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‘This little light of mine’ performed by Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 1960
In this clip from 1960, Sister Rosetta Tharpe performs 'This Little Light of Mine' live on stage at the first Festival de Jazz d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins in France. According to the video notes, she's accompanied by clar...
The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman
Escaping slavery; risking everything to save her family; leading a military raid; championing the cause of women’s suffrage; these are just a handful of the accomplishments of one of America’s most courageous heroes. ...
How to make a Renaissance sugar sculpture
Learn how to make a sugar sculpture, a small yet luxurious art spectacle from the Renaissance Period. Food historian Tasha Marks demonstrates how to create these displays from a sugar plate recipe in this episode of T...
The exceptional life of Benjamin Banneker
Born in 1731 on a farm in Baltimore, Maryland, Benjamin Banneker was an accomplished author, publisher, scientist, astronomer, mathematician, urban planner, activist, and farmer throughout his life. A free descendant ...
Jackie Robinson, baseball pioneer and American hero
It was 1947 when Jack Roosevelt Robinson, known as 'Jackie' in popular culture, put an end to segregation in baseball as the first African American player in the major leagues. This Mini Bio reveals his life before ba...
Bessie Coleman, The First Female African American Pilot
Born on January 26, 1892, American aviator Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman to hold a pilot license and the first American woman to hold an international pilot license. Her daredevil figure eights, ...
How to Understand Power – TED Ed
Every day, we move and operate within systems of power that other people have constructed. But we’re often uncomfortable talking about power. Why? Eric Liu describes the six sources of power and explains how understan...
Rosa Parks, her story as a lifelong civil rights activist
On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested when she bravely refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger. In protest of the unjust Alabama law that required African Americans to sit in the back of the bu...
Hazel Scott plays Black & White on two grand pianos (1943)
Hazel Scott was not only a gifted pianist and singer -- a child musical prodigy who at only eight years old was given a scholarship from the Juilliard School of Music to be privately tutored -- she was also the first ...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembered
Above, MLK, Jr. Remembered, a starter video from National Geographic about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s efforts in leading the modern American Civil Rights Movement, advocating for the legal equality of African-Ameri...
Students remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech
Fourth graders from Watkins Elementary School recite a portion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s pivotal "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 2010, from The Washington Post. The original speech w...