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America and the Civil War (4:04)

Discover how the bloodiest war in American history transformed the face of the nation.

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  • America and the Civil War
    America and the Civil War

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    Discover how the bloodiest war in American history transformed the face of the nation.

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  • Freedom March
    Freedom March

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    Newsreel footage of the freedom march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  • Ruben Studdard Brags on Alabama
    Ruben Studdard Brags on Alabama

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    In this States video clip - Ruben Studdard on Alabama: Ruben Studdard tells us about the finer things of the great state of Alabama. Ruben Studdard expresses how nice the people are, college football, and progression.

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  • Martin Luther King III on his Father
    Martin Luther King III on his Father

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    Martin Luther King III remembers his father's love of all people and transformative effects on the world.

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  • Ask Steve: MLK, JR.
    Ask Steve: MLK, JR.

    Video Clip (1:38)

    On Ask Steve, the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr. and his assassination was discussed. His connection with the White House was cut off my President Lyndon Johnson because of his lack of support for the Vietnam War. He then went to Memphis.

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  • The Abolitionist Movement
    The Abolitionist Movement

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    In the decades before the Civil War, anti-slavery sentiment sparked an abolitionist movement that employed risky and radical tactics to bring an end to slavery.

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  • Ask Steve: George Wallace
    Ask Steve: George Wallace

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    Who is George Wallace and why is he important? Steve Gillon shows the importance and significance of George Wallace in American history. Through his racist views, George Wallace redefined the American Political System.

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  • Harry Belafonte: Rosa Parks
    Harry Belafonte: Rosa Parks

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    Belafonte gives a great summation of the impact of the bus boycott and the seismic shift it caused in the civil rights movement; how the center of power and the "hope" for the future shifted south. He talks about the sudden emergence of a "young preacher named Martin Luther King."

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  • Buffalo Soldiers Defy Racial Barriers
    Buffalo Soldiers Defy Racial Barriers

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    This Save Our History video clip discusses black soldiers referred to as Buffalo soldiers, who fought one of the first Civil Rights battles in the Spanish American War. These soldiers were treated as second class citizens but were first class soldiers.

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  • Jesse Jackson: 'We Have to go to Selma'
    Jesse Jackson: 'We Have to go to Selma'

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    "...two of the most prominent leaders of that march, were nearly beaten to death. I couldn't contain myself. So the next day, I got on a table at the seminar...and said 'if we are a seminary, if we are about what we are studying to become, ministers, we have to go to Selma..."

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  • The KKK
    The KKK

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    Following the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan emerges to suppress and victimize newly freed slaves.

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  • Jesse Jackson: 'Selma the Place to Be'
    Jesse Jackson: 'Selma the Place to Be'

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    Jesse Jackson recalls standing in the rain with Dr. King in Selma, Alabama.

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  • Alabama
    Alabama

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    View pictures from the state of Alabama on History. See images of famous locations that represent the state.

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  • Martin Luther King Jr.
    Martin Luther King Jr.

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    See pictures from the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Speeches & Audio (3)

  • George Wallace on Desegregation
    George Wallace on Desegregation

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    Gov. George Wallace holds a press conference to argue against integration of the state's public schools. Almost 10 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to desegregate schools, Alabama had still not complied. On June 11, 1963, Wallace made national news when he stood in the doorway at the University of Alabama to block African-American students from entering.

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  • Wallace Campaigns for Presidency
    Wallace Campaigns for Presidency

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    In 1948, Wallace helped launch the second incarnation of the Progressive party, and as its presidential candidate that year he sharply criticized Truman for failing to prevent the Cold War. On April 28, 1948, he gave a major campaign speech.

    Audio Clip (4:19)
  • Louis Beats Schmeling
    Louis Beats Schmeling

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    Two years after Max Schmeling's knockout of the undefeated Joe Louis in a non-title bout, they met again on June 22, 1938, for a dramatic rematch at Yankee Stadium. Playing out in live coverage, the match goes to Louis who defeats the German in two minutes and four seconds. Louis was hailed as a hero for all Americans.

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