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When Ken Burns asked every living president to recite the Gettysburg Address in 2013, Pres. Carter shared this story about Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and the Camp David Accords. We are thinking about the President and thought all would appreciate this wonderful story.
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On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. He died the next day at 7:22 am.
In his speech at Lincoln’s funeral, Frederick Douglass offered both high praise and sharp criticism of the late president's legacy.
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Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, has died. He shared his story in The US and the Holocaust. Here's a clip from the film.
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In the words of Ted Williams: "If there was a guy born to play baseball, it was Willie Mays." Mays wasn't just a legendary figure in baseball; he was a testament to the power of talent and dedication. His contributions to baseball and society will be remembered for years to come.
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In this moment from BROOKLYN BRIDGE, David McCullough reminds us that the structures we build can serve as a celebration of our humanity, who we are – and who we’d like to be. David will be greatly missed by all who believe in the power of history - and the beauty of language.
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Our newest
#UNUMChat
brings together
@KenBurns
and
@MSNBC
host
@maddow
to discuss her new book, PREQUEL: AN AMERICAN FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM (
@CrownPublishing
), exploring the fascist movement in the United States in the lead-up to the Second World War.
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CORRECTION: These remarks by Douglass were made at the dedication of the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, DC on April 14, 1876, not at Lincoln's funeral.
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Last weekend,
@KenBurns
gave the commencement address at
@BrandeisU
.
Reflecting on his nearly fifty-year career making films about the U.S., Ken examined the intimacy and complexity of our shared history. He reminds us that there is no "them," only "us".
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Antisemitism is neither new nor uncommon, but when a public figure espouses antisemitic statements it gives others permission to do the same. This clip from our film “THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST” shows us what can happen when antisemitism is minimized or ignored:
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On this day in 1863, the bloodiest meeting in the Civil War ended. The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal moment in US history & remains a stark reminder of the profound costs of a divided nation. Learn more via our Gettysburg playlist:
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This
#FourthofJuly
, watch our
#UNUMShort
with
@AVindman
and
@YVindman
discussing their refugee experience. They urge us to rebuild the American refugee process to align with values of inclusion:
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#OTD
in 1940, a massive rescue effort saved 300,000 Allied troops trapped in Dunkirk, France.
This clip from THE ROOSEVELTS details how devastating this moment was for Allied war efforts.
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A rare white buffalo has been born in
@YellowstoneNPS
, fulfilling a Lakota prophecy that indicates better times to come. Our clip from THE AMERICAN BUFFALO details the significance of a white buffalo birth in 1933.
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In 1920, when the Negro Leagues began, Rube Foster declared, “We are the ship, all else the sea.”
Now, 100 years later, stars like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson will finally have their records and statistics counted in the major league record books.
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Here's the full conversation between
@KenBurns
and
@KevinMKruse
about myth and American history based on Kevin's new book, Myth America. Take a look.
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Today marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
Often referred to as the beginning of the end of the war, US soldiers made tremendous sacrifices to ensure the success of the mission.
Watch this clip from THE WAR to reflect on this historic day.
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If Trump “is elected as the next president of the United States, we are one step closer to operating under a dictatorship.”
In a new
#UNUMChat
with Cassidy Hutchinson, she outlines the consequences of a second Trump presidency, based on her experience in the Trump White House.
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THREAD: Housing is one prism through which we can understand systemic racism. Let's explore how 20th century housing policies systematically disadvantaged Black people, using clips from
@sarah_l_burns
&
@davidmmcmahon
's film, EAST LAKE MEADOWS. Here’s
@jelani9
setting us up.
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Happy Labor Day. The American labor movement fights for better wages and working conditions. Watch our
#UNUMPlaylist
on the history of Labor in the United States, and reflect on all those that have fought to improve workers’ rights:
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Today we lost Wayne Shorter, one of our most enigmatic Jazz saxophonists. Watch him play with the Miles Davis Quintet in this clip from Jazz.
