Sudan’s Civil War: A New Haven for Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda may be exploiting a weakness in an African state in crisis. In today’s Academic Minute, a Student Spotlight, American University’s Sara Harmouch explores how.
What happened to fleeing slaves after they reached the end of the Underground Railroad? In today's Academic Minute, Manhattan College's Adam Arenson examines the lives of African-Americans in the North after escaping slavery. Arenson is an associate professor of history and author of the award-winning The Great Heart of the Republic: St. Louis and the Cultural Civil War. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.