rice /life-arts/2018-03-16/the-woman-who-changed-public-transportation-in-the-big-apple On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Amy Hill Hearth, journalist and author of Streetcar to Justice: How� Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:27:04 GMT /life-arts/2018-03-16/the-woman-who-changed-public-transportation-in-the-big-apple John L. Hanson Jr. /texas/2018-02-22/how-texas-shaped-rev-billy-graham-and-rev-billy-graham-shaped-texas From Texas Standard.In September of 1971, hundreds of thousands of people packed Texas Stadium in Irving over 10 days. It wasn’t for a Dallas Cowboys� Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:46:21 GMT /texas/2018-02-22/how-texas-shaped-rev-billy-graham-and-rev-billy-graham-shaped-texas Michael Marks /life-arts/2018-01-15/the-life-and-legacy-of-rev-martin-luther-king-jr On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents a tribute to the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Featured on the� Tue, 16 Jan 2018 03:03:13 GMT /life-arts/2018-01-15/the-life-and-legacy-of-rev-martin-luther-king-jr John L. Hanson Jr. /texas/2017-11-03/texas-book-festival-returns-to-austin From Texas Standard.The streets in front of the State Capitol building will be blocked off this weekend to make room for white tents and long tables piled� Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:29:07 GMT /texas/2017-11-03/texas-book-festival-returns-to-austin Joy Diaz /life-arts/2017-05-31/americas-youngest-mayor-michael-tubbs On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with the Honorable Michael Tubbs mayor of Stockton, CA.During the 20th� Wed, 31 May 2017 21:19:36 GMT /life-arts/2017-05-31/americas-youngest-mayor-michael-tubbs John L. Hanson Jr. /life-arts/2017-05-03/daddy-king-an-autobiography-with-isaac-newton-farris-jr-part-ii On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. concludes his conversation with Isaac Newton Farris, Jr., former CEO at the King� Wed, 03 May 2017 14:08:18 GMT /life-arts/2017-05-03/daddy-king-an-autobiography-with-isaac-newton-farris-jr-part-ii John L. Hanson Jr.