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In 2007, the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site became the only
@NatlParkService
unit to use "massacre" in its name, acknowledging a horrific act of state-sponsored violence.
Watch our latest on why how we remember is a part of our history too.
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As
@AVindman
and
@Yvindman
remind us, “how we treat refugees is one of the greatest tests of our American experiment.” Watch our
#UNUMShort
with them here to learn more about the refugee crisis unfolding today:
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By Christmas 1945, many WWII troops had returned home to Luverne, Minnesota.
Through the words of journalist Al McIntosh, voiced by
@TomHanks
in THE WAR, we’re reminded that the joy of the holiday season comes as a welcome reprieve in difficult times.
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For some, the Statue of Liberty is a beacon of hope. But as James Baldwin explains in this clip from
@KenBurns
’s new
#UNUMShort
, the statue is “a bitter joke” to Black Americans, who have long been denied the full freedoms it promises. More here:
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In their latest film,
@KenBurns
,
@LynnNovick
, and
@sbotstein
explore America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises in history. The U.S. and The Holocaust premieres tonight at 8 pm ET on
@PBS
.
#USandTheHolocaustPBS
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History is with us everyday. Some days it’s just really noticeable.
@KamalaHarris
This election is about so much more than
@JoeBiden
or me. It’s about the soul of America and our willingness to fight for it. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Let’s get started.
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We remember the great Charley Pride, the man, his music and his impact.
@dariusrucker
@KenBurns
@CountryMusic
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@KevinMKruse
and
@KenBurns
delve into the history of the Dixiecrat Rebellion and Kevin’s new book MYTH AMERICA in our newest
#UNUMChat
. Watch here:
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@KenBurns
1981 film BROOKLYN BRIDGE included a shot of the bridge that he believed had perfect lighting. Here’s that shot — caught on their 53rd roll of film — featuring the Twin Towers, then a signature part of the skyline. We pause to remember all those impacted by 9/11.
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The great Buck O’Neill, Negro American League baseball player, was elected to the Hall of Fame tonight. He’s celebrated at the
@NLBMuseumKC
that he helped build and in the hearts of baseball fans worldwide. Here’s a clip from
@KenBurns
1994 Film, Baseball.
@PBS
@MLB
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“The Civil War is still going on. It’s still to be fought, and regrettably it can still be lost,” says historian Barbara Fields in THE CIVIL WAR, recognizing in those few words that America's promise of freedom has yet to be fully realized.
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The filibuster “is the preferred choice of Southern conservatives, in whatever era and whatever party, who are trying to slow down civil rights and trying to deny equal protection for African Americans,”
@KevinMKruse
reminds us in a recent
@voxdotcom
article by
@Zackbeauchamp
.
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#OTD
in 1864, Arlington Cemetery was established on 200 acres of the Virginia estate of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
This clip from THE CIVIL WAR details how General Lee’s front yard became the Union’s most hallowed ground.
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“How we treat refugees is one of the greatest tests of our American experiment,” says
@AVindman
. “In the Statue [of Liberty], we see a country struggling to admit to itself that it has fallen short of its ideals.”
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"This photo seemed to capture the divide between who we purport to be and who we have actually been, the gap between our founding promises and our current reality."
For
@TheAtlantic
,
@ClintSmithIII
on how a single image can reflect an entire history:
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While they are very different, many are looking at the 1975 fall of Saigon to try to understand what is happening in Afghanistan. Walter Cronkite perhaps said it best, “We’ve reached the end of a tunnel and there is no light.” A clip from The Vietnam War.
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This Tuesday, 12/21 at 1 PM, join
@KenBurns
and
@HC_Richardson
for a Facebook Live conversation on the history & evolution of the Republican Party from Lincoln to today.
Register for the event here:
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Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo on the
#StatueofLiberty
and the importance of symbols to remind us of our past and the promise of America.
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On this anniversary of Louis Armstrong's death, watch
@KenBurns
explain why the famed musician is not only one of the best jazz players of all time — but also one of the greatest innovators in American history.
