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ConnectionsShould place names that are racist or offensive be changed? WXXI reporter and producer Veronica Volk traveled to places throughout the Greater Rochester…
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ConnectionsHamilton just wrapped up a sold-out run in Rochester. This hour, we dig into the history on which the show is built. Essentially, we're asking whether…
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As the world watches France attempt to rebuild Notre Dame, experts tell us that there are historical parallels. Katherine Clark Walter, from the College…
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ConnectionsWhite supremacist groups often point to medievalism and the Middle Ages in an attempt to justify their prejudices. They say during that time in history,…
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ConnectionsSUNY Geneseo has an ambitious plan to create a Center for Local Municipal History. Professor Michael Oberg says there is an acute need, because "In many…
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ConnectionsThe Rochester Historical Society has more than 200,000 objects related to Rochester's history, but the future of those objects and the society is in…
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Citing a struggle “to maintain financial stability,” the Rochester Historical Society is furloughing staff, suspending programs and drastically cutting…
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is the author of many books, and she coined the phrase "Well behaved women seldom make history." She's a feminist historian who is…
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ConnectionsHistorian and author Walter Stahr has written a new book about President Lincoln's Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. You may remember Stahr from his…
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ConnectionsMemorial A.M.E. Zion Church has a prominent place in Rochester's African American and civil rights history -- one that has been celebrated for 190…