Podcasts History This Day in Esoteric Political History "Birth Of A Nation" (1915) w/ Tyler Parry

"Birth Of A Nation" (1915) w/ Tyler Parry

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 1:53 p.m.

It\u2019s February 8th. This day in 1915, at Clune\u2019s Auditorium in Los Angeles, \u201cThe Birth of a Nation\u201d premiered.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Tyler Parry of UNLV to discuss D.W. Griffith\u2019s film and some of the myths and truths about how the film portrayed the Civil War and led to a resurgence of the KKK around the country.

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