EP140: The Tale of the Locomotive "Texas" and The Reluctant Memoirist

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The Missionary Who Carries a Gun in War-Torn Burma

On this episode of Our American Stories, in parts of Burma, civilians live between armed groups with little protection. The Free Burma Rangers move into those areas to treat the wounded and help families escape.Founded by former Green Beret Dave Eubank, the group blends military ...  Show more

Phillis Wheatley: From Africa to America’s First Published Black Poet

On this episode of Our American Stories, Phillis Wheatley was brought from Africa to Boston as a child and enslaved. Within a few years, she was reading classical literature and writing poetry that would be published in 1773 in Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.Lesli ...  Show more

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