Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yascha Mounk - Cultural Appropriation
Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic known for his work on the crisis of democracy and the defense of philosophically liberal values. Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received his BA in History from Trinity College Cambridge...
The Guardian
Advocating for Social Justice and Navigating Adversity
The Radical Monarchs is a group of elementary school girls focusing on social justice issues impacting young women of color. This video describes the formation of the group and explores criticism they have faced for discussing...
Curated Video
Sarah Winnemucca
The first Indigenous woman to publish a memoir, Paiute educator and activist Sarah Winnemucca campaigned tirelessly for the rights of Indigenous Americans.
Curated Video
Native American Boarding Schools: Forced Separation of Families
For over a hundred years, the U.S. government used education as a tool to assimilate Native American children into American society - by systematically erasing their history, culture, and language.
Curated Video
Lorraine Hansberry
The first African-American woman to have a play staged on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry was a writer who broke down racial and gender barriers.
Curated Video
Josephine Baker: Actor, Singer, Spy
Actor and singer Josephine Baker spent her life resisting racial discrimination at home and abroad. During World War II, she bravely used her fame to fight back against the Nazis.
Curated Video
Courage: Elizabeth Eckford
Elizabeth Eckford's lone walk to Little Rock High School, amid fierce protests, became a symbol of courage in the fight against racial segregation.
Curated Video
Afong Moy
Afong Moy is believed to be the first Chinese woman to step foot on U.S. soil and her presence sparked an American fascination with Chinese culture, but her experience in the United States was far from welcoming.
Curated Video
Injustice: Roger Taney
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney's unjust majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford shockingly declared Black individuals weren't citizens, solidifying slavery's grip and pushing the nation closer to Civil War.
Curated Video
Ernestine Rose
A pioneering suffragette and free thinker, Ernestine Rose was way ahead of her time. Described as the “first Jewish feminist”, she used her voice to campaign for women’s rights and improve the lives of millions.
The Guardian
RIP SENI: racism, graffiti and the UK's mental health crisis
One morning in June 2020, graffiti reading RIP SENI appeared emblazoned across a public artwork outside the Bethlem royal hospital, a psychiatric hospital in south London. The spray-painted letters drew attention to Olaseni Lewis, a...
Curated Video
Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
The Gilded Age was a period of unprecedented industrial and economic growth in the United States – but were the men at the helm captains of industry or robber barons out for their own?
Curated Video
Operation Paperclip
Operation Paperclip saw around 1,600 Nazi scientists recruited by US intelligence to aid American innovation. As a result, none were ever held accountable for their crimes.
The Guardian
The Quipu Project Connects Victims of Peru's Forced Sterilizations
Esperanza and Teodula travel to different areas of Peru to share their stories and encourage others who were forcibly sterilised to participate in the Quipu Project. Hear the stories of some of the people who were sterilised and learn...
The Guardian
Seeking Justice After Sterilization in Rural Peru
In the 1990, hundreds of thousands of people in Peru were sterilised without their consent. Nearly 20 years later, those who suffered are speaking out and demanding justice. Meet Esperanza and Teodula, and learn about their Quipu...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: King Lear - Theme of Justice
Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the complexity of justice in King Lear. Decide for yourself: is the world of King Lear is just or not? Does everyone get what they deserve? Along the way, learn how to analyse...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
John Jost - System Justification Theory
John T. Jost is Professor of Psychology and Politics and Co-Director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior at New York University. His research, which addresses stereotyping, prejudice, political ideology, and system...
Curated Video
The Explosive Story of Dynamite Hill
When Black residents moved into one neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama, White supremacists unleashed a wave of terror against the community.
Curated Video
Polly Bemis: Chinese Immigrant Pioneer
Sold into slavery by her parents, Polly Bemis faced discrimination as a Chinese immigant in America – but became something of a pioneer of the West.
History Hit
Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen: Life in her teens and twenties
How old would you be to join ballroom events? When did she start writing? Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen, Part 4
Curated Video
Josefa Segovia: The Only Mexican-American Woman Hanged in California
Was Josefa Segovia – the first and only woman hanged in the state of California – killed for her actions or her race? And what can we learn from her tragic story?
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George Stinny
Born on the 21st October 1929, in South Carolina, United States, George was a 14 year old African American boy who was convicted of murdering two white girls on the 22nd March 1944. On the day prior to their death, they had ridden past...
The Wall Street Journal
What The Road To The New Normal Looks Like
General Motors's Global CMO Deborah Wahl talks about shifting creative gears and ad buying strategies during a global pandemic.
History Hit
Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen: The story behind the house
What type of house would this have been at the time? What does pseudo-gentry mean? How much of her personal life did she express in her writing? Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen, Part 2