Eliza Law Custis Lap Desk, ca. 1795

In this video from Antiques Roadshow, C. Wesley Cowan, a decorative arts appraiser, examines a lady's lap desk given as a gift to Eliza Parke Custis, the granddaughter of Martha Washington, by the Marquis de Lafayette.

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Empowerment

This video from Women, War & Peace demonstrates the power of women and suggests that presence of women at peace talks is essential.

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English Ships (1664)

This segment from Dutch New York describes how, in 1664, the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.

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Environmentalist Bill McKibben, 1990

In this 1990 archival news footage from Cambridge Community Television, environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks about the possible effects of climate change at an Earth Day celebration in Cambridge, MA.

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Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste Landfill

This video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: “Toxic Racism” talks about the early days of the environmental justice movement and how the health of minority communities can be compromised by the disproportionate numbers of hazardous waste facilities located there.

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Environmental Justice in Dallas

Follow a Dallas community's fight to receive federal Superfund status to clean up the damage from a high-polluting lead smelter, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism."

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Ex-slave Frederick Douglass Joins the Abolitionists

This video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” describes the contributions of Frederick Douglass, a former slave, to the abolitionist movement in the early 1840s.

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The Exchange Student

This video segment from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes the experience of Jim Zwerg, a white college student who was among the Freedom Riders seeking to end illegal discrimination against African Americans during the civil rights era.

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Explore Colonial Boston

Explore the town of Boston and its natural and human-made features in colonial times in this interactive activity produced by WGBH and featuring materials from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

Exploring Religious America

In this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, learn about Muslims in Lawrenceville, Georgia, their plans to build an Islamic cemetery and the stiff objections from their Christian neighbors.

Farm and City

This video from Wide Angle reports on the increasingly difficult conditions for farmers in China that have caused many rural Chinese to flee the countryside.

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Farmer's Dilemma

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the new challenges the farmers of Ireland are facing amidst the country’s economic boom.

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Farmers in Peril

In this video from Wide Angle, the sparse life of the rural farmer in India is compared to the wealth of consumer goods available to wealthier city dwellers.

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Fashion Show

In this video from Wide Angle, visit Istanbul, Turkey for the fashion show of Tekbir, a clothing line of conservative fashions for Muslim women.

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The Female Workforce

Irish women discuss social and economic changes that have taken place over the last half century in this video from Wide Angle.

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The Fence

In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the fence that is part of the border security system between Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Fighting to Be Heard

This video from Women, War & Peace looks at how the women of Afghanistan to participate in government and the peace process.

Foot and Mouth

In this Wide Angle video, learn about the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in Botswana.

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Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation

This video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes how a group of black and white Americans planned to challenge illegal racial segregation by riding buses across Southern states.

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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.

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