Curated Video
Boston To Remove Statue of Abraham Lincoln With Kneeling Slave
The Boston Art Commission voted to get rid of a Lincoln sculpture featuring a freed slave kneeling that critics said demeaned Black people.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : African Americans usher in Emancipation Day in Ghana
CLEAN : African Americans usher in Emancipation Day in Ghana
Curated Video
Calls Grow To Remove Abraham Lincoln Statues In D.C. And Boston
Both the Emancipation Memorial in Washington and its copy in Boston are facing growing public scrutiny over their depictions of Black people.
Bloomberg
Doris Kearns Goodwin on the Toughest Decisions Lincoln Made
Feb.13 -- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new book "Leadership: In Turbulent Times" and the toughest decisions President Abraham Lincoln had to make. Goodwin speaks on new episode of "The David...
Curated Video
Twitter, Square Declare Juneteenth An Official Company Holiday
Juneteenth is a tradition in the Black community that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.
Curated Video
Will Smith Talks About Oscars Slap In First Major Interview
Pop culture expert Stacy Jones spoke with Newsy about Will Smith's strategy to rebuild his rapport with fans after slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.
Curated Video
Government wants burqa ban in schools, public offices; reax
FILE - November 30, 2006
1. Women in full veil (showing only their eyes)
2. Close-up of woman wearing the veil
3. Veiled women in front of Dutch parliament
4. Covered hands of veiled woman
5. Parliament seen across lake, bicycle parked...
Bridgeman Arts
Asta Nielsen and women's emancipation, Germany, 1910s
Asta Nielsen and women's emancipation, Germany, 1910s
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln: Was Lincoln a White Supremacist?
Was Abe Lincoln a White Supremacist? Find out in this video segment that explores Lincoln's proposed "compromise" solution to slavery which had involved the deportation of slaves to colonies in Panama and Liberia. [6:03]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Abolitionists: Abolitionist Leader William Lloyd Garrison
Learn about William Lloyd Garrison, leader of the abolitionist movement and publisher of The Liberator. [5:58] Includes supplemental materials for both students and teachers.
A&E Television
History.com: American Civil War: Reconstruction
A good outline covering the developments leading up to Reconstruction, the events as it progressed, and how this period of history ended. Accompanied by a video entitled 'The Failure of Reconstruction'. [2:35]
A&E Television
History.com: Slavery in America
Video looks at the history of slavery in America including how it started, the impact that the invention of the cotton gin had on slavery, abolition, the slavery debate as the nation expanded westward, the Civil War, and the aftermath of...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Reconstructing a Nation
This video delves into the challenges and opportunities that arose during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War and, in particular, re-unifying the states. [28:25]
Backstory Radio
Back Story Radio: Henceforth Free: The Emancipation Proclamation
BackStory Radio episode on freedom and the Emancipation Proclamation. The American History Guys reflect on the complicated history of emancipation, what it means to a diverse group of people, and how it is commemorated. It provides the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln: The Road to Emancipation
What changed Lincoln's mind about slavery? Examine President Abraham Lincoln's mixed motivations for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. [4:38]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 14: The Emancipation Proclamation
Contrary to popular opinion, the Emancipation Proclamation didn't actually free all slaves.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Emancipation Proclamation Part 1
Lincoln announces the Emancipation Proclamation.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Emancipation Proclamation Part 2
Looks at the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Origins of Jim Crow Part 2
Explains how the South responded to the end of slavery by enacting the Black Code laws that prevented African Americans from exercising the rights they had been given, e.g., voting. To combat this, Congress passed the Fourteenth...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: The Civil War: Emancipation Proclamation
Discusses how Abraham Lincoln found himself having to support the end of slavery after initially believing he would just be trying to keep it from spreading. The Emancipation Proclamation was written some time before it was declared as...