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American Experience, Season 34 Episode 3, Flood in the Desert
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Emily Harrold, fl. 2012 and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, WGBH Educational Foundation and Apograph Productions, in American Experience, Season 34 Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 53 mins
Explore the 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering and human failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer who ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing the city water via aqueduct. The catastrophe killed more...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Emily Harrold, fl. 2012 and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, WGBH Educational Foundation and Apograph Productions, in American Experience, Season 34 Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 53 mins
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Explore the 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering and human failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer who ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing the city water via aqueduct. The catastrophe killed more than 400 people and destroyed millions of dollars of property.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Emily Harrold, fl. 2012, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, WGBH Educational Foundation, Apograph Productions, Andre Braugher, 1962-
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Andre Braugher, 1962-
Person Discussed
William Mulholland, 1855-1935
Topic / Theme
Property damage, Dams, Floods, Water resources development, Water supply, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), American Indians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with Carol Berkin, part 1 of 3
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston and Apograph Productions, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 32 mins
Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History; Women's History, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College. Her publications include: Civil War Wives: The Life and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant (2009).
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston and Apograph Productions, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 32 mins
Description
Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History; Women's History, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College. Her publications include: Civil War Wives: The Life and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant (2009).
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, Apograph Productions
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
Carol Berkin, 1942-, Sarah Moore Grimké, 1792-1873, Angelina Emily Grimké Weld, 1805-1879
Topic / Theme
American Revolution of 1776, Women's movement, Suffragism, Abolitionism, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with Carol Berkin, part 2 of 3
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 30 mins
Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History; Women's History, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College. Her publications include: Civil War Wives: The Life and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant (2009).
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 30 mins
Description
Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History; Women's History, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College. Her publications include: Civil War Wives: The Life and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant (2009).
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
Carol Berkin, 1942-, Sarah Moore Grimké, 1792-1873, Theodore Dwight Weld, 1803-1895, Angelina Emily Grimké Weld, 1805-1879
Topic / Theme
American Revolution of 1776, Slavery, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, Women, Marriage, Dating and courtship, Fads, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with Carol Berkin, part 3 of 3
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 23 mins
Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History; Women's History, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College. Her publications include: Civil War Wives: The Life and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant (2009).
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 23 mins
Description
Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History; Women's History, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College. Her publications include: Civil War Wives: The Life and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant (2009).
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
Carol Berkin, 1942-, Angelina Emily Grimké Weld, 1805-1879
Topic / Theme
American Revolution of 1776, Slavery, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, Suffragism, Women, Race relations, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with David William Blight, part 1 of 6
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 29 mins
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War;...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 29 mins
Description
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War; and A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
David W. Blight, 1949-, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Slavery, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with David William Blight, part 2 of 6
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 26 mins
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War;...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 26 mins
Description
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War; and A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
David W. Blight, 1949-, Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Slavery, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, Politics, Economic conditions, Christianity, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Civil War (1860–1865), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with David William Blight, part 3 of 6
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 33 mins
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War;...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 33 mins
Description
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War; and A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
David W. Blight, 1949-, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Slavery, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, Politics, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, Fugitive Slave Act, U.S., September 18, 1850, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with David William Blight, part 4 of 6
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 31 mins
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War;...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 31 mins
Description
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War; and A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
David W. Blight, 1949-, Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, John Brown, 1800-1859, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Slavery, Slave revolts, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, Politics, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, John Brown, Execution, Charles Town, WV, December 2, 1859, Compromise of 1850, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization an...
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Slavery, Slave revolts, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, Politics, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, John Brown, Execution, Charles Town, WV, December 2, 1859, Compromise of 1850, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with David William Blight, part 6 of 6
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 16 mins
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War;...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 16 mins
Description
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War; and A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
David W. Blight, 1949-
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Slavery, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, Politics, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with Erica Armstrong Dunbar, part 2 of 4
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980- and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, WGBH Boston and Apograph Productions, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 28 mins
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, associate professor of Black American Studies with joint appointments in history and in women and gender studies at the University of Delaware.
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980- and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, WGBH Boston and Apograph Productions, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 28 mins
Description
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, associate professor of Black American Studies with joint appointments in history and in women and gender studies at the University of Delaware.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, WGBH Boston, Apograph Productions
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, fl. 2007, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879, Anna Louise Murray Douglass, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Abolitionists, Slavery, Slaveholders, Fugitive slaves, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Family and Culture, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Early National Era (1790–1828), Americans, African Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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