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American Experience: Freedom Riders, Part 4, Interview with Jim Zwerg, 4 of 4
directed by Stanley Nelson, 1955-; produced by Stanley Nelson, 1955- and Laurens Grant, fl. 2003-2017, American Experience Films and WGBH Boston; interview by Laurens Grant, fl. 2003-2017, in American Experience: Freedom Riders, Part 4 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 19 mins
Jim Zwerg was an Exchange student at Fisk University, student at Beloit College on the Nashville, Tennessee, via Birmingham, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama ride. May 16-20, 1961
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directed by Stanley Nelson, 1955-; produced by Stanley Nelson, 1955- and Laurens Grant, fl. 2003-2017, American Experience Films and WGBH Boston; interview by Laurens Grant, fl. 2003-2017, in American Experience: Freedom Riders, Part 4 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 19 mins
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Jim Zwerg was an Exchange student at Fisk University, student at Beloit College on the Nashville, Tennessee, via Birmingham, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama ride. May 16-20, 1961
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Stanley Nelson, 1955-, Laurens Grant, fl. 2003-2017, American Experience Films, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Stanley Nelson, 1955-, Laurens Grant, fl. 2003-2017
Date Published / Released
2010, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: Freedom Riders
Person Discussed
James Zwerg, 1939-
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Social movements, Students, Political demonstrations, Nonviolence, Mass media, Social activism and activists, Freedom Rides, U.S. South, 1961, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, History, The Sixties (1960–1974), Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 3, Interview with Eric Foner, Historian, Columbia University,...
directed by Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983 and Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017; produced by Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983 and Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017, WGBH Boston; interview by Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017 and Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, in American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 3 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 50 mins
In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about Reconstruction Act of 1867 and bringing interracial democracy to the south, impe...
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directed by Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983 and Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017; produced by Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983 and Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017, WGBH Boston; interview by Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017 and Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, in American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 3 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 50 mins
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In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about Reconstruction Act of 1867 and bringing interracial democracy to the south, impeachment of Andrew Johnson vote, meaning of freedom, black codes, gaining the vote, carpetbaggers, emergence of a black political class,...
In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about Reconstruction Act of 1867 and bringing interracial democracy to the south, impeachment of Andrew Johnson vote, meaning of freedom, black codes, gaining the vote, carpetbaggers, emergence of a black political class, expulsion of black legislators from Georgia and order by Congress to restore them.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983, Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983, Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017, Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017
Date Published / Released
2004, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
Person Discussed
Eric Foner, 1943-, Andrew Johnson, 1808-1875
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Postwar reconstruction, Politics, Race discrimination, Laws and legislation, Legislators, Race relations, Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877, Andrew Johnson Impeachment, February 21 - May 16, 1868, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, History, Politics & Policy, Reconstruction (1866–1876), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Weste...
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Postwar reconstruction, Politics, Race discrimination, Laws and legislation, Legislators, Race relations, Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877, Andrew Johnson Impeachment, February 21 - May 16, 1868, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, History, Politics & Policy, Reconstruction (1866–1876), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 3, Interview with Eric Foner, Historian, Columbia University,...
directed by Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983 and Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017; produced by Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983 and Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017, WGBH Boston; interview by Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017, in American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 3 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 49 mins
In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about expansion of industry, cotton economy, John R. Lynch elected to Congress, raisin...
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directed by Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983 and Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017; produced by Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983 and Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017, WGBH Boston; interview by Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017, in American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 3 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 49 mins
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In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about expansion of industry, cotton economy, John R. Lynch elected to Congress, raising taxes to pay for social services, corruption, election of Ulysses S. Grant, violence and opposition to Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Kl...
In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about expansion of industry, cotton economy, John R. Lynch elected to Congress, raising taxes to pay for social services, corruption, election of Ulysses S. Grant, violence and opposition to Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan and the White League, Amos Akerman and efforts against the Klan, the Fifteenth Amendment, sharecropping and overproduction of cotton.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983, Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Elizabeth Deane, fl. 1983, Patricia Garcia-Rios, fl. 1992-2017
Date Published / Released
2004, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
Person Discussed
Eric Foner, 1943-, Amos T. Akerman, 1821-1880, Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1822-1885, John Roy Lynch, 1847-1939
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Agrarian economy, Political violence, Economic development, Social policy, Industrialization, Politics, United States. Constitution, Fifteenth Amendment Ratified, March 30, 1870, Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877, War and Violence, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, Trade and Commerce, History, Politics & Policy, Reconstruction (1866–1876), Am...
