The Great Depression: Crash Course Black American History #28
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Comments and reviews: 10
Stax
It's always important to take a deeper look at policies. Here in Canada, there has always been a lot done to oppress First Nations folk without explicit language, and it's easy to see if you look or at least care for your fellow human beings.
This show has been a great step in education, and I hope more people open their eyes to policies that are blatantly racist even if the policy doesn't say so.
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It's always important to take a deeper look at policies. Here in Canada, there has always been a lot done to oppress First Nations folk without explicit language, and it's easy to see if you look or at least care for your fellow human beings.
This show has been a great step in education, and I hope more people open their eyes to policies that are blatantly racist even if the policy doesn't say so.
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PavarottiAardvark
There was a legendary production of MacBeth run by the Federal Theatre Project as part of these programmes. An all black cast, directed by Orson Wells, put on a production set in Haiti. Dubbed -The Voodoo MacBeth-, it was wildly successful and went on tour, where they company insisted that it not play to any segregated crowds. Alas, no full recordings of the play survive.
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There was a legendary production of MacBeth run by the Federal Theatre Project as part of these programmes. An all black cast, directed by Orson Wells, put on a production set in Haiti. Dubbed -The Voodoo MacBeth-, it was wildly successful and went on tour, where they company insisted that it not play to any segregated crowds. Alas, no full recordings of the play survive.
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Jennifer
Thank you Dr. Smith and the rest of the team for such unflinching honesty and top-notch research. So little of this is taught in schools even at the university level. This is far and above the best series in Crash Course, and that's one VERY high bar to cross.
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Thank you Dr. Smith and the rest of the team for such unflinching honesty and top-notch research. So little of this is taught in schools even at the university level. This is far and above the best series in Crash Course, and that's one VERY high bar to cross.
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GreyGryphon
Gonna say it now
This is the best Crash Course series yet. I love John and World History and the Astronomy series and lots of others but this one taught me more about things viscerally close to home. And I'm not even American.
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Gonna say it now
This is the best Crash Course series yet. I love John and World History and the Astronomy series and lots of others but this one taught me more about things viscerally close to home. And I'm not even American.
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PavarottiAardvark
What really sucked for southern farmers was that it was already a terrible decade - a Boll Weevil outbreak did huge damage to crops, and the Mississippi suffered major flooding in 1927. Just one blow after another.
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What really sucked for southern farmers was that it was already a terrible decade - a Boll Weevil outbreak did huge damage to crops, and the Mississippi suffered major flooding in 1927. Just one blow after another.
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Ed
As a somewhat middle-class white guy in the U. K, we learnt very little about this at school. I'm very glad that resources such as Crash Course put out such quality content for free.
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As a somewhat middle-class white guy in the U. K, we learnt very little about this at school. I'm very glad that resources such as Crash Course put out such quality content for free.
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CJ
Mr. Smith! This series is excellent! Thank you and the team at crash course for doing your due diligence and telling the important and yet often overlooked history of this country
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Mr. Smith! This series is excellent! Thank you and the team at crash course for doing your due diligence and telling the important and yet often overlooked history of this country
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Ataraxia
Is there a good book to learn more of the specific nitty gritty details of how the Great Depression was experienced differently by black people? Great video btw.
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Is there a good book to learn more of the specific nitty gritty details of how the Great Depression was experienced differently by black people? Great video btw.
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autumnlvzzz
Thank you for showing us the history of African Americans. In school I have never learned about how the Great Depression effected African Americans. -
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Thank you for showing us the history of African Americans. In school I have never learned about how the Great Depression effected African Americans. -
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JAY
The book -the color of law-, breaks down a bunch of the laws and policies that hindered, and in some ways continues to hinder progress for black Americans.
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The book -the color of law-, breaks down a bunch of the laws and policies that hindered, and in some ways continues to hinder progress for black Americans.
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