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Ages: 14 - 18
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This video is accompanied by text. "Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Jr., on November 22, 1963, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson mournfully assumed the role of the nation's leader. Johnson, a former senator from Texas, se...rved as the Senate Democratic Leader for most of his congressional career. His political role model was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Johnson openly followed Roosevelt's push for social welfare reform..." ( Video is well done and professionally produced.)
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January 4, 2010 at 09:53 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 16
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This brief video is about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which secured the right to vote without any penalty to Black Americans.
May 22, 2010 at 02:13 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 11 - 18
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The Supreme Court's 1954 landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education declared segregated schools unconstitutional and overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established by the Court in 1896. This video segment describes the findings of the c...ourt and examines how the decision galvanized the Civil Rights movement, as well as white resistance to desegregation.
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January 26, 2011 at 09:51 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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A mere thirty-five years after slavery ended, a sophisticated and strategic group of African Americans challenged the Jim Crow “Separate Car Act” in the state of Louisiana by placing a fair-skinned Creole black man named Homer Plessy on the “whites o...nly” railcar. This video presents how the landmark Supreme Court casePlessy v. Ferguson helped legalize segregation and sent a message that the federal government favored states’ rights in all matters of fairness and equality. (3:36)
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February 18, 2012 at 11:31 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This news segment from 1975 reviews the events of the first year of Boston's controversial school desegregation plan. Because of geographic barriers between black and white communities, a federal court instituted and enforced busing to desegregate th...e city's schools. The plan was greeted with white resistance, racial violence, and the boycotting of several schools. (3:40)
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February 7, 2012 at 11:32 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 12 - 18
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As a young woman growing up during Reconstruction, Ida B. Wells experienced Jim Crow segregation when she was barred from travel on a train in the whites-only section. It was not until she observed the growing practice of violence toward African Amer...icans that she began her crusade to stop lynching. This video shows Wells grow from school teacher to journalist to founding member of the NAACP. (5:40)
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February 18, 2012 at 03:00 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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One of the most enduring outcomes of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment, promised the government would protect the rights of citizens of the United States. While Congress was given explicit rights through the Amendment to protect newly freed sla...ves in former Confederate states, the language of the Amendment sometimes presented ambiguities. This video from the series The Supreme Courtexplores how far the federal government could go to ensure the “privileges or immunities” of citizenship. (4:30)
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February 6, 2012 at 10:40 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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The Supreme Court's 1954 landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education declared segregated schools unconstitutional and overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established by the Court in 1896. This video segment describes the findings of the c...ourt and examines how the decision galvanized the Civil Rights movement, as well as white resistance to desegregation. (7mins)
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February 7, 2012 at 11:43 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 12 - 18
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In 1883, the Supreme Court struck down the Civil Rights Cases of 1875. As the nation grew weary of Reconstruction, the Supreme Court followed suit, ruling that while the Fourteenth Amendment protected an individual’s rights in places of public accomm...odation, it would not protect citizens from the discriminatory behavior of individuals. This video explores the case that led to the Court’s first great dissent, its first great dissenter, and the end of Reconstruction. (6:40)
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February 19, 2012 at 03:53 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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Fannie Lou Hamer
From pbslearningmedia.org, produced by WGBH Educational Foundation
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This video segment profiles the life and leadership of Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist who co-chaired the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Hamer testified at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, challenging Mississippi's all-white ...Democratic Party delegation and advocating for African American voting rights and representation. (8:14)
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February 17, 2012 at 12:11 AM
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