2 chapters across the catalog
Mo Facts introduces a CBS segment featuring novelist Calvin Baker discussing his book, A More Perfect Reunion. Baker argues that America has an integration problem rather than a race problem, tracing failures back to the Continental Congress and the Civil War. The discussion highlights the narrative push for assimilation versus the actual historical temperature of the people during the Civil Rights era.
Abraham Lincoln Assassination, Speculative History and Media Narratives
The hosts analyze a media clip where Jeff Glore and Calvin Baker speculate on how American history would have differed if Abraham Lincoln had not been assassinated. Baker claims the nation would have achieved its current social state 100 years earlier, a sentiment the hosts label as narrative-driven fiction. They critique the media's tendency to package beautifully written stories by novelists as historical fact.
