Roberto Clemente |
Clip
Major League Baseball tried to ignore the "un-American" heritage of Latino ballplayers.
46 SEC
Roberto Clemente |
Clip
Roberto Clemente is introduced to overt racism while training in the American South.
1 MIN 49 SEC
The Abolitionists |
Clip
The day after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, William Lloyd Garrison was met by 10,000 freed slaves outside the Charleston Citadel.
1 MIN 59 SEC
The Abolitionists |
Clip
In 1862, Lincoln promises to sign an Emancipation Proclamation on New Year's Day.
2 MIN 03 SEC
The Abolitionists |
Clip
John Brown put little stock in abolition through peaceful means. In 1855, he headed to the slave state of Kansas.
2 MIN 02 SEC
The Abolitionists |
Clip
With the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the war merged with the abolitionist cause. But the Union had to win, or the Proclamation would mean nothing.
2 MIN 52 SEC
The Abolitionists |
Clip
By killing of five pro-slavery men, John Brown hoped to strike terror in the hearts of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas.
1 MIN 50 SEC
The Abolitionists |
Clip
Harriet Beecher Stowe made millions of Americans see slavery through the eyes of its victims.
2 MIN 56 SEC
The Abolitionists |
Clip
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made the hunting down of escaped slaves, even in free states, fully legal.
The Abolitionists |
Clip
In the spring of 1854, fugitive slave Anthony Burns sat in Boston's city jail as protests for his release turned violent.
2 MIN 55 SEC
The Abolitionists |
Clip
Although fighting for a common cause, abolitionists Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison suffered a major falling out.
2 MIN 54 SEC
The Abolitionists |
Clip
The death of Harriet Beecher Stowe's son allowed her to imagine the pain of an enslaved mother's separation from her child.
2 MIN 52 SEC