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#OTD
in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment was declared law. The amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people. Watch our clip, The Reconstruction Amendments, here to learn more:
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On September 4, 1957, the Little Rock Nine first attempted to enter Central High School, surrounded by a mob of segregationist protesters. But the National Guard, called in by Arkansas's governor, blocked the students from entering the building.
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.
@MrChuckD
is loving his
#CountryMusicPBS
t-shirt! Retweet, follow, and stay on the look out for more surprises for our followers in the next few weeks! Country Music premieres on Sunday, 9/15 on
@pbs
at 8pm EST/5pm PST.
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#OTD
in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified by a single vote, securing suffrage for American women. As seen in this
#UNUMShort
, Ken Burns reminds of the enduring power one vote has to change history:
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Coming soon…Our latest
#UNUMChat
, featuring
@kenburns
and
@kevinmkruse
discussing Confederate monuments, the evolution of the GOP, and Kevin’s new book, “Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past” (
@BasicBooks
).
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Today is
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
. Here's an excerpt from 'THE AMERICAN BUFFALO' feat. Germaine White of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, discussing the deep roots Indigenous Americans have to this land. Appreciating Native history is vital to understanding our continent.
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In a new
#UNUMShort
,
@KenBurns
and the great James Baldwin remind us that American monuments, even the venerated Statue of Liberty, are representations of myth — not fact.
Join them for a deeper dive into the Statue's mythology and history here:
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#OTD
75 years ago, baseball legend Babe Ruth died at 53. As iconic
@MLB
announcer and
@baseballhall
inductee Red Barber mentions in this clip from BASEBALL, “We don’t realize it today, but the game of baseball has never been the same since Babe Ruth began to hit home runs.”
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@KenBurns
& Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, have a big announcement: Elizabeth Coffman’s film FLANNERY is the first winner of the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film! What makes this film so special?
@KenBurns
&
@LibnOfCongress
explain below ⬇️
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On April Fools' Day, we're thinking of Mark Twain, one of America’s most famous authors and a skilled prankster.
Watch this clip where
@KenBurns
discusses "the funniest guy I've ever come across."
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Ken Burns convened some of the leading voices in media — Yamiche Alcindor, David Axelrod, James Fallows, Jane Mayer, Will Sommer, Kara Swisher, and Megan Twohey — for this UNUM playlist on the history of communication and its impact on today’s world.
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97 years ago today, the first integrated recording session in jazz was held when Jelly Roll Morton recorded with The New Orleans Rhythm Kings, a white band. Learn more about Morton, whose music captured the "essence of the American experience," in this clip from
@KenBurns
's JAZZ
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Vin Scully, a longtime announcer for the Dodgers and one of the most important voices in baseball passed away on Tuesday. In
@KenBurns
's BASEBALL, Scully discusses the emotional highs and lows of wins and losses, aging, and the Dodgers' victory over the Yankees in '55.
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THREAD: President Biden recently met with historians who compared today’s political landscape to the pre-Civil War era and to pro-fascist movements before World War II,
@washingtonpost
reports. (1/4)
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In our latest
#UNUMShort
with
@NYTOpinion
,
@AVindman
and
@YVindman
return to the bench where they first met
@KenBurns
nearly 40 years ago to reflect on their own refugee experience, the refugee crisis unfolding today, and what we need to do to live up to our country’s ideals.
“Today, America is faced with yet another opportunity to live up to its creed,” says Alexander Vindman. “How we treat refugees is one of the greatest tests of our American experiment.”
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This
#FourthofJuly
, Frederick Douglass's blistering “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech has taken on renewed significance. Read
@OBWax
on the speech's history & how it informs where we are today
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Baseball’s opening day is fast approaching. Last year, we created a Buck O'Neil UNUM playlist to recognize his induction into
@baseballhall
.
