African-Americans Move To The City
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris talks about the lack of equal opportunity on the job front for African-Americans who began moving to cities in the 1920's. "I think it's sometimes painful to acknowledge just how discriminatory the wor...
Surf's Up: Wave Climate and the D-Day Story
Just as continental locations have a climate, so, too, do ocean waves. Knowing the wave climate at Normandy became a key part of the planning process in advance of the Allied D-Day invasion during World War II.
Post-World War II Oceanography
Geophysicist and geologist Tanya Atwater talks about technology developed as part of the war effort in the 1940's that would prove critical in the formulation of plate tectonics theory.
Civil Rights Movement, The: Beginnings
Professor of history Gary Gerstle talks about the seeds of the civil rights movement in the years following World War II. Professor Gerstle explains that the move towards racial equality in America was motivated to some extent by the Cold War and th...
Patterns of Immigration Between 1924-1965
Professor of history Gary Gerstle explains that immigration to the United States was relatively low during the period between 1924 and 1965. There were strict limits placed on the number of those who could come to the U.S. during those years, althou...
The Apology
Seventy years after their imprisonment in so-called "comfort stations," Grandma Gil in South Korea, Grandma Cao in China, and Grandma Adela in the Philippines are facing their twilight years. After decades of living in silence and shame about their ...