Creating the German Nation
Read about the confluence of nationalism, race science, and German-unification efforts in mid-eighteenth-century German society.
"Expansion Was Everything"
Read about nineteenth-century Imperialism, the Congress of Berlin, and W. E. B. Du Bois’ analysis of the profound consequences of Europe's colonization of Africa.
First Encounters in the Americas
Consider what interactions between the first Spanish explorers and Indigenous Peoples demonstrate about encountering the unfamiliar.
Imperialism, Conquest, and Mass Murder
Learn about Germany’s atrocities against the Herero, the Nama, and other Indigenous groups in South-West Africa during Europe's colonization of Africa in the late 1800s.
Inventing Black and White
Learn how Bacon’s Rebellion became a turning point for the way the laws of colonial Virginia distinguished people of different races.
Religion, Loyalty, and Belonging
Read statements by George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte about religious freedom and the membership of Jews in eighteenth-century France and the United States.
The Science of Race
Read about the seventeenth- and eighteenth- century scientists who tried to prove that humankind is divided into separate and unequal races.
We and They in Colonial America
Learn how race and racism evolved within North America’s first European settlements with the stories of two African Americans who secured freedom in colonial Virginia.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience Part Three - No Turning Back
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The third of a 3-part series explores the immigration laws of 1965, and intimate portraits of the new Chinese Americans
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience Part Two - Between Two Worlds
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The second of a 3-part series explores the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Benjamin Ferencz: Watcher of the Sky
This film focuses on Benjamin Ferencz, a former prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials who is dedicated to preventing mass atrocities.