Buck was a dear friend of
@KenBurns
. His legacy remains an inspiration for all who love the game. Watch here:
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#OTD
in 1860, Americans elected Abraham Lincoln as their president. One of our most exalted orators, Lincoln took office just as the country descended into civil war. Watch our
#UNUMPlaylist
to learn more about the 16th president here:
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On
@inthebubblepod
,
@Aslavitt
and
@KenBurns
discuss Benjamin Franklin’s relationship to science and inoculation. The epidemic of Franklin's time, smallpox, took the ultimate toll — his son's life.
Watch the full
#UNUMChat
below⬇️
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As Buck O’Neil enters
@baseballhall
today, we look back at the life and legacy of a leader, a friend, and a legend of the game using some of Ken’s favorite moments from BASEBALL. Take a look here:
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Today in 1775, the battles of Lexington and Concord occurred, sparking the American Revolution.
Our clip from BENJAMIN FRANKLIN features the first hand account of Franklin's sister Jane, as she details the chaos in Boston after the war.
@TownOfLexMA
@TownofConcordMA
@REV250BOS
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the earliest supporters of inoculation. Yet, tragically, he lost his son to the epidemic of his time - smallpox.
Watch
@Aslavitt
and
@KenBurns
’s discussion of Franklin & inoculation from
@inthebubblepod
below⬇️
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The first American Indian woman to earn a medical degree, Susan La Flesche Picotte spent her early career as the lone physician on Nebraska's 1,300 sq mi Omaha reservation.
Learn more in
@PBSAmerMasters
's
#Unladylike2020
:
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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The Gettysburg Address is a living document that continues to inspire and challenge us. It asks us to reaffirm our commitment to equality and justice, and its endurance is a testament to the ongoing relevance of those values. (1/2)
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Does Teddy Rossevelt's Republican Party have any connection to today's? Tuesday at 1PM ET,
@KenBurns
and
@HC_Richardson
discuss the history & evolution of the Republican Party.
Register here:
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Daisy -- the daughter of a formerly enslaved man -- was interviewed for Ken Burns’s The Civil War. The film debuted in 1990, 125 years after the 13th Amendment outlawed slavery.
History is never as distant as it may seem.
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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank seems reminiscent of earlier runs on financial institutions. But is it? In our Hard Times
#UNUMPlaylist
,
@KenBurns
discusses the Great Depression and its impact on individuals and the country. Watch here:
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At its best, baseball has helped America through its darkest times and led the country in fights for justice.
In a new
#UNUMShort
, which premiered on
@CBSSunday
today,
@KenBurns
explains how our pastime can once again guide us through this moment.
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NEW: In the latest
#UNUMShort
,
@KenBurns
explores the crucial elections of 1928, 1932 & 1936, which realigned party affiliations and redefined American politics for decades to come.
Learn more on UNUM:
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60 yrs ago today, 66.4 million Americans gathered around their TVs to watch then-Senator John F. Kennedy & then-Vice President Richard Nixon square off in the first nationally televised presidential debate in history — a landmark moment in presidential politics.
#KenBurnsEffect
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Satchel Paige, one of baseball’s greatest pitchers, was born on this day in 1906. To honor his birthday, we created a playlist of some of the best Satchel Paige moments from
@KenBurns
’s BASEBALL. Check it out here:
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As
@KevinKruse
explains, the suburbs were “wholly a creation of the federal gov” - through investments in infrastructure like highways - in part to keep white & Black people apart. As Mary Pattillo says, “there was no next step for Black public housing residents.”
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The myth of America, often told through public monuments, has long been at odds with the truth of our history, as
@KenBurns
& the great James Baldwin explore in this
#UNUMShort
.
For more on the gap between the American promise & reality, visit UNUM:
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On December 7, 1941, 17-year-old Daniel Inouye was getting ready to go to church with his family when they realized something was wrong at Pearl Harbor.
Inouye, who would later become a US senator from Hawaii, describes the moment his “world had come to an end.”
