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Daily Video November 06 2020

Black turnout: Why Biden "owes this community a fight"
Learn how high voter turnout among Philadelphia's Black community has played a key role in Election 2020
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Daily Video April 18 2019

Democratic 2020 candidates debate reparations
Directions : Read the summary, watch the videos and answer the discussion questions below. You m…
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Daily Video February 05 2019

Amid calls for Virginia governor's resignation, a look at blackface's long racist history in America
Use this NewsHour lesson to learn about the racist history of blackface and discuss whether or not Gov. Ralph Northam should resign.
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Daily Video October 24 2018

Monitoring the Midterms: Voter ID laws and America's history of voter suppression
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary with your students, watch the video (…
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Daily Video October 03 2016

How do different racial groups view the police?
Only one-third of African Americans think the police are doing an excellent job, compared to roughly three quarters of white people, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. But Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka has worked to change those numbers.
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Daily Video February 03 2016

New York Times runs never-before-published photos for Black History Month
The New York Times has published a collection of never-before-seen photographs that help fill in the overall portrait of African-American culture and history.
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Lesson Plan January 29 2015

Lesson plan: Six murals tell the story of La Amistad and the African slave trade
On a moonless night in July 1839, several enslaved Africans unshackled themselves and crept up to the deck of La Amistad where they attacked and killed all but two of their captors. In this lesson, students will learn the story of Amistad through videos and six murals by Hale Woodruff, an artist eager to use his skills to create social change.

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