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The Birth of a Nation | Based on a True Story
The Birth of Nation was the first major motion picture success, and because of its historical inaccuracy, the Ku Klux Klan was revived for another round of terror. This is the worst case of a Based on a True Story film. So today is a...
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How to Search the C-SPAN Video Library
Howcast - C-SPAN, the cable network that covers Congress and public policy in Washington and around the country, now gives you free online access to its video dating back to 1987 with its new Video Library. Here's a crash course in...
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96 Ranch Rodeo and Barbecue (1951)
A video from the American Folk Life collection depicts life on the Ninety Six ranch in Paradise Valley, Nevada. Les Stewart's film “96 Ranch Rodeo and Barbecue” (1951) documents a harvest celebration on the Ninety-Six Ranch. Les’s...
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Juneteenth, explained
Why all Americans should honor this day. Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! When American schoolchildren learn about chattel slavery in the US, we’re often told it ended with...
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Where Manhattan’s grid plan came from
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Conversations in Context: Enterprise 🙌 Hosted by Yoonj Kim | Smithsonian Channel
In 1867, Chinese transcontinental railroad workers went on strike to protest unsafe working conditions and lower pay than their white peers. Then came the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act–the first and only U.S. legislation to suspend...
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Was this famous war photo staged? feat. Errol Morris
The obsessive journey to answer one question: Which of these photos was taken first? Become a Video Lab member!='http://bit.ly/video-lab' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>member! Roger Fenton’s 1855 photo “The Valley of the Shadow of...
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Why this awful sounding album is a masterpiece
Brace yourselves, this video is about Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! Trout Mask Replica, by Captain Beefheart and...
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"Hey Phil" | Juan Felipe Herrera | NPR
United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera reads "Hey Phil," from his office at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The poem honors the late Philip Levine, Herrera's friend and a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet....
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"Almost Livin' Almost Dyin" | Juan Felipe Herrera | NPR
United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera reads him poem "Almost Livin' Almost Dyin" from the Poet Laureate's office at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. ------------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to...
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Can Poetry Change the World? | Juan Felipe Herrera | NPR
United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera answers the question "Can poetry change the world?" from his office at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. ------------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to NPR on...
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Why this instrument explains Black American folk music
Jake Blount, a banjo scholar, explains. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos Jake Blount has built a career out of understanding the banjo’s...
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Don't blame scooters. Blame the streets.
The sidewalks were never meant for this. Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! We teamed up with the University of California to explain one of the hottest trends of 2018: dockless...
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Why we're seeing mass layoffs in the US but not the UK
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the coronavirus lockdowns. But it didn't have to be that way -- and it's not too late for the US to change course. Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank'...