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How did the youth in the U.S. and Britain view the war? Protest, Spirit of the People, Part 2

By taking on the US government and winning, Wong Kim Ark ensured that the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution granted citizenship to every American by birth, regardless of their race or ethnicity.

When Black residents moved into one neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama, White supremacists unleashed a wave of terror against the community.

This film is about the most important events of Watkins Harper’s early life, highlighting her early achievements as a writer.

Cathy's Triumph part 2/4: This video is a personal account of Oprah Winfrey's life experiences and how they influenced her journey to becoming a successful media entrepreneur. She talks about her education at Duchen Academy and the...

Interview with Robert Kuttner

How does the author choose his sources and chart how to go about it? What surprised him most while writing his book? How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry, Part 4

MOT 1952: THE CANDIDATES: Angled WS Candidates, anchor David Brinkley SOT on Civil Rights & Senate filibuster, MS Vice President Alben Barkley saying against filibusters, two-thirds cloture rule not like any other provision, procedure in...

Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman who had several children with Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. Her story of agency and eventual emancipation remains an inspiration.

HipHughes spends a few moments throwing down the basics about the early 20th century civil rights leaders, WEB DuBois and Booker T Washington.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a government agency that tracks and apprehends illegal aliens. But when its officers caged children on the Mexico border, young people stood up for change.

This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Documents of Destiny: And Conflict...

Harry Truman ascended to the presidency upon the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He had to wrap up World War II, which involved his controversial decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Truman...

Septima Poinsette Clark was an African American educator and civil rights activist. Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and civil rights for African...

The Birmingham Children’s crusade of 1963, or the Children's March, was a march of school students aged 7 to 18 in Birmingham, Alabama that started on May 2, 1963. The purpose of the March was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about...

Dr. McIlwain has been at NYU since 2001. As Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, his scholarly work focuses on the intersections of race, digital media,...

The event occurred on March 21, 1960, in the Black township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging, South Africa. ⁠ ⁠ In March 1960, Pan African Congress (PAC) decided to organize a peaceful protest in Sharpeville. On March 21, thousands of...

This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...

How did this protest unfold on this day? How did the media portray this event? Protest, Spirit of the People, Part 3

How did the two political parties switch? A look at the movement of white Southern Democrats to the Republican Party. Perfect for APGOV students, political science students, life long learners and the cray cray on the internets. WARNING...

Today, barbecue is a big part of American culture. But did you know that this staple of the great American menu is actually older than the United States itself?

MOT 1952: SPARKMAN SPEAKS: MS Senator John J. Sparkman (1899-1985) behind Conrad Hilton podium, SOT talking about Rights, Congress needs to give it, fair employment, states & industry education, voluntary FEPC. (01:09:09:04 to...

Daniel Martinez HoSang is Professor of Ethnicity Race and Migration and American Studies and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Political Science and serves on the Education Studies Advisory Committee. His most recent...