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The March on Washington
Jonathan Prinz: ‘Don’t Observe Life, Participate in It’

  By Witnify • February 13, 2014 Uncategorized
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Jonathan Prinz, son of Rabbi Joachim Prinz, expresses the importance of being a participant in the world and he explains how attending the March on Washington gave him that worldview. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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The March on Washington
Jonathan Prinz on His Father’s View of Civil Rights

  By Witnify • February 13, 2014 Uncategorized
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Jonathan Prinz discusses his father, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, and how the Holocaust formed his view of civil rights. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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The March on Washington
Jonathan Prinz: ‘Ultimately a Movement Has to Depend on the People in That Movement’

  By Witnify • February 13, 2014 Uncategorized
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Jonathan Prinz discusses the civil rights movement and how it has informed other movements. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin on His Sea-Sickness

  By Virginia Choi • February 12, 2014 Uncategorized
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Charles Darwin describes his persistent sea-sickness aboard The Beagle. Continue reading

Tagged   Charles Darwin, Explorer, Nature, Politics and History
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln’s Secretary On What Happened Before & After the Gettysburg Address

  By Witnify • February 12, 2014 Uncategorized
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John Hay, one of President Lincoln's private secretaries, described the scene as the presidential party arrives in Gettysburg. Continue reading

Tagged   Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, Military, Politics and History, primary source, Speech
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Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Speech

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Queen Elizabeth II speaks in front of Parliament on her Diamond Jubilee, the 60th year of her reign. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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Queen Elizabeth II
Behind the 21-Gun Salute for Queen Elizabeth II

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Major Mark Edward and Captain Richard Todd explain the preparation that went into the 21- and 41-gun salute that honored Queen Elizabeth II’s 61st anniversary of becoming queen as well as the history of the salute. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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Queen Elizabeth II
Queen's Speech to Parliament in 2013

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Queen Elizabeth II of England reads her Queen’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament on May 8, 2013. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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Malala Yousafzai
Queen Elizabeth II and Malala Yousafzai Meet

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Queen Elizabeth II meets Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban, and she shares her reaction to seeing the Queen. Continue reading

Tagged   2010s, Diplomacy, Education, historical footage, Malala Yousafzai, Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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Queen Elizabeth II
Rare Queen Elizabeth Interview About the Permanence of Ruling

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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England’s Queen Elizabeth II shares her thoughts on a wide range of topics like, what it was like to take on the title of Queen with “no apprenticeship” after her father died young, what she does with the immense numbers of letters she receives, and more. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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