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Lucy Laney Lucy Craft Laney, a former slave who established the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia, is profiled in this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Make Your Money Work for You In this video segment from Your Life, Your Money, an up-and-coming engineer with a new job learns how to manage his money responsibly while living on his own. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Making It and Keeping It Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons and members of the music community discuss the importance of understanding personal finance at the Get Your Money Right seminar, in this video segment from Your Life, Your Money. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Mannahatta 1609 Learn about the rich and diverse ecosystem of early Manhattan in this video from Dutch New York. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-12	Video
Marshall's View of Federalism This video from The Supreme Court shows the evolution of John Marshall’s ideas on federalism. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Martyrdom In this video from Wide Angle, 18-year-old Mohanned Abu Tayyoun discusses the reasons behind his decision to conduct a martyr operation. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Mass Games This Wide Angle video features the Mass Games, a colossal spectacle of rhythmic gymnastics, which celebrate the North Korean state. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Migrant Workers Migrant construction workers from rural China describe their living conditions in Beijing in this Wide Angle video segment. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Migrant Workers and Social Justice Chinese migrant workers give insight into their status, lack of power and vulnerability in the new economic order in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Miranda v. Arizona In this video from The Supreme Court, learn about the Court's sweeping decision in response to police brutality and terror tactics. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Miriam McClendon In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Miriam McClendon recalls her arrest and jailing for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
Modern Boom Family This Wide Angle video explores the effects of economic prosperity and secularization on family structure and beliefs in Ireland. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Modern Muslim Women This Wide Angle video provides an introduction to the four personable female stars of "Sweet Talk," a popular television show in the Arab world. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Moving Out In this video segment from What’s Up in Finance? college student Eddie Romero consults a financial planner to find a way to pay his bills, pursue a music career, and save for the future. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Nanavi In this video segment from Wide Angle, meet Nanavi, a young girl in Benin who has a rare opportunity to go to school. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Neeraj Neeraj, a young girl in rural India who performs her household chores during the day and goes to school at night, is profiled in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Nen Ordination In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, find out how boys in the Theravada Buddhist tradition signal their commitment to Buddhist teachings. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
New Confidence This Wide Angle video looks at the reservations that a traditional Indian family had about their daughter taking a job in India’s outsourcing industry. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
A New Start for Urkada An Indian cotton farmer, widowed by the suicide of her husband, starts a new season on her farm in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
New Worker Class In this Wide Angle video, Dwanzhi She, a "gold-collar" worker in Beijing, gives viewers a tour of his new apartment. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
A New World Order This video from Women, War & Peace explains how women and their dependents are most affected by the changed nature of warfare since the end of the Cold War. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Night School In this video from Wide Angle, visit a makeshift night school in rural India designed to allow child laborers who work during the day to obtain an education. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Night Transport This video from Wide Angle looks at transportation needs and services provided for the workers of India’s outsourcing industry. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
One Party This video segment from Wide Angle describes the communist Workers’ Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
The Origin of Credit The historical evolution of credit and the purpose of interest are examined in this video segment from The Ascent of Money. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Pankisi Valley In this video from Wide Angle, visit the Pankisi Valley, a no-man's-land in the Northeast of Georgia that has become home to the rebels and refugees of the Chechen war. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Peaceful Protests in Liberia Look at the early stages of the women’s non-violent protest movement in Liberia in this video from Women, War & Peace. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Pickle Business Widows from the village of Tamra in the Galilee manage all of the aspects of their small business in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Picturing America - Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear In this video from Picturing America on Screen, learn about the Great Migration and the aspirations of African Americans through the artists Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Picturing America - Paul Revere Learn about legendary American hero Paul Revere through the eyes of American artists John Singleton Copley and Grant Wood in this video from Picturing America on Screen. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Picturing America - Quilts Learn about the cultural, technical, and regional influences reflected in the craftsmanship of 19th and 20th century American quilts in this film from Picturing America on Screen. