Tag: Politics and History

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Japanese American Internment Camps
Actor Pat Morita on Japanese Internment Camps

  By Heath Harckham • August 4, 2014 Uncategorized
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Actor Pat Morita describes his experience in various Japanese internment camps during World War II. He also discusses the euphemistic terminology he feels is used when Americans remember the camps, citing the official term, “Relocation Camps,” as an inaccurate representation of the harsh and unjust imprisonment suffered by many Japanese Americans.

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Bill Clinton
Ted Koppel Discusses Clinton’s Political Scandal

  By Sarah Dejak • July 31, 2014 Uncategorized
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Broadcast journalist Ted Koppel shares his opinions on what was most unsettling to him about the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal that emerged in 1998. In this video, Koppel says that Clinton having an affair with other women and being unfaithful to his wife was not what bothered him– … Continue reading

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Winston Churchill
Churchill’s ‘Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few’ Speech

  By Sarah Dejak • July 31, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this audio recording, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a speech to incite confidence and inspiration to his countrymen on August 20, 1940 as the United Kingdom prepared for a German invasion during World War II. The Allies had suffered some demoralizing defeats in the past few months … Continue reading

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2012-2013 Egyptian Protests
Egypt Celebrates New Future After Government Coup

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 30, 2014 Uncategorized
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CNBC reports live on July 3, 2013, the tumultuous night that Islamist Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi was ousted and placed under house arrest. The end of the Muslim Brotherhood’s short-lived regime prompted thousands of citizens to celebrate in Cairo. The “political reset,” caused an upheaval that was reminiscent to that … Continue reading

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Robert F. Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy Gives Rare Interview

  By Robbie Faselt • July 30, 2014 Uncategorized
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Ethel Kennedy gives a rare interview about her life and her marriage to Robert F. Kennedy to Brian Williams and her daughter Rory Kennedy, who was making a documentary about her mother. She talks about enjoying her life surrounded by politics and says that while everything came easy to John … Continue reading

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Elvis Presley
[Text] Elvis’s Hand-Delivered Letter to Nixon

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 30, 2014 Uncategorized
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“The drug culture, the hippie elements, the SDS, Black Panthers, etc do not consider me as their enemy or as they call it, the establishment. I call it America and I love it. Sir, I can and will be of any service that I can to help the country out. … Continue reading

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Fidel Castro
Errol Flynn Talks About Visiting Fidel Castro

  By Robbie Faselt • July 30, 2014 Uncategorized
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Famous actor Errol Flynn is interviewed about his time spent in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution. Flynn is very supportive of Fidel Castro and his regime and defends Castro when asked about the many executions that the Cuban leader ordered. Flynn met Castro in 1958 when he went to Cuba … Continue reading

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Cuban Revolution
Celia Sánchez: One of the Most Important Women Behind the Cuban Revolution

  By Robbie Faselt • July 30, 2014 Uncategorized
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Writer Nancy Stout talks about Celia Sánchez and her impact on the Cuban Revolution. Sánchez played a large role behind the scenes during the revolution and Stout claims that is why not many people outside of Cuba even know who she is. Sánchez was a close friend of Fidel Castro … Continue reading

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Warsaw Ghetto
Polish Underground Fighters on Rising Up Against the Nazis

  By Virginia Choi • July 30, 2014 Uncategorized
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Members of the Polish Resistance discuss their memories of the Warsaw Uprising on August 2, 1944, during World War II when Polish citizens took up arms in order to liberate Warsaw from the Nazis. The resistance expected the Soviet Union’s Red Army to intervene and aid in the fight but … Continue reading

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Cuban Revolution
Young Fidel Castro Wrote Fan Mail to FDR

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 30, 2014 Uncategorized
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“I don’t know very English, but I know as much as write to you…” Read an amazing letter from a 12-Year-Old Fidel Castro to just recently re-elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Castro writes “My very good friend Roosevelt: I don’t know very English, but I know as much to write … Continue reading