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Arab Spring
Mohamed Bouazizi’s family on his self-immolation

  By erica • December 17, 2013 Uncategorized

The family of Mohamed Bouazizi recalls what happened on December 17, 2010, the day he set himself on fire as protest against the harassment he received as a street vendor. Continue reading

Tagged   Arab Spring, Arab Spring, Government, Politics and History, Protest
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Berlin Wall
Hoff and the Wall

  By psuhas • November 30, 2013 Uncategorized

David Hasselhoff recalls his emotional performance of "Looking for Freedom" on top of the rubble of the Berlin Wall. Continue reading

Tagged   Berlin Wall, Entertainment, Freedom, Politics and History, Progress, Protest
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Hollywood Blacklist
Norman Lear on refusing to front for blacklisted writers

  By erica • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized

Screenwriter Norman Lear recalls being asked to take credit for the work of blacklisted screenwriters during the 1940's and 1950's. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Entertainment, Film, Government, Hollywood, Hollywood Blacklist, Movies and Film, Protest, Scandal, TV
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Hollywood Blacklist
Ring Lardner, Jr. on being one of the Hollywood Ten

  By erica • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized

Screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. recalls what it was like to testify in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and explains what life was like as one of the Hollywood Ten.
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Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Entertainment, Film, Government, Hollywood, Hollywood Blacklist, Movies and Film, Protest, Scandal, TV
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Hollywood Blacklist
Cast & crew recall their time on the Hollywood Blacklist

  By erica • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized

Hollywood actors and crew members discuss what it was like to be on the Hollywood Blacklist and how being identified as communists changed their careers. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Entertainment, Film, Government, Hollywood, Hollywood Blacklist, Movies and Film, Protest, Scandal, TV
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Hollywood Blacklist
Herbert Biberman speaks to the House Committee on Un-American Activities

  By erica • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized

Watch director and screenwriter Herbert Biberman attempt to give his testimony to the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Entertainment, Film, Government, Hollywood, Hollywood Blacklist, Movies and Film, Protest, Scandal, TV
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Hollywood Blacklist
Actress Betty Garrett on the Hollywood Blacklist

  By erica • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized

Actress Betty Garrett recalls what her husband, Larry Parks, went through as an actor on the Hollywood Blacklist and how it affected their lives. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Entertainment, Film, Government, Hollywood, Hollywood Blacklist, Movies and Film, Protest, Scandal, TV
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Jonathan Prinz: “Everyone was terribly moved by that speech”

  By erica • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized

Jonathan Prinz recalls his experience when he heard the "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in 1963. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Freedom, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Politics and History, Progress, Protest
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech

  By erica • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton discusses what it was like to hear Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Freedom, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr., Politics and History, Progress, Protest
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Clayborne Carson: “As the bus approached Washington D.C. everything slowed down”

  By erica • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized

Professor Clayborne Carson recalls how he traveled to the March on a bus from the Midwest. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Freedom, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Politics and History, Progress, Protest
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