Margaret Toscano was excommunicated from the LDS Church in 2000. She is founder of the Mormon Women's Forum. Toscano currently teaches classics at the University of Utah. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted Jan. 27, 2006.
Jon Butler is Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus at Yale University. Butler describes the complex origins of Joseph Smith and his early church, the historical background from which both emerged, and why portions of the church's history remain problematic for its leaders and members. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on May 16, 2006.
In 1847 Douglass met the radical abolitionist John Brown. He was impressed by Brownís more militant stance against slavery and his willingness to take action.
James Redpath's interview with John Brown debut in the press. But it wasn’t until the battle of Osawatomie that John Brown, the abolitionist hero, fully emerged.
Through Emerson, Thoreau became involved in the transcendentalist movement, a discipline promoting self-education and the development of the individual.
