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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Police officer Marrion Baker recalls stopping Oswald moments after the shooting

  By bnussbaum • August 27, 2013 Uncategorized

A Dallas police officer, Marrion Baker, intercepted Oswald minutes after the assassination but did not realize he was the shooter. Continue reading

Tagged   Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Gun Violence, Politics and History, President
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
“We were looking directly at the president when he was hit”

  By bnussbaum • August 27, 2013 Uncategorized

A local Dallas man, Bill Newman, and his wife and children talk to a journalist just hours after the killing. They were waving to the president when he was shot. Continue reading

Tagged   Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Gun Violence, Media, Politics and History
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Abraham Zapruder Describes the Assassination

  By bnussbaum • August 27, 2013 Uncategorized

The man who shot the famous video of the assassination describes the events to a journalist just hours after Kennedy was killed. Continue reading

Tagged   Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Gun Violence, Heroes, Media, Politics and History
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Jonathan Prinz discusses fear and the integrated audience

  By erica • August 26, 2013 Uncategorized

Jonathan Prinz, son of Joachim Prinz, discusses fear and the integrated audience at the March. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Freedom, Joachim Prinz, Jonathan Prinz, 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 fear at the March

  By erica • August 26, 2013 Uncategorized

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton discusses the role of fear at the March. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Freedom, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Politics and History, Progress, Protest
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Clarence Jones on Mahalia Jackson’s influential advice for MLK

  By erica • August 26, 2013 Uncategorized

Dr. Clarence Jones discusses Martin Luther King's reaction when he heard gospel singer Mahalia Jackson say, "Tell 'em about the Dream". Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Clarence Jones, Freedom, Mahalia Jackson, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr., Politics and History, Progress, Protest
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Berlin Wall
“I cried. It’s quite simple.”

  By bnussbaum • August 22, 2013 Uncategorized

A West Berlin man talks about daily life and the mixing of East and West in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the wall. Continue reading

Tagged   Berlin Wall, Communism, Democracy, Politics and History, Progress
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Berlin Wall
Germans discuss their memories of that moment in 1989

  By bnussbaum • August 22, 2013 Uncategorized

Residents of East Germany and West Germany recall their feelings when the wall came down in 1989. Continue reading

Tagged   Berlin Wall, Communism, Democracy, Politics and History, Progress
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Berlin Wall
David Hasselhoff performs “Looking for Freedom”

  By bnussbaum • August 22, 2013 Uncategorized

Curiously, David Hasselhoff had a huge hit in West Germany in 1989 with a song called "Looking for Freedom." He performed it on the remains of the wall a few weeks after it came down. Continue reading

Tagged   Berlin Wall, Celebration, Communism, Democracy, Politics and History, Quirky
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Berlin Wall
Tom Brokaw live from Berlin

  By bnussbaum • August 22, 2013 Uncategorized

With revelers behind him, Tom Brokaw, the first American broadcaster on the scene, reports on the fall of the wall. Continue reading

Tagged   Berlin Wall, Celebration, Communism, Democracy, Politics and History, Progress
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