Video Early American Slave Culture Government and Civics, World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In this lecture, historian Philip D. Morgan compares the Lowcountry and Chesapeake slave cultures and reveals much about the way of life of some of the earliest African Americans. Although South Carolina in the eighteenth century was...
Video: Book Breaks Jacqueline Jones - "No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era" Economics, Geography, Religion and Philosophy, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Jacqueline Jones is the Ellen C. Temple Professor of Women’s History Emerita at the University of Texas at Austin and a past president of the American Historical Association. Order No Right to an Honest Living at the Gilder Lehrman...
Video What Are the Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement? Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video: Book Breaks Julie Winch - "Between Slavery and Freedom: Free People of Color in America From Settlement to the Civil War" Order Between Slavery and Freedom at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs! ...
Video: Book Breaks Victoria Phillips - "Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy" Order Martha Graham's Cold War at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs!
Video Myths of the American Revolution Government and Civics 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center, contrasts the popular memory of the Revolutionary War with its more complicated realities. She argues that although many of us were...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Jewish American Soldiers & Jewish Refugees after World War II Geography, Government and Civics, World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In the wake of World War II, American servicemen helped Jewish refugees come to the United States. Join us as we learn more about the servicemen’s work through primary sources. Who were these people? What are their stories? On...