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The Negro Speaks of RiversThis video segment from A Walk Through Harlem features the poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes. 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 |
9-12 |
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The New NegroLearn about some of the people who contributed to the Harlem Renaissance in this video from A Walk Through Harlem. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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New Orleans JazzIn this video segment from Jazz at
Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis and his band play “St. Louis Blues.” Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Nixon and the Court In this video from the series The Supreme Court, President Nixon promises a return to conservatism, in part through Supreme Court appointments. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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The Oil Crisis, 1979Drivers wait in long lines at gas stations because of shortages resulting from the oil crisis in this 1979 television news footage from the Northeast Historic Film. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Opportunity Beckoned in the New WorldThis video from the series Faces of America details the immigration of Stephen Colbert’s German ancestors to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-12 |
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Pap Singleton: To Kansas!In this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, former slave Benjamin “Pap” Singleton leads African Americans out of the South to Kansas.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
7-12 |
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Pioneers of the American WestChef Mario Batali learns about his ancestors who left Italy for the American West in this video from Faces of America. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-12 |
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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 |
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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.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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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.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-12 |
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Reaction to the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968In this April 1968 archival news footage from the Boston Public Library, citizens at a public rally in Boston, Massachusetts, respond to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Reconstruction Brings White Resistance In this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, white Southerners, resentful of Reconstruction, found many ways to obstruct and deny the new freedoms held by former slaves. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Rehnquist’s Views on the Miranda Decision This video from the series The Supreme Court presents Justice Rehnquist’s views on the landmark case Miranda v. Arizona. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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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 |
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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 |
9-12 |
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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 |
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Sapelo Island CultureIn this video segment from EGG: the arts show, learn about the Gullah/Geechee culture of Sapelo Island. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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The Sinking of the U.S.S. IndianapolisThrough flashback, L.D.Cox tells how he survived the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis during World War II in this segment from History Detectives. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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