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From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us. In 1965, he wrote about the power of demonstrations and the "legislation written in the streets." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Let Justice Roll Down
"Those who expected a cheap victory in a climate of complacency were shocked into reality by Selma."
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January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us. In 1965, he wrote about the power of demonstrations and the "legislation written in the streets." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
On my weekly show for KWBU, I’ve begun a series looking at how the Kennedy Center for the Arts in DC was created. Here’s the second installment. @baylorhistory.bsky.social @npr.org www.kwbu.org/show/david-a...
David and Art - The Kennedy Center, Part 2
The history of the Kennedy Center is anything but straightforward. On today’s David and Art, host David Smith reveals how big ideas start colliding with practical reality.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
On my weekly show for KWBU, I’ve begun a series looking at how the Kennedy Center for the Arts in DC was created. Here’s the second installment. @baylorhistory.bsky.social @npr.org www.kwbu.org/show/david-a...
On my weekly show for KWBU @npr.org I’ve begun a series looking at how the Kennedy Center for the Arts in DC was created. Here’s the first installment. @baylorhistory.bsky.social www.kwbu.org/show/david-a...
David and Art - The Kennedy Center, Part 1
The Kennedy Center is one of Washington’s most visible cultural institutions, but its origin story is less straightforward than you might expect. David Smith begins that story on today’s David and Art...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
On my weekly show for KWBU @npr.org I’ve begun a series looking at how the Kennedy Center for the Arts in DC was created. Here’s the first installment. @baylorhistory.bsky.social www.kwbu.org/show/david-a...
The track of the Japanese carrier task force that struck US bases in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 84 years ago today. 🇺🇸
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The track of the Japanese carrier task force that struck US bases in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 84 years ago today. 🇺🇸
Back in the studio for a moment this morning at KWBU to record a show for next week. The Commission on Fine Arts, both today & 110 years ago, is the topic…. #UShistory
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Back in the studio for a moment this morning at KWBU to record a show for next week. The Commission on Fine Arts, both today & 110 years ago, is the topic…. #UShistory
Charles Schultz, who served in the US Army during WWII, always remembered #VeteransDay #UShistory
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Charles Schultz, who served in the US Army during WWII, always remembered #VeteransDay #UShistory
My new biography of Navy Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan will be out after the first of the year from the Naval Institute Press. @baylorhistory.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My new biography of Navy Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan will be out after the first of the year from the Naval Institute Press. @baylorhistory.bsky.social
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In elementary school, my teacher told my mother I was “unteachable.” I was behind in every subject, including reading. Then I found this one book in the school library and connected with it, reading it hundreds of times. I made a career in reading, writing, and editing.That’s what a book can do.
December 17, 2024 at 12:01 PM
In elementary school, my teacher told my mother I was “unteachable.” I was behind in every subject, including reading. Then I found this one book in the school library and connected with it, reading it hundreds of times. I made a career in reading, writing, and editing.That’s what a book can do.
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Shocked. Shocked, I tell you
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican president suggests Mexico could respond to any of Donald Trump's tariffs with tariffs of its own on US products.
November 26, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Shocked. Shocked, I tell you