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American Experience, Goin' Back to T-Town
produced by Joyce Vaughn and Sam Pollard, fl. 1989, Two Dollars and a Dream Inc., in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2021), 53 mins
Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Torn apart in 1921 by one of the worst racially-motivated massacres in the nation’s history, the neighborhood rose from the as...
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produced by Joyce Vaughn and Sam Pollard, fl. 1989, Two Dollars and a Dream Inc., in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2021), 53 mins
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Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Torn apart in 1921 by one of the worst racially-motivated massacres in the nation’s history, the neighborhood rose from the ashes, and by 1936 boasted the largest concentration of Black-owned businesses in the U.S., known as “Black Wall Street.” Ironically,...
Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Torn apart in 1921 by one of the worst racially-motivated massacres in the nation’s history, the neighborhood rose from the ashes, and by 1936 boasted the largest concentration of Black-owned businesses in the U.S., known as “Black Wall Street.” Ironically, it could not survive the progressive policies of integration and urban renewal of the 1960s. Told through the memories of those who lived through the events, the film is a bittersweet celebration of small-town life and the resilience of a community’s spirit.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Joyce Vaughn, Sam Pollard, fl. 1989, Two Dollars and a Dream Inc.
Date Published / Released
1993, 2021
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Ossie B. Davis, 1917-2005
Person Discussed
Ossie B. Davis, 1917-2005
Topic / Theme
Segregation, Black community, Massacres, Racism, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright ©1992 WGBH Educational Foundation and WNET/Thirteen
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American Experience, New York Underground
written by Elena Mannes, fl. 2002; produced by Libby Kreutz and Elena Mannes, fl. 2002, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1997), 53 mins
Ever since its grand opening in 1904, New York City's subway has remained the largest subway system in the world, with more than 700 miles of track and a billion passengers per year.
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written by Elena Mannes, fl. 2002; produced by Libby Kreutz and Elena Mannes, fl. 2002, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1997), 53 mins
Description
Ever since its grand opening in 1904, New York City's subway has remained the largest subway system in the world, with more than 700 miles of track and a billion passengers per year.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Libby Kreutz, Elena Mannes, fl. 2002, Len Cariou, 1939-
Author / Creator
Elena Mannes, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2005, 1997
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Len Cariou, 1939-
Topic / Theme
Subway trains
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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American Experience, Riding the Rails
directed by Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell; produced by Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 12 mins
Archival footage and newsreel interviews featuring kids full of bravado tells the unforgettable story of 250,000 teenagers who left their homes and hopped freight trains during the Great Depression.
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directed by Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell; produced by Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 12 mins
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Archival footage and newsreel interviews featuring kids full of bravado tells the unforgettable story of 250,000 teenagers who left their homes and hopped freight trains during the Great Depression.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lexy Lovell, Michael Uys, Richard Thomas, 1951-
Author / Creator
Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell
Date Published / Released
1997, 2013
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Richard Thomas, 1951-
Topic / Theme
Trains, Youth, Vagrants, Great Depression, 1929-1941, Migration and Diaspora, Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997 Out of the Blue Enterprises, LLC
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American Experience, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
directed by Barak Goodman, fl. 1996 and Daniel Anker, 1964-2014; produced by Barak Goodman, fl. 1996 and Daniel Anker, 1964-2014, WGBH Educational Foundation and Social Media Productions, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2001), 1 hour 23 mins
In March 1931, two white women stepped off a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama, with a shocking accusation of gang rape, by nine black teenagers on the train. So began the Scottsboro case, one of the 20th century's fieriest legal battles. The youths' trial generated the sharpest regional conflict since the Civil War,...
