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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - "I Have a Dream"
New Deal: We Work Again - 1930's
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We Work Again is a US government civic-minded film aimed specifically at the unemployed African American population in the wake of the Great Depression.
Produced by the Work Projects Administration, the largest New Deal agency, We Work Again works to illustrate how black citizens would not be left out of the FDR's relief plan. We Work Again includes rare documentary footage of the Depression era, depictions of the New Deal in effect, and a rousing choir of singers, ending the film on a hopeful note.
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A short newsreel recounting the Olympics held in China's uneasy neighbor Japan. Forty-four years ago, notice the absence of corporate sponsorship and the lack of steroid enhanced wins.
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In this clip from 1967, newsreel reader Ed Herlihy narrates a cynical take on the anti-Vietnam War marches which took place in New York City, San Francisco, and across the US. Martin Luther King, Jr. petitions the UN, students burn their draft cards at demonstrations, and anti-anti-Vietnam protesters make their support of the conflict known.
Forty years later, we find ourselves in a similar scenario.
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