Instructional Video5:39
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: History's deadliest king | Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In 1904, Chief Lontulu laid 110 twigs in front of a foreign commission. Every twig represented a person in his village who died because of King Leopold's brutal regime in the Congo. His testimony joined hundreds of others to help bring...
Instructional Video6:49
PBS

How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism

12th - Higher Ed
Rubber is an extremely important part of modern living, from tires to clothes to building materials to adhesives. And though we don't often think of it in the same league as oil or cotton, industrialization drove the demand for rubber...
News Clip2:25
Curated Video

Belgian petition to remove statues of colonial king gathers pace amid George Floyd protests

9th - Higher Ed
A petition in Belgium is calling for the country to remove all statues of the former King Leopold II who is blamed for the deaths of millions of Africans during colonial rule.



The movement is...
Stock Footage0:09
Getty Images

Royal Palace, Brussels, Belgium

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Royal Palace, Brussels, Belgium
News Clip3:00
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Royal greenhouses of Brussel's Laeken castle open to public

9th - Higher Ed
The Royal Greenhouses of the Castle of Laeken built in the 19th century by the architect Alphonse Balat for King Leopold II open to the public from the 14th of April to the 5th of May
Instructional Video5:30
Instructional Video5:30