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directed by Barak Goodman, fl. 1996 and Daniel Anker, 1964-2014; produced by Barak Goodman, fl. 1996 and Daniel Anker, 1964-2014, WGBH Educational Foundation and Social Media Productions, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2001), 1 hour 23 mins
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In March 1931, two white women stepped off a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama, with a shocking accusation of gang rape, by nine black teenagers on the train. So began the Scottsboro case, one of the 20th century's fieriest legal battles. The youths' trial generated the sharpest regional conflict since the Civil War, led to momentous Supreme Court decisions, and helped give birth to the civil rights movement. High School College Adult
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Barak Goodman, fl. 1996, Daniel Anker, 1964-2014, WGBH Educational Foundation, Social Media Productions, Andre Braugher, 1962-
Author / Creator
Barak Goodman, fl. 1996, Daniel Anker, 1964-2014
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Andre Braugher, 1962-
Topic / Theme
Racism, Scottsboro Case, AL, 1931, Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience
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American Experience, Coney Island
produced by Coney Island Film Project, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 1 hour 11 mins
Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes--Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland--competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day it was the world's m...
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produced by Coney Island Film Project, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 1 hour 11 mins
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Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes--Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland--competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day it was the world's most amazing amusement park, by night, an electric "Eden".
Date Written / Recorded
2006-03-21
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Coney Island Film Project, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Published / Released
2006-03-21
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
Amusement parks, Popular culture, Family and Culture, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1991 WGBH Educational Foundation and Steeplechase Films
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American Experience, Geronimo and the Apache Resistance
produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 57 mins
For years, Apache tribes had resisted the advance of the pioneers and their threat to the traditional ways of life. But Geronimo fought the longest, becoming one of the most famous, feared and misunderstood Indian warriors in our history. Now at last, descendants of those Apaches who fought so long ago tell their...
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produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 57 mins
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For years, Apache tribes had resisted the advance of the pioneers and their threat to the traditional ways of life. But Geronimo fought the longest, becoming one of the most famous, feared and misunderstood Indian warriors in our history. Now at last, descendants of those Apaches who fought so long ago tell their story as it has never been told.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
Apache people, Arabs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Public Broadcast Service
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American Experience, Summer of Love
directed by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010; produced by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 55 mins
In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music, and an alternative lifestyle had descende...
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directed by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010; produced by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 55 mins
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In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music, and an alternative lifestyle had descended into a maelstrom of drug abuse, broken dreams, and occasional violence. Through interviews with a broad range of individuals who live...
In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music, and an alternative lifestyle had descended into a maelstrom of drug abuse, broken dreams, and occasional violence. Through interviews with a broad range of individuals who lived through the Summer of Love -- police officers walking the beat, teenage runaways who left home without looking back, non-hippie residents who resented the invasion of their community, and scholars who still have difficulty interpreting the phenomenon -- this American Experience offers a complex portrait of the notorious event that many consider the peak of the 1960s counter-culture movement.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Vicente Franco, fl. 1990, Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010, David Ogden Stiers, 1942-2018
Author / Creator
Vicente Franco, fl. 1990, Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
David Ogden Stiers, 1942-2018
Topic / Theme
Counterculture, Recreational drugs, Social movements, Urban life, American History, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
© 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower
produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2009), 1 hour 17 mins
In 1621, Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation.
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produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2009), 1 hour 17 mins
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In 1621, Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
Treaties
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Public Broadcast Service
Series
American Experience
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American Experience, We Shall Remain: Geronimo
produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2009), 1 hour 18 mins
As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment of proud resistance.
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produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2009), 1 hour 18 mins
Description
As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment of proud resistance.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
Apache people, Arabs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Public Broadcast Service
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American Experience, We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision
produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2009), 1 hour 26 mins
In the course of his brief and meteoric career, Tecumseh would become one of the greatest Native American leaders of all time, orchestrating the most ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement ever mounted on the North American continent. After his death he would live on as a potent symbol of Native pride and pan In...
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produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2009), 1 hour 26 mins
Description
In the course of his brief and meteoric career, Tecumseh would become one of the greatest Native American leaders of all time, orchestrating the most ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement ever mounted on the North American continent. After his death he would live on as a potent symbol of Native pride and pan Indian identity.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
American Indians, Jews
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Public Broadcast Service
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