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June 28, 1971. It’s the second annual “Unity Day” rally at Columbus Circle in New York City, organized by the Italian American Civil Rights League. Joe Colombo is the very public face of the League, a group that actively fights discrimination and ugly stereotypes against the Ital ...  Show more

Malcolm Gladwell and President Barack Obama introduce us to one of the most chaotic,complicated, and fascinating times in American history, revealing why Reconstruction stilldefines our country today.Listen to Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise on Audible, or wherever you get ...  Show more

For centuries Spain had been an outlier in Europe due to its religious diversity; Christians, Jews, and Muslims all existed reasonably peacefully across the Iberian peninsula. Under Isabelle of Castile that all changed. She began the Spanish Inquisition and brought to the fore a ...  Show more

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue ... and Ferdinand, king of Aragon, and Isabella, queen of Castile expelled the Jewish population from Spain.

Estamos en Semana Santa y echo mucho de menos España, pero no es por motivos religiosos. Muchas personas piensan que España es un país muy religioso, pero no es verdad. España ya no es un país tan católico como antes. De todo eso hablamos en el episodio de hoy. 

Dans cet épisode de Crousti-History, on vous parle de l’inquisition espagnole. ¡ Vamos ! L’Espagne est en pleine Reconquista et le gouvernement fait de la foi catholique sa priorité. Le Pape charge les rois catholiques de désigner leur inquisiteur. Ils ne rigolaient pas : se conv ...  Show more