Amazing!
This is a wonderful class. The professor is incredibly knowledgeable and tells not just the facts but stories that make the facts personal. He humanizes the past in a way that makes it relatable and memorable. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to learn more about the civil war. As an added bonus for anyone on the fence, the professor's voice sounds just like Indiana Jones, so you can imagine Indy teaching your class!
ParrisHicks via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/11/14
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Rip up your secondary school textbooks. Here is the real, unvarnished story of c. 1850-1876 told with passion and interdisciplinary erudition by Professor Blight.
SportsEd79 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/22/12
As a boy in Mississippi in the '70s I always wondered why the locals were so against integration. Now I have a much deeper understanding of the history behind the bigotry. You can tell that Blight has spent an extraordinary amount of time and energy researching and totally mastering the subject.
Worthy Buffalo via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/20/12
Professor Blight delivers a very cohesive narrative, backed by powerful writing of his own and of other great historians, and the ever present journal and Douglass quotes. After listening to the entire course one is astouded by America's ability to ever heal from the war, since Blight seems to...Read full review »
Ludovicus Magnus via Apple Podcasts · Brazil · 06/08/11
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