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McHistory: 19th Century Cabbie Saw all of Bloomington-Normal Society

By Bill Kemp
February 26th, 2020
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McHistory: Segregation in Bloomington-Normal

By Bill Kemp
February 12th, 2020
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McHistory: Bloomington-Normal’s Sole Documented Lynching

By Bill Kemp
December 2nd, 2019
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McHistory: From Cabinets to Coffins

By Bill Kemp
November 5th, 2019
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McHistory: Blazing the trail for women who write

By Bill Kemp
November 5th, 2019
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McHistory: Louise Calimese and the McLean County Home for Colored Children

By Bill Kemp
October 11th, 2019
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McHistory: Bloomington’s Unsung Baseball Great

By Bill Kemp
September 23rd, 2019

McHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodically on WGLT's Sound Ideas.

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McHistory: Early 20th Century Feminism

By Bill Kemp
September 23rd, 2019
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McHistory: Bloomington-Normal’s Last Switchboard Girls

By Bill Kemp
August 14th, 2019
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McHistory: Illinois’ First Female State Senator

By Bill Kemp
July 25th, 2019
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McHistory: Bloomington’s Favorite Son

By Bill Kemp
July 25th, 2019
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McHistory: Civil Rights Before The Movement

By Bill Kemp
June 11th, 2019
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McHistory: The Roots of Feminism

By Bill Kemp
May 28th, 2019
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McHistory: When Local Abolitionists Risked Their Lives

By Bill Kemp
May 10th, 2019
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McHistory: Bloomington’s War on Dogs

By Bill Kemp
March 15th, 2019
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McHistory: Passing the Civil Rights Act

By Bill Kemp
February 28th, 2019
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McHistory: Bloomington-Normal Under Jim Crow Law

By Bill Kemp
February 26th, 2019
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McHistory: 33 years on the streetcar

By Bill Kemp
January 12th, 2017
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McHistory: Painter and Scoundrel

By Bill Kemp
December 19th, 2016
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McHistory: Bloomington's Settlement House

By Bill Kemp
November 28th, 2016
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McHistory: When socialism really was socialism

By Bill Kemp
July 11th, 2016
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McHistory: Bloomington Dramaturge Explored Gender Roles

By Bill Kemp
July 1st, 2014
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McHistory: Going to Danvers to Take the Cure

By Bill Kemp
April 30th, 2014
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McHistory: Bloomington Suffragist Lobbies in Springfield

By Bill Kemp
March 26th, 2014
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McHistory: Experiences in the Spanish American War

By Bill Kemp
February 26th, 2014
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McHistory: World War II in McLean County

By Bill Kemp
December 18th, 2013
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McHistory: Bloomington Copperhead Ostracized For Pro-Slavery Views

By Bill Kemp
December 18th, 2013
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McHistory: Winter of Deep Snow

By Bill Kemp
November 13th, 2013
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McHistory: Workin' In A Coal Mine

By Bill Kemp
October 11th, 2013
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McHistory: Humor In A Governor's Veto From 60 Years Gone By

By Bill Kemp
September 26th, 2013
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