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The Daily Show

SOURCE: Comedy Central
1/20/20

Video of the Week: Historian Mary Frances Berry on Martin Luther King and the Power of Protest

Historian Mary Frances Berry discusses misconceptions about Martin Luther King, Jr., the essential role of protests in politics and her book "History Teaches Us to Resist."

3-31-14

The Origins of Andrew Napolitano's Lincoln Hatred

by David Burzillo

Judge Andrew Napolitano's ugly views on Lincoln and the Civil War draw upon a long history of libertarian arguments.

3-17-14

Manisha Sinha: Judge Andrew Napolitano is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong about Lincoln and the Civil War [VIDEO]

by David Austin Walsh

The University of Massachusetts historian went on "The Daily Show" last week to rebut Napolitano's claim that Lincoln could have prevented the Civil War by buying up all the slaves.

SOURCE: Kansas City Star
7-20-13

Jonathan Sperber: Don't underestimate reach of "The Daily Show"

Don’t underestimate the reach of “The Daily Show.”After Jonathan Sperber, a University of Missouri history professor, appeared on the show in April to discuss “Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life,” his biography of the German philosopher and revolutionary, he heard from several old friends. “That included the girl I had a crush on in 1966,” Sperber said recently....