Institute for New Economic Thinking
Exploring the Economics of Race
Columbia professor Dan O’Flaherty explains how an awareness of racial trauma developed from growing up in Newark inspired him to write and teach on the economics of race. Credits: Matthew Kulvicki, Nick Alpha
Curated Video
The Little Rock Nine: Separate and Unequal
Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in the United States that permitted segregation in everything water fountains to buses to schools. Services were definitely separate in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, but...
Curated Video
Anna Arnold Hedgeman
Anna Arnold grew up in Anoka, Minnesota. Even though veryone was white except her family, she did not experience segretation growing up. However, when she went out into the world, she found that she had to fight for people to see her and...
Wonderscape
History Kids: Segregation to Integration and Civil Rights
This video provides a historical overview of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, highlighting key events and figures that shaped the fight for equal rights. It explores the struggles faced by black Americans during the era of...
The March of Time
1944: ATLANTA: WS Atlanta, downtown street. EXT Standard building. INT glass door 'Southern Regional Council, Inc.' INT People seated at table. Dr. Reed & Dr. Johnson at table. Pamphlet cover 'Needed...A Southern Charter for Race /Relations'
MOT 1944: ATLANTA: WS Atlanta, downtown street. EXT Standard building. INT glass door 'Southern Regional Council, Inc.' INT People seated at table. Dr. Reed & Dr. Johnson at table. Pamphlet cover 'Needed...A Southern Charter for Race...
Bill Carmody
Advantages and Disadvantages of Organizational Structures
In this video, Bill Carmody discusses the advantages and disadvantages of organizational structures. He highlights the advantages of specialization, operational speed, and operational clarity, while also addressing the disadvantages of...
One Minute History
Claudette Colvin - One Minute History
Jim Crow era Alabama is about to witness a brave act of obstruction. Fifteen years old and pregnant, Claudette Colvin denies her bus seat to a white woman and is subsequently arrested for her transgression. Sound familiar? Colvin’s...
Curated Video
Teaching Ruby Bridges
In the 1960s, Black schoolgirl Ruby Bridges and White teacher Barbara Henry showed America the true power of racial integration in the classroom.
Curated Video
Antonia Pantoja: Grassroots Organizer and Activist
The story of Latina activist Antonia Pantoja, who fought for bilingual education programs.
Cerebellum
American Transformation And Industrialisation: 1868-1890 - The Compromise (1877)
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, documents conceived...
Curated Video
Linda Brown: The Schoolgirl who Changed America
Linda Brown was just 9-years-old when she was thrust into the national spotlight, as she fought - and won - against racial segregation in the American school system.
Curated Video
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Thurgood Marshall represented the country's first civil and human rights law firm. Known as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, they raised money, amassed lawyers, and launched lawsuits throughout the country to fight segregation.
Let's Tute
Introduction to Waste Classification and Sources
The teacher introduces the topic of waste classification and engages the students in an activity to identify and categorize different sources of waste. The example of a banana peel is used to demonstrate the process of classification...
Catalyst University
Genetics | Law of Segregation & Punnet Squares
A brief discussion on Mendel's law of segregation followed by an in-depth Punnet square (monohybrid cross) example.
Let's Tute
Introduction to Waste: Sources, Classification, and Health Hazards
The video provides an introduction to waste, its sources, and classification. It highlights the health hazards associated with improper waste management and emphasizes the need to manage waste properly to reduce pollution and protect the...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? Ohio River Paddle Boats and the Underground Railroad
Learn more about the Underground Railroad, which helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
60 Second Histories
Rosa Parks: refuses to give up her seat on the bus
In the second of 3 clips, Rosa Parks tells the story of how she made a protest against the segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
Curated Video
Students and the Struggle for School Integration
The story of Barbara Johns and her fellow students fight for school integration resulting in the successful case - Brown v. Board of Education.
Curated Video
The Shelleys and the Right to Fair Housing
JD and Ethel Shelley fought against restrictive covenants for the basic right to choose their own home. These agreements prevent homes being sold to people of certain races.
Curated Video
When the Youth of Birmingham Changed History
In 1963, school children from Birmingham, Alabama skipped class to demonstrate for racial equality. Met with police violence, they helped to bring about significant change. The Birmingham Children's Crusade, as it was known, has gone...
Curated Video
The Black Wall Street Massacre
Tulsa, Okalahoma's Greenwood District was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the United States in the 1920s and was known as "Black Wallstreet." Many of the White citizens of the city resented Greenwood's...
Curated Video
Breaking Barriers: Constance Baker Motley
Breaking through the limits placed on women and people of color was all in a day’s work for Constance Baker Motley. She was a civil rights activist, lawyer, judge and state senator.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Alabama
This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of Alabama.
Wonderscape
Social Studies Kids: Cultural Diversity
This video explores the importance of cultural diversity and multiculturalism. It discusses the definition of culture, the benefits of embracing diverse perspectives, and the barriers to multiculturalism. It also provides suggestions for...