This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, even though slavery is abolished after the Civil War, the system of share-cropping quickly emerged that kept blacks in a condition much like slavery.
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This workshop provides in-depth training about the Winston Churchill Memorial's education curriculum specific to the 45 classroom. This workshop will assist teachers in preparing students for participating in the Memorial's various on-site and outreach school programs.
Professor Manning Marable of Columbia University tells a famous anecdote about W.E.B. Du Bois, when he was accused by federal law enforcement agents of being subversive.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, after the Emancipation Proclamation, blacks filled local and national offices, but white southerners were determined to pass new state laws to curtail this progress.
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Professor Eric Foner of Columbia University considers the lynchings of blacks in the South to be a "system of terror," carried out in public.
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Inspiration intersects with means in a partnership that resurrects a city. Character interpreter Ed Way discusses W.A.R. Goodwin, founder of Colonial Williamsburg.
To listen to this feature, select "All 2008 podcasts," and scroll to the November 3rd program. Audio and video options are available.
This is a repeat of node identification number 20482.
The purpose of this one-week summer seminar is to explore a pivotal period in American history. After the uneven prosperity of the 1920s, the Great Depression of the 1930s was a human catastrophe. But the economic crisis also led to dramatic social and cultural change as Americans reacted to hardship and adversity. Above all, the rise of the New Deal under Franklin Roosevelt reshaped the modern state in ways that remain controversial and at the historical core of political debates today.
Participants in this workshop will travel throughout the Delta as they visit sites where significant events occurred. They will discuss and learn about issues involving civil rights and political leadership, immigrants' experiences in the Delta, the Blues, the great migration, agriculture, and the Mississippi River, among other things. They will sample Delta foods, visit local museums, and listen to the Blues. Field trips will roam as far as Greenville, Greenwood, and Memphis, with stops in between.
From the Newberry Library website:
"[This conference] will support teachers in the development of lessons using images from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Picturing America program.
Conferences will feature presentations by distinguished scholars and sharing of resources in workshop formats. We will use the Newberry Library’s collections as well as a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago and a walking tour of Chicago’s Loop to model ways for teachers to use local resources in their own communities."
This A&E clip traces First Ladies' roles in shaping the White House, both architecturally and through decoration and restoration.
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