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Season of Terror
Before Freedom Summer began, Charles Moore and Henry Dee were the first victims of the project's white-supremacist backlash.
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Section Two: When There's a Crisis
What Has Happened? A Latine student and an Asian student have an argument that escalates into screamed slurs and a physical scuffle, observed by more than 50 classmates. An opposing football team refuses to take the
August 27, 2012
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"Color Guards" With No Flags
Carl Carter recalls two snapshots from 1960s Birmingham, Alabama, that changed him in ways he “wouldn't understand for years."
November 18, 2014
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"Thug Is the New N-Word"
In this segment from 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets, the viewer gets multiple perspectives about the murder of Jordan Davis. This transcripts focuses on his parents’ reflections on his birth, their reactions to his murder and testimony from the trial of Michael Dunn.
August 19, 2016
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Choices
This essay places side by side the historical oppression of African Americans in the South and the recent surge of African Americans moving back to the South of their own free will. In her discussion, Maya Angelou questions why such choices are considered remarkable.
July 2, 2014
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Caged Bird
Through an extended metaphor, Maya Angelou—who has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States—uses a caged bird and a free bird to juxtapose the oppressed and the free.
July 5, 2014
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You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!
Amelia Bloomer was a woman who liked to think, live and even dress unconventionally, and she encouraged other people—particularly women—to do the same.
July 7, 2014
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