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Curated Video
Planning and writing the conclusion of an essay about the Windrush
Pupil outcome: I can use my research and understanding of this historical event to plan and write the conclusion of an essay. Key learning points: - The conclusion is the final paragraph of a non-fiction text. - Information in the...
Curated Video
Migration to modern Britain
Pupil outcome: I can explain the reasons for migration to Britain and the experiences and impact of migrants in the modern period. Key learning points: - Most migrants settled in Britain because of changes in laws, the growth of the...
Wonderscape
The Devastating Impact of Jim Crow: From Freedmen’s Towns to Black Wall Street
Discover the tragic events that unfolded during the Jim Crow era, from the destruction of thriving Black communities like East St. Louis and Tulsa's Black Wall Street to the widespread violence of the Red Summer. This video highlights...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Cameron McWhirter - Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
Cameron McWhirter, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, authored "Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and The Awakening of Black America" based on research conducted during a Harvard fellowship in 2006-2007. The book explores the racial...
Step Back History
How the Police Became an Occupying Army
We’ve heard quite a bit about the institution of the police lately. We see them in places like Portland or Minneapolis sporting military weapons, driving armoured personnel carriers, and dressed like the jackboots from a dystopian 70s...
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.<b<br/>r/>
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Credits: Matthe<br/>w Kulvicki, Nick Alpha
Step Back History
America's Secret Police
So, how did the freest nation of freedom in the free world develop what is essentially America's secret police in the form of COINTELPRO? It's actually quite the story that has a lot to do with hating immigrants, suppressing left-wing...
Weird History
How a 1921 Mob Destroyed America's Richest Black Neighborhood
"What happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921? A mob of 10,000 whites descended on Greenwood, the richest black neighborhood in America, after a black teenager on his way to a blacks-only bathroom stepped on the foot of a white elevator...
PBS
The Legacy of Rodney King
The 1991 beating of Rodney King has had ramifications to this very day. PBS interviews people that were totally involved in the case for their thoughts on the legacy of this incident.