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The Negro Speaks of Rivers

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

This video segment from A Walk Through Harlem features the poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes. OER Level

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A New Kind of Justice

A New Kind of Justice

Explore the creation, intention and language of the Fourteenth Amendment in this video from The Supreme Court. OER Level

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The New Negro

The New Negro

Learn about some of the people who contributed to the Harlem Renaissance in this video from A Walk Through Harlem. OER Level

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New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz

In this video segment from Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis and his band play “St. Louis Blues.” OER Level

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Nixon and the Court

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. OER Level

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The Oil Crisis, 1979

The Oil Crisis, 1979

Drivers 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. OER Level

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Opportunity Beckoned in the New World

Opportunity Beckoned in the New World

This video from the series Faces of America details the immigration of Stephen Colbert’s German ancestors to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s. OER Level

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Pap Singleton: To Kansas!

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. OER Level

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Pioneers of the American West

Pioneers of the American West

Chef Mario Batali learns about his ancestors who left Italy for the American West in this video from Faces of America. OER Level

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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. OER Level

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Proving Ground

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. OER Level

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Quoting Abraham Lincoln

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. OER Level

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Reaction to the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968

Reaction to the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968

In 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. OER Level

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Reconstruction Brings White Resistance

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. OER Level

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Rehnquist’s Views on the Miranda Decision

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. OER Level

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Rising Negrophobia and Challenging the Lie

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. OER Level

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Robert Smalls: From Slavery to Politics

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. OER Level

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Roe v. Wade

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. OER Level

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Sapelo Island Culture

Sapelo Island Culture

In this video segment from EGG: the arts show, learn about the Gullah/Geechee culture of Sapelo Island. OER Level

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The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Through 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. OER Level

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