Raw currents of history swirled around the artists featured on the American Front Porch. They both shaped and were products of their times:

• For a taste of the 1950s in which Louis Armstrong played at UNC, try:
  • The Big Band Era: Jazz and Swing at UNC
  • Armstrong at a Whites-only University
  • War, the Red Menace, and an Anti-McCarthy Rally
  • Female Cheesecake and Free Admission
• For a flavor of the era in which Lunsford played, try:

  List to come