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Picturing America - Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Winslow Homer Learn about the Civil War through the art of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Winslow Homer in this video from Picturing America on Screen. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Picturing America - The Chrysler Building Learn about 1920s New York in this Picturing America on Screen film about one of the most majestic and beautiful structures in the world. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Picturing America - The Brooklyn Bridge In this video from Picturing America on Screen, learn how three 20th century artists created works of art in tribute to the Brooklyn Bridge. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Pifer Interview Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven Pifer discusses the United States' stance toward the Russian/Chechen conflict in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Pioneer Packard Toy Pedal Car In this video from Antiques Roadshow, appraiser of toys and games, Noel Barret, discusses the value of a toy Packard pedal car, made by Pioneer and dating from 1914. Accessibility features: Transcript	8-12	Video
Plessy v. Ferguson In this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, discover how in 1896 the Supreme Court, in a landmark case known as Plessy v. Ferguson, sanctioned segregation as long as the separate facilities were equal. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Political Debate in Turkey A hot topic of debate in Turkey is the possibility of an increasingly Islamic state in this historically secular country. Learn more in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
The Power of Developers This Wide Angle video features a peasant family in China that is caught in a land rights dispute with no apparent solution in sight. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Private Money Lenders The practices of illegal private money lenders in the rural region of Vidarbha, India are highlighted in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Race and Politics In this Wide Angle video, one of Brazil’s few black senators discusses racial discrimination in Brazilian governmental, political and economic life. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Racism in the Media In this video from Wide Angle, an Afro-Brazilian model discusses the predominance of whites in the Brazilian advertising industry. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Refugee Camp In this Wide Angle video segment, meet 16-year-old Rajap, a Chechen refugee who attempts to continue his education while living in a tent city. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Restoring the Torah This video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly examines the process of restoring a Torah, the scroll containing the first five books of the Jewish Bible. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Return to the Land? This video segment from Women, War & Peace demonstrates the determination of residents of La Tomato resist the pending evictions from their land. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Rev. Frank Dukes: Selective Buying Campaign In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Frank Dukes describes his role in the 1962 boycott of discriminatory stores and businesses. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
The Rise of Divorce This Wide Angle video features the Arab women of an all-female talk show discussing the rising divorce rates in the Middle East. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Rising Negrophobia and Challenging the Lie This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow exposes the media’s use of racist imagery during the Jim Crow era and the ways African Americans challenged the lies the images portrayed. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Robert Moses In this video segment, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, activist Robert Moses talks about the Mississippi voting rights campaign. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	9-12	Video
Roe v. Wade In this video from The Supreme Court, learn about the Court's sweeping decision in response to police brutality and terror tactics. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Roman Catholic -- Eastern Orthodox Dialogue The thousand-year divide between the Orthodox Church in the East and the Roman Catholic Church in the West, known as the Great Schism, is the topic of this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Rosa Parks In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks recalls her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
The Rule of Law China’s recent adoption of a legal system based on the rule of law is the focus of this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Saving for Retirement A restaurateur working in a family business chooses a retirement savings plan to help prepare for her family’s financial future in this video segment from Your Life, Your Money. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
School in Benin The education of young girls in Benin is the focus of this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
The Science of Lewis and Clark This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows us some of the plants and animals that Lewis and Clark's Core of Discovery documented in their journals. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Self-Reliance This Wide Angle video segment takes a look at the North Korean ideology of self-reliance that both farmers and other workers uphold. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Sex Ed & Community Values In this video from Wide Angle, Egyptian men react to a discussion of an initiative in Qatar to include sex education in schools, a sensitive issue in many countries. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Sheyann Webb Sheyann Webb was eight years old in 1965 when she marched for voting rights. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, she recalls the events of the Selma march. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
