A Broader View host Karen Turner explores why preserving local Black history matters, featuring a powerful conversation with Linda Shockley, president of the Lawnside Historical Society. The episode centers on Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum and Lawnside, the first self-governing African American community north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Together, they examine how ordinary people made extraordinary choices—and why protecting these stories is essential to understanding American history today.
A Broader View goes beyond the headlines to brings context, conversation, and a fresh perspective to the big issues everyone is talking about - or should be talking about. Hosted and produced by Temple University Associate Emerita Journalism Professor Karen M. Turner, the TUTV public affairs program features insightful conversations and timely perspectives on the stories that matter most.