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Agrarian economy, Political violence, Economic development, Social policy, Industrialization, Politics, United States. Constitution, Fifteenth Amendment Ratified, March 30, 1870, Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877, War and Violence, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, Trade and Commerce, History, Politics & Policy, Reconstruction (1866–1876), Americans, African Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with John Stauffer, part 5 of 5
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston and Apograph Productions, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 27 mins
JOHN STAUFFER is Chair of the History of American Civilization and Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Among his works include: GIANTS: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln (2008), The Writings of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and Ab...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston and Apograph Productions, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 27 mins
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JOHN STAUFFER is Chair of the History of American Civilization and Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Among his works include: GIANTS: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln (2008), The Writings of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and Abolitionist (2006), The Problem of Evil: Slavery, Freedom, and the Ambiguities of American Reform (with Steven Mintz, 2006); Meteor of W...
JOHN STAUFFER is Chair of the History of American Civilization and Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Among his works include: GIANTS: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln (2008), The Writings of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and Abolitionist (2006), The Problem of Evil: Slavery, Freedom, and the Ambiguities of American Reform (with Steven Mintz, 2006); Meteor of War: The John Brown Story (with Zoe Trodd); and The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race (2002).
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, 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
John Stauffer, 1965-, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Civil war, Citizenship, Slavery, Abolitionists, Religion, Dred Scott Decision, 1857, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, Sociology, History, Civil War (1860–1865), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American fascists giving the fascist salute, 1933 (b/w photo)
(1933) (London, England: Bridgeman Art Library), 1 page(s)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States of America American fascists, the so-called 'Khaki Shirts of America' gather around their founder Arthur J. Smith (right) during a demonstration on Reyburn Plaza in Philadelphia and give the fascist salute. They wear their khaki uniforms and some of them wear spiked h...
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(1933) (London, England: Bridgeman Art Library), 1 page(s)
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States of America American fascists, the so-called 'Khaki Shirts of America' gather around their founder Arthur J. Smith (right) during a demonstration on Reyburn Plaza in Philadelphia and give the fascist salute. They wear their khaki uniforms and some of them wear spiked helmets. Around 2,000 members took part in the demonstration. At the rally the fascists announced that they wanted to take over governme...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States of America American fascists, the so-called 'Khaki Shirts of America' gather around their founder Arthur J. Smith (right) during a demonstration on Reyburn Plaza in Philadelphia and give the fascist salute. They wear their khaki uniforms and some of them wear spiked helmets. Around 2,000 members took part in the demonstration. At the rally the fascists announced that they wanted to take over governmental power. Amerikanische Faschisten beim Faschistengruß, 1933
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Date Written / Recorded
1933
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Photograph
Publisher
Bridgeman Art Library
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Fascism, Politics & Policy, Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Americanization Schools of HI-Y Achieve Results
in Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004 (RG85). Subject and Policy Files, 1893 - 1957 (A1 9), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1921), Box 2864, General Border Patrol Activities on the Mexican Border - Proposals for Inter-Departmental Cooperation, 54261/202 H , 1 page(s)
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in Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004 (RG85). Subject and Policy Files, 1893 - 1957 (A1 9), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1921), Box 2864, General Border Patrol Activities on the Mexican Border - Proposals for Inter-Departmental Cooperation, 54261/202 H , 1 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1921
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Periodical article
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Naturalization (Citizenship), Politics & Policy, Mexicans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Amilcar Cabral's Revolutionary Theory and Practice: A Critical Guide
written by Ronald H. Chilcote, 1935- (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1991, originally published 1991), 305 page(s)
A guide to the thought and practice of Amilcar Cabral. It deals with his writings on colonialism and imperialism, nationalism and national liberation, class and class struggle, and the state. Also included is the text of his interviews with the leaders of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde.
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written by Ronald H. Chilcote, 1935- (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1991, originally published 1991), 305 page(s)
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A guide to the thought and practice of Amilcar Cabral. It deals with his writings on colonialism and imperialism, nationalism and national liberation, class and class struggle, and the state. Also included is the text of his interviews with the leaders of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Ronald H. Chilcote, 1935-
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Person Discussed
Amílcar Cabral, 1924-1973
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Nationalism, Social classes, Economic classes, Imperialism, Colonization, Sociology, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1991 Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
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Amisk
directed by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-; produced by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2015), 40 mins
A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Canadian Aboriginal film.
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directed by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-; produced by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2015), 40 mins
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A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Canadian Aboriginal film.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-, National Film Board of Canada
Author / Creator
Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-
Date Published / Released
1977, 2015
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Speaker / Narrator
Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-
Topic / Theme
Global Indigenous Perspectives, Land use, Social activism and activists, Government policy, Ecology, Cree, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 by National Film Board of Canada
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Amnesty International
Date Published / Released
1977
Topic / Theme
Chile - Pinochet Regime (1973-1990), Coups d'etat, Human rights, Missing persons, Political prisoners, Augusto Pinochet's Dictatorship, Chile, 1973-1990, Law, Politics & Policy, History, Documentation of Crimes, Chileans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Amnesty International
Date Published / Released
1999
Topic / Theme
Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002), International relations, Human rights, Refugees, Peace processes, Sierra Leone Civil War, 1991-2002, Diplomacy, History, Politics & Policy, International Response, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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