Shopping Culture This video from Wide Angle provides a look at the new opportunities and consumerism created by the success of India’s outsourcing sector. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Shugufa: Struggle to Learn In this Wide Angle video, Shugufa, a 13-year-old Afghani girl, attends schools where she studies religion, math and language and has made it to the 6th grade, surpassing all odds. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Shugufa: Struggle to Study This Wide Angle video segment visits Afghanistan to explore the home life of Shugufa, a young girl caught between the traditions of Afghani society and modernization. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Sikh Saint-Soldier In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the origins and practices of Sikhism. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Slaves in New Amsterdam This video from Dutch New York uncovers the story of enslaved Africans, some of New Netherland’s earliest yet unrecognized residents. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-12	Video
Small Business This video from Wide Angle profiles Rwanda’s new economy through the small business of Epiphanie Mukashyaka, a woman widowed by recent genocide. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Steps Toward Peace This video from Women, War & Peace looks at steps the women of Liberia took to end a bloody civil war in their country. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Students Strike at Fisk University This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow features African American students who organized the 1924 strike at Fisk University to protest attempts to make Fisk a vocational school. Accessibility features: Transcript	7-12	Video
Suffering and Recovery Learn about the role local churches played in bringing Hutus and Tutsis together in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide in this Wide Angle video segment. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Suicide Bombing Mohanned Abu Tayyoun describes the events that occurred on the day of his intended suicide bombing in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Three Japanese Swords In this video from Antiques Roadshow Asian Arts expert Dessa Goddard examines three Samurai swords worn during the Tokugawa (also known as Edo) period in Japan. Accessibility features: Transcript	8-12	Video
Tibetan Buddhist Mandala Tibetan Buddhist monks execute a ritual that symbolizes the impermanence of life in this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Tibetan New Year In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about Losar, the Tibetan New Year, the most important holiday celebrated in Tibet. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Trade and Commerce In this segment from Dutch New York, learn about the fur trade in New Netherland as well as the purchase of Manhattan Island. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Transformed Workplaces In this Wide Angle video, learn about the transformation of the Indian workplace due to a new influx of young, mostly female workers into India's outsourcing industries. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Disaster In this segment from The Jewish Americans learn how the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire led to labor reform and workers' rights. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
The Truman Administration and The Seeds of Change This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow highlights President Truman’s outrage at the treatment of Black service men following World War II and his pledge of federal support for civil rights. Accessibility features: Transcript	7-12	Video
Trust in the Law Citizen complaints demonstrate that China’s legal system has not yet fully gained the people’s trust in this Wide Angle video. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Turkey's Early Christian Roots In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the essential role Turkey played in the early history of Christianity. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Two Brazils In this Wide Angle video, two college hopefuls discuss the new racial quota system for applicants to the University of Brasilia. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
The Value of a Girl In this video from Wide Angle, meet Santosh Kohli, a worker in India's BPO industry who hails from a family of modest means. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Walter White: Reporting the Crime In this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, White Walter put his life on the line passing for white to investigate the crime of lynching. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
War and the Rise of Women's Resistance in Liberia This video from Women, War & Peace provides an introduction to the Liberian civil war, which began in 1989, and the birth of the women’s resistance movement. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Ways to Save In this video segment from Your Life, Your Money, a pop singer prepares for the ups and downs of the music industry by strategically saving her money and adjusting her lifestyle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
What Does He Have to Say to Us Today? This video segment from the documentary American Masters: Bill T. Jones: Good Man explores the creative process by examining the relationships between the artist and the work and between the artist and the audience. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Why We Fight This video from the series The Supreme Court explains how World War II changed American ideas about democracy and liberty. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Widows in Israel In this Wide Angle video, meet the widowed women of a village in the Galilee who overcame societal expectations and started their own business. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Wilmington, North Carolina,1898: Prelude to a Riot This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow demonstrates that by the late 1890s, African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina, had achieved social standing and economic stability equal to many whites. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Women in Parliament In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the representation of women in Rwanda’s parliament. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Work Abroad In this video segment from Wide Angle, Mary, a college educated Zimbabwean migrant, describes her life and work in Botswana. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video