Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (3-29-22):PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN: Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon… NARRATION: In March 2022, when President Joe Biden signed the nation’s first antilynching law. . . ARCHIVAL (3-29-22):PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN:…the Emmett Till Antilynching Act… Making lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in American […]
Retro Report
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Transcript: The 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz Was a Catalyst for Indigenous Activism
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (BAY AREA TELEVISION, 11-9-69):OCCUPIER: American Indians have secured the island of Alcatraz. JESSICA McEVER (MEDIA DIRECTOR, ILLUMINATIVE, CHEROKEE NATIVE): Alcatraz is a moment of inspiration. It was an intertribal movement that garnered national attention and that brought about policy change that affected our people. […]
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Black History Collection
This collection helps students connect African American history to today’s current events. It also contains a webinar exploring the early civil rights movement with our partners at New American History. Shirley Chisholm Was a Trailblazer for Change In 1972, Shirley Chisholm made history as the first Black woman to run for U.S. president. This video […]
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Transcript: Who Gets to Regulate #*%& Free Speech in Popular Culture?
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: August 9, 1985 ARCHIVAL (ABC, 8-9-85):PETER JENNINGS: This is a question particularly for older people. When was the last time you listened carefully to some of the words the rock singers sing? ARCHIVAL (CYNDI LAUPER MUSIC VIDEO):CYNDI LAUPER: She bop, he bop […]
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Transcript: Fights Over American Democracy Reach Back to the Founding Era
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: American democracy was a new invention, an evolving experiment. The founding documents of the United States made no reference to establishing a “democratic” government in the new breakaway republic. Though the signers of the Declaration of Independence and framers of the Constitution sought to […]
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The Perfect Pair: Reading and Retro Report
For every required school reading there is a perfect Retro Report video to add context. Here are some popular books often assigned by E.L.A/English teachers, and the videos that offer historical background and connections to current events. Team up with a teacher across the hall to enhance your students’ critical thinking skills and content knowledge. […]
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Extremism in America Wins an Eppy Award
“Extremism in America” has won first place in the 2023 Editor & Publisher Eppy Awards as best news or event feature video. We are honored to share this award with our partners WORLD and The WNET Group’s reporting initiative, Exploring Hate.
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Transcript: The Secret C.I.A. Operation That Haunts U.S.-Iran Relations
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (MSNBC, 9-22-22): NEWS REPORT: The death of a 22-year-old woman in Iran who was arrested by the morality police has now sparked extraordinary scenes that we’re seeing. ARCHIVAL (BBC, 9-21-22): NEWS REPORT: They said she wasn’t wearing the mandatory hijab, or headscarf, properly. Women […]
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Transcript: ‘Another Player Down’: How Concern About Injuries Is Changing Sports
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: Oct. 15, 2023 ARCHIVAL (NBC, 10-15-23):MIKE TIRICO (SPORTSCASTER): Damien Harris is in at running back for the Bills.CRIS COLLINSWORTH (SPORTSCASTER): Oh…MIKE TIRICO: Big hit by–on Harris, but past the 35-yard line. ARCHIVAL (NBC, 10-15-23):MIKE TIRICO: The worst scene you can imagine as […]
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Transcript: When Art Fuels Anger, Who Should Prevail?
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: In the late 1980s, 37-year-old Andres Serrano set out to push artistic boundaries. ANDRES SERRANO (ARTIST): I decided there was something new I wanted to investigate – this idea of making photographs that were, in a way, for me, going against the grain of photography. […]
