In this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , Jacques Pépin celebrates Julia Child’s enthusiasm for making fine cuisine accessible to all.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , Jacques Pépin celebrates Julia Child’s enthusiasm for making fine cuisine accessible to all.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , Dr. @jbf1755.bsky.social recounts how the 1765 Stamp Act sparked colonial protests over "taxation without representation" that helped set the stage for revolution.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , Latham Nez remembers the Native American Code Talkers, whose Indigenous languages became unbreakable codes that helped win both World Wars.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , @coons.senate.gov tells how Shirley Bulah's walk to a segregated school led to a Delaware ruling that helped pave the way for "Brown v. Board of Education".
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@250to250.bsky.socialMariska Hargitay is an award–winning actress, producer, and director and the founder of the Joyful Heart Foundation, dedicated to supporting survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. Hargitay proudly commemorates the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. #WeAreAmerica250
@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social, Charles “Chip” Storey tells the story of Fort Mose, the first legally sanctioned free Black community in America, founded by fugitives from slavery in Spanish Florida.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , Laura Freedman Pedrick recounts George Washington's 1790 letter to Newport's Hebrew congregation, a founding promise of religious liberty that "gives to bigotry no sanction”.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , @joshcowenmi.bsky.social describes the impact of the 1862 Morrill Act, which gave us our state colleges and universities.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , Garry Trudeau profiles World War II cartoonist Bill Mauldin, whose infantrymen Willie and Joe gave weary American soldiers a champion and a laugh when they needed it most.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , @nazirmcfadden.bsky.social profiles composer Aaron Copland, whose Pulitzer-winning works captured the American landscape and forged a distinctive national sound.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , Eric Arnesen recounts the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, whose violent suppression led Congress to bar the use of the U.S. military against civilians.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , Alexandra Vidal shares the cultural and artistic influence of “Star Wars”, the space opera that transformed the film industry.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , @mariannbudde.bsky.social explains how the 1969 Stonewall Uprising marked a new chapter in the cause of human freedom.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , @hassan.senate.gov explains how the 1944 Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire helped to create the modern global economic order.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , Victoria A. Smalls tells how Robert Smalls escaped slavery by commandeering a Confederate ship and rose to become a Union captain and U.S. congressman.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , @radiofreetom.bsky.social profiles James A. Garfield, who defied his era to champion Black civil rights more forcefully than any president until Lyndon Johnson.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social Fran Drescher celebrates “I Love Lucy”, the groundbreaking 1951 sitcom whose innovations—and its star Lucille Ball—set the standard for television comedy.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , @kevinmkruse.bsky.social examines the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the crowning achievement of the civil rights era whose protections recent Supreme Court decisions have eroded.
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@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social , @keithellison.bsky.social traces the layered history of Minnesota's Fort Snelling, from Dred Scott and the Dakota War to its role in immigration enforcement today.
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@kellyguinan.bsky.socialOne-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Narrated by Eric Arnesen
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