In 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 , @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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#LongDepression
#PosseComitatistAct
#NoMilitaryAgainstCivilians
@kellyguinan.bsky.socialOne-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250
Robert Smalls
Narrated by Victoria A. Smalls
#WeAreAmerica250
#Gullah
#EmancipatedSelf&Others
#FirstBlackCaptianUSNavy
#Congressman
#EqualRights
@kellyguinan.bsky.socialOne-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250
Hockessin Colored School #107
Narrated by @coons.senate.gov
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#ShirleyBulah
#Delaware
#RaciallySegregatedSchools
#BeforeBrown
#Education
@kellyguinan.bsky.socialOne-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250
Stonewall Uprising
Narrated by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social, Maggie Bohara tells how Jacob Coxey's 1894 march of unemployed workers to Washington foreshadowed the New Deal's public works programs.
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@kellyguinan.bsky.socialOne-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250
Cripple Creek Miners' Strike
Narrated by @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social
@kellyguinan.bsky.socialOne-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250
Fort Mose
Narrated by Chip Storey
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#Freedom&Land
#EscapedSlaves
#FreeBlacks
@stevethedogcivics.bsky.socialIn this episode of @250to250.bsky.social, Lexy White celebrates the Indianapolis 500, the storied race that fueled America's car culture and became one of the nation's greatest sporting traditions.
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