Instructional Video22:22
Mr. Beat

Why did the American Political Parties Switch?

6th - 12th
Mr. Beat finally tackles the complicated story of the Southern Strategy and the Party Switch...aka The Big Switch...aka The Big Lie. Wait, the Big Lie? Some people think it's made up? Really?
Instructional Video18:08
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Race Has a Regional Dimension in America’s Political Economy

Higher Ed
Stanford economic historian Professor Gavin Wright, addressing the Institute’s conference on the economics of race, argues that the conditions facing the children of the great migration from the South are very different to the...
Instructional Video11:06
Hip Hughes History

What was the Southern Strategy?

6th - 12th
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...