Journalists explore social media activism by discussing #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, a Twitter hashtag response to what was seen as racism and stereotypes in the images featured in the media.
This film reconstructs the events that led to the climax of the Civil Rights Movement.
Reporters, media professionals, and a graduate student explore the power of social media for sharing news and information, catalyzing social activism, and allowing citizens to play a watchdog role.
Psychologists Mamie and Kenneth Clark prove a connection between segregation and low self-esteem
Reporters and media professionals give suggestions for how to avoid our own biases when we consume news.
U.S. Representative John Lewis tells a story about his past to highlight citizens’ efforts to unite the United States.
Margot Stern Strom, the founder and President Emerita of Facing History and Ourselves, describes growing up in Jim Crow-era Memphis.
Martha Minow delivers a talk as part of the Day of Learning “Reimagining Self and Other.”
Reporters and media professionals define the term “confirmation bias,” and discuss its effect on how people approach and evaluate news and other information.
Dr. Terrence Roberts Speaks at the 2009 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner.
In the first of the Facing History virtual Community Conversation Series, actor and activist George Takei discusses his family’s wrongful incarceration during World War II and how we can all take action against anti-Asian racism on the rise today.
This video tells about the men who started the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, NC.