Tag: Politics and History

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Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster on Her Ties to Reagan Assassination Attempt

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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“I feel very young…” Watch Jodie Foster’s press conference on April 2, 1981 following John Hinckley’s assasination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.  Hinckley, who began stalking Foster at Yale University shortly after she appeared in the 1976 film “Taxi Driver.” He claimed that his attempt on Reagan’s life was a … Continue reading

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Espionage Act
Son Discusses the Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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Robert Meeropol discusses the execution of his parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the only U.S. citizens to be executed under the Espionage Act of 1917. As one of the most contested death sentences in history, the Rosenberg case has inspired continued debate over the constitutionality of the Espionage Act. In … Continue reading

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Battle of Orgreave
Courts ‘Don’t Even Say Sorry’ over Bloody Clash

  By Virginia Choi • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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David Michael Wilson, one of 95 charged with rioting and unlawful assembly, during the Battle of Orgreave strike describe the police brutality he experienced during that infamous day on June 18, 1984. The bloody clash between the South Yorkshire police and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) over pit closures … Continue reading

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Winston Churchill
Churchill’s ‘Finest Hour’ Speech

  By Virginia Choi • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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Winston Churchill delivered his “This Was Their Finest Hour” speech to the to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom on  June 18, 1940 during World War II’s Battle of France when Germans had successfully invaded France and British and French forces were in retreat to the sea. In … Continue reading

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Thurgood Marshall
Appointment to Supreme Court in 1967

  By Virginia Choi • June 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Footage from 1967 of Thurgood Marshall’s appointment as the the first African-American Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall was confirmed by a Senate vote of 69–11 on August 30, 1967; in this video, members of the U.S. Senate give their feedback on the historic confirmation.

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Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall: “Common Humanity’

  By Virginia Choi • June 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Stephen Carter, former clerk of Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1980, shares a story on how Marshall would never say a negative thing about someone, including the segregationists that he effectively dedicated his legal career opposing. Carter describes a time when one particular segregationist lawyer’s name came up and instead of … Continue reading

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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Edward Breathitt on Civil Rights in Kentucky

  By Virginia Choi • June 9, 2014 Uncategorized
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The late Kentucky Governor Edward Breathitt, who served from 1963 to 1967, was a vital ally of President Lyndon B. Johnson and of the civil rights movement. Breathitt’s work with the Southern Governors Conference helped to pass the national 1964 Civil Rights Act. However, also in 1964, he was unable … Continue reading

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Anne Frank
The Stepsister of Anne Frank

  By Sarah Dejak • June 9, 2014 Uncategorized
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Eva Schloss, Auschwitz survivor and stepsister of Anne Frank, reflects on the lively personality that Frank had while growing up. She explains Frank as a vivid storyteller that would sometimes even get in trouble at school for talking too much. Schloss then goes on to compare and contrast her experience … Continue reading

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Adolf Hitler
Testimonies from Hitler’s Army

  By Virginia Choi • June 9, 2014 Uncategorized
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German veterans in Adolf Hitler’s army explain how they understood the events that led to World War II: “We wanted to defend our empire, which we had been wonderfully but purposefully misled about.” One former supporter of Hitler, Herr Joe Hermann, goes into why many Germans–including himself–believed Hitler’s invasion of … Continue reading