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Front Porch Radio - History's HookHistorys Hook is a weekly audio-media series that uses local storiesstories found in everyones backyardto explore national and world history. Author: Tom Price
Historys Hook is a weekly audio-media series that uses local storiesstories found in everyones backyardto explore national and world history. The show features experts and eye-witnesses to events that make those connections in history. The shows host, Tom Price is a veteran historian who has spent nearly 30 years working in museums and archives finding those documents and objects that tell the stories of all of us. He has published numerous articles on U.S. History and has curated fifteen major exhibitions related to American History and culture. Language: en Genres: History, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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History's Hook RM EP3 01-10-2025 Maury County Hidden Figures
Episode 170
Monday, 12 January, 2026
History’s Hook hosts Tom Price and Jo Ann McClellan discuss the lives of several African-Americans who started life in Maury County, Tennessee and went on to national acclaim in various pursuits. Included are the stories of renowned chef to the rich and famous, Rufus Estes; Moses McKissack, a brick maker whose descendants include some of the most highly sought-after architects in the world; and Rev. Edmond Kelley, an enslaved man who was able to obtain his own freedom, then that of his wife and children by becoming one of the most influential preachers in the North, all prior to the Civil War.
