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Abraham Lincoln's WordsIn this video excerpted from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. cites several examples of Lincoln’s use of “seemingly simple but profoundly eloquent language to express and ennoble his cause.” Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Abraham Lincoln, Attorney at LawThis video segment, excerpted from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, explores Lincoln’s years as a "prairie" lawyer.
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All Things LincolnThis video segment, excerpted from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, explores the ongoing cultural fascination with physical artifacts of Abraham Lincoln’s life. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Bush on LincolnIn this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviews former president George W. Bush about Abraham Lincoln and the controversial choices they both faced as wartime leaders.
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The Civil Rights Cases This video from the series The Supreme Court details both the Court’s contribution to the end of Reconstruction and its first major dissent. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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The Dickerson Case Against expectation, Justice William Rehnquist upholds the Miranda warnings in the case of Dickerson v. The United States in this video from the PBS series The Supreme Court. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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FDR and the Court In this video from The Supreme Court, the Court reverses its practice of protectionism for big business to protect the worker. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Having a Strong National GovernmentIn this video from The Supreme Court, partisan politics influences the development of the United States as a young republic.
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Is This a Map of the Underground Railroad?In this segment from History Detectives, Anne Zorela, a map collector, believes she's found a map that outlines the routes of the Underground Railroad. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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The Journey of the Jewish AmericansThis segment from The Jewish Americans shows how in the 19th century Jews and other groups were sometimes not welcomed when they immigrated to the United States. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Lincoln's Early ViewsIn this video segment from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, historians Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and David Blight shed light on the more complicated historical reality behind the romanticized myth of Abraham Lincoln as the morally unassailable “Great Emancipator” of the slaves.
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Lincoln's Growth and Change
In this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. speculates on how different American history might have been had Lincoln lived, and tributes to Lincoln’s enduring legacy culminate in the hope and spectacle of Barack Obama’s 2008 inauguration.
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Marshall's View of Federalism This video from The Supreme Court shows the evolution of John Marshall’s ideas on federalism. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Maya LinThis video segment from New York Voices features Chinese American architect Maya Lin. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
In this video, Supreme Court Justice John Marshal, in the case of McCulloch V. Maryland, ruled in favor of national sovereignty over states’ rights.
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Minersville School District v. Gobitis This segment from The Supreme Court presents the flag saluting case of Minersville v. Gobitis. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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A New Kind of Justice Explore the creation, intention and language of the Fourteenth Amendment in this video from The Supreme Court. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Proving Ground
In this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviews historian Allan Guelzo about the unprecedented scale of the Civil War and President Lincoln’s own personal attitude toward the Confederacy.
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Quoting Abraham Lincoln
In this video excerpted from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. samples instances of today’s politicians quoting Lincoln in their speeches.
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Robert Smalls: From Slavery to Politics In this video from Slavery and the Making of America, explore the political life of Robert Smalls, the legendary U.S. Congressman from South Carolina. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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