@PearlHarborNPS
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The
#PentagonPapers
were a defining moment for the Vietnam War and US history. With Daniel Ellsberg death yesterday, we are sharing this playlist of clips, including thoughts from
@JaneMayerNYer
&
@mega2e
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“Lincoln still stands out because he is that rarest of things in our politics.”
In our new
#UNUMChat
,
@JohnAvlon
and
@KenBurns
discuss John’s new book and what Lincoln’s style of leadership can teach us today.
Watch the full conversation here ⬇️
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#OTD
120 years ago, the words of a largely unknown poet were added to the base of the Statue of Liberty, acknowledging how the Statue, built to recognize the end of slavery, instead evolved into a monument to diversity in America. Do these words speak to who we are today?
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Just over a year after the start of the Warrior Met Coal strike – the longest in Alabama history –
@SenSherrodBrown
and
@KenBurns
reflect on a scene from THE ROOSEVELTS: a pivotal strike from 1902 by the same union.
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This week, we will be sharing anti-racist reading material & other resources for folks who want to learn more about racism's history in America. We hope that these tools, mandated by this moment, can help people see the world differently (thread)
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The initial purpose of public housing - set forth by FDR’s New Deal - was to provide temporary housing primarily for white middle class families. Over time, many low-income families, disproportionately people of color, were displaced to make way for these new developments.
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History is not something in some faraway place or time. It’s here with us.
@KenBurns
Fifty-eight years ago this week, I was released from Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm, after being arrested at the bus station in Jackson, Mississippi for using a so-called "white" restroom during the Freedom Rides.
#GoodTrouble
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Happy 100th birthday to “Jazz’s most apocalyptic voice,” Charles Mingus. When Columbia Records refused to allow him to include all the lyrics to his song "Fables of Faubus," he released it in full on another record label. The song attacked the segregationist governor of Arkansas.
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NEW: In the latest
#UNUMShort
,
@KenBurns
dispels the common misconception that our electoral map - of blue, red & “swing” states - is set in stone by examining three crucial elections that remade the political landscape.
Learn more on UNUM:
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Maya Lin was catapulted to fame at 21, when she won a nationwide competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. She discusses the idea behind her now-iconic design in this clip from our Asian American Stories playlist:
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Watch the full conversation about competing American movements here:
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Today marks 130 years since the massacre of hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee.
This was the culmination of decades of conflict between the U.S. and displaced Native Americans.
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The result of these policies meant, as
@jelani9
explains here, two different relationships with this country developed: White people, who mostly benefited from these policies & were able to achieve the ideal of America, and Black people, who were mostly denied access to it.
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Singer Patsy Cline was born on this day in 1932. In
@KenBurns
's COUNTRY MUSIC, Brenda Lee reflected on her relationship with Cline, who was like "a big 'ole sister" to Lee.
"She was a great broad," Lee said.
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@AOC
Our
#UNUMPlaylist
on the history of housing inequality, featuring
@jelani9
,
@nhannahjones
, and
@KevinMKruse
!
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Frank Robinson became the first Black baseball manager in the major leagues on this day in 1974. His one wish, he said, was for Jackie Robinson, who had died two years earlier, to "be here to see this happen, this moment." Watch more in this clip from
@KenBurns
's BASEBALL:
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In 1902, Theodore Roosevelt forever altered government's involvement in business when he filed a precedent-setting suit.
@Marketplace
's
@kairyssdal
shares this story as we consider the regulation of tech giants today.
Watch the full piece ⬇️
#UNUMVoices
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In the Capitol's Statuary Hall, where the House of Reps met until 1857, stands a statue of Clio, the muse of history. Her presence reminds members that "what they did there didn’t just matter at the moment, but for time to come — that they would be measured by history."
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Franklin Roosevelt once said, "Let us unite in vanishing fear..." which is what his honesty through his fireside chats did for many Americans. See more:
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Black women activists were instrumental in the fight for the
#19thAmendment
— & continued their activism long after its ratification.
In
@TIME
,
@marthasjones_
shares the history of Black women who fought for the right to vote — from the 1820s to today.
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