John Brown: Harpers Ferry
John Brown was an American abolitionist, and folk hero who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all slavery. On October 16
John Steinbeck and the American experience
This program is a comprehensive portrait of John Steinbeck and the America he depicted, providing students with an appreciation of one of the 20th
Subject: Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968--Criticism and interpretation
Transcript: mentioned in his novels, such as the Hamilton. Ranch, which features in East of Eden. This film is a journey using John Steinbeck's books as a guide to
The Federal Theater, Project 891, and the Mercury Theater
of Orson Welles and John Houseman.
Series: A Search For An American Voice In Theater
Contributor(s): Davis, John
Subject: Houseman, John
Transcript: slave revolt turned autocratic emperor, Henri Christophe. There'd been a major book called Black Majesty by John Vandercook published, I believe, in 1932
An Argument About a Marriage
In 1958, with assistance from the Marshalls, a group of Ju/'hoansi returned home to Nyae Nyae after several years as unpaid, captive laborers on a
Contributor(s): Marshall, John
The life & death of King John
Shakespeare’s play about the weak and despicable King John, who tries to fend off the royal claims of Arthur, Duke of Brittany, who is supported by
Subject: John, King of England, 1167-1216--Drama
Transcript: this unlook'd for, unprepared pomp. Mad world! mad kings! mad composition! John, to stop Arthur's title in the whole, Hath willingly departed with a part
A history of American Indian achievement: the great transition
1100 - Anasazi Build Cliff Cities at Mesa Verde -- 1142 - Iroquois League Creates a Constitution -- 1614 - Pocahontas Marries John Rolfe -- 1621
Series: A History Of American Indian Achievement
Subject: Rolfe, John, 1585-1622
Transcript: . POWHATAN AND OTHERS SAW THE ENGLISH AS INVADERS WHO MUST BE STOPPED. TENSIONS CAME TO A HEAD WHEN CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, A LEADER OF THE JAMESTOWN COLONY
A history of American Indian achievement: American Indian renaissance
1969 - N. Scott Momaday Wins Pulitzer Prize -- 1970 - John Echohawk Founds NARF -- 1973 - Second Battle of Wounded Knee -- 1977 -Velarde and Martinez
Series: A History Of American Indian Achievement
Subject: Echohawk, John
Transcript: . (narrator) JOHN ECHOHAWK, A MEMBER OF THE PAWNEE NATION, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO. RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP, HE WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY
A Curing Ceremony
Sha//ge, a very young woman about to have her first child, falls ill, probably with malaria. /Ti!kay, a relative and healer, enters a mild trance
Contributor(s): Marshall, John