U.S. History

"The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco"

Marilyn Chase

About the Program

Marilyn Chase recounts the outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco during the first decade of the twentieth century. The plague was announced on May 27, 1907.

About the Authors

Marilyn Chase

Marilyn Chase is a lecturer at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.  She is a former health sciences and biotech reporter for The Wall Street Journal.


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"The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco"

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Past Airings

  • Sunday, May 27th at 6pm (ET)
  • Sunday, June 8th at 4:30pm (ET)
  • Saturday, May 17th at 11am (ET)
  • Sunday, May 11th at 7:33am (ET)
  • Saturday, May 10th at 10pm (ET)
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