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    Mark Twain and the Senate

    Betty Koed, a retired U.S. Senate historian, shared stories from her book "Scenes," including Mark Twain'…

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    2 minutes
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    Extension - Thomas Paine and "Common Sense"

    In 1774, Englishman Thomas Paine arrived in America as the conflict between the colonies and Great Britai…

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    African American Letters to Abraham Lincoln

    This lesson highlights over 15 letters sent from African Americans to President Abraham Lincoln. The less…

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    1 hour, 22 minutes
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    Prejudice and Inequality for Black Soldiers

    Howard University Playwriting & Scriptwriting Professor Denise Hart, author and Lincoln historian Edna Gr…

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    7 minutes
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    Author and Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child

    This lesson highlights the life and work of author and abolitionist Lydia Maria Child. The lesson, which …

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    1 hour, 4 minutes
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    Extension - "Their Eyes Were Watching God” and the Harlem Renaissance

    In her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," Zora Neale Hurston brings to life a southern love story that…

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    First Lady Jane Pierce and a Tragedy

    Ann Covell talked about a tragedy from First Lady Jane Pierce's life and its impact on her role in the Wh…

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    7 minutes
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    The Cold War and Global Literature

    This lesson provides an overview of how the United States and the Soviet Union both shaped literature fro…

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    44 minutes
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    C.L.R. James

    University of Kentucky English professor Peter Kalliney discussed how states "bullied" writers during the…

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    7 minutes
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    Claudia Jones

    University of Kentucky English professor Peter Kalliney discussed how states "bullied" writers during the…

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    6 minutes
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    The Carrot and the Stick

    University of Kentucky English professor Peter Kalliney provided opening remarks for his lecture on how C…

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    9 minutes
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    Book That Shaped America - “The Words of César Chávez"

    Born in Yuma, Arizona, César Chávez began his working life as a manual laborer. After serving in the U.S.…

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    54 minutes
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    Nixon World War II Love Letters

    The World War II correspondence between Richard and Patricia Nixon - he serving with the U.S. Navy in the…

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    Teaching "The Words of César Chávez"

    Jennifer Connolly, principal at Preston High School (NY) talked about teaching "The Words of César Chávez…

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    Book That Shaped America - “Free to Choose”

    Milton Friedman was a 1976 Nobel Prize-winning American economist and advisor to President Ronald Reagan …

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    Milton Friedman on Inflation

    A portion of the PBS series titled "Free to Choose" is highlighted in which Milton Friedman explaied infl…

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    Milton Friedman on Government Spending

    Author Lanny Ebenstein discussed Friedman's views on government spending, deficits, and monetary policy.

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    2 minutes
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    Teaching "Free to Choose"

    Patricia Cunningham, teacher of AP courses in Economics and United States Government & Politics at Nazare…

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    The Schomburg Center Cosmogram

    Howard Dodson explained the origin of the cosmogram and the meaning of the symbols found in it. This is t…

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    "Harlem" by Langston Hughes

    Audio of Langston Hughes reading his poem is highlighted in this video.

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