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Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire

Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire

Season 40 Episode 1
1:23:55
Sun Ra: Do The Impossible

Sun Ra: Do The Impossible

Season 40 Episode 2
1:23:05
Bella! This Woman's Place Is in the House

Bella! This Woman's Place Is in the House

Season 40 Episode 3
1:40:12
A brief history of Reconstruction

A brief history of Reconstruction

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2:32
The formation of the NAACP and Du Bois’ magazine, “The Crisis”

The formation of the NAACP and Du Bois’ magazine, “The Crisis”

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3:10
Du Bois used visualized data to confront racism at the 1900 Paris Exposition

Du Bois used visualized data to confront racism at the 1900 Paris Exposition

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2:25
W.E.B. Du Bois' childhood, family and education

W.E.B. Du Bois' childhood, family and education

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3:43
W.E.B. Du Bois passed away on the eve of the 1963 March on Washington

W.E.B. Du Bois passed away on the eve of the 1963 March on Washington

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1:48
How Bella Abzug elevated feminist causes while in office

How Bella Abzug elevated feminist causes while in office

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2:10
Defining what's missing in our democracy

Defining what's missing in our democracy

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0:55
Lily Tomlin was inspired by Bella Abzug to fight

Lily Tomlin was inspired by Bella Abzug to fight

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1:48
Sun Ra’s concept of “alter destiny” was his way of changing humanity

Sun Ra’s concept of “alter destiny” was his way of changing humanity

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3:29
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Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire [Extended Audio Description + OC]

Learn about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night. After his internment at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp and liberation from Buchenwald, Wiesel became a journalist in France before immigrating to America. Wiesel fought the “sin of indifference” by writing, teaching, and speaking truth to power. This version contains extended audio description.
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