Freedom Riders - May 14

Learning About Our History

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Today is Dylan Thomas Day, Buttermilk Biscuit Day, Chicken Dance Day, and Shades Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Freedom Riders
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ON THIS DATE

• 1607 - Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
• 1796 -  Edward Jenner administers his first smallpox inoculation.
• 1948 - Israel is declared an independent state.
• 1955 - Eight Communist bloc countries, sign the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty.
• 1961 - A white mob attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, attacking the riders and fire-bombing the bus.
• 1973 - The space station Skylab is launched.
• 1998 - The final episode of Seinfeld airs.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1727 - English painter Thomas Gainsborough
• 1952 - Singer-songwriter David Byrne
• 1969 - Actor Cate Blanchett
• 1971 - Director and producer Sofia Coppola
• 1984 - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
• 1989 - Football player Rob Gronkowski

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime - LISTEN
• The Beatles - Julia - LISTEN
• The Shirelles - Mama Said - LISTEN
  
• Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not to Come - LISTEN
• Taylor Swift - The Best Day - LISTEN

ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Why Do We Say, "Asian American," Not "Oriental"? | Origin of Everything

THEME:  Freedom Riders

• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Freedom Riders Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Freedom Riders - Chapter One (10:12) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - National Park Service -  Freedom Riders National Monument - READ
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Freedom Rides of 1961 Collection - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - ETV Classics - Connections: Freedom Riders (2011) (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Eyes on the Prize - Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) (56:14) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - A Fire in Anniston: A Freedom Riders Story (56:46) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Amanpour and Company - 60 Years Since the Freedom Riders: What Has Changed? (18:05) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Metrofocus - Back on the Bus (8:55) - VIEW
• Grade 7-12 - American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Freedom Rider Interviews - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Mississippi Department of Archives and History -  A Freedom Rider's Journey Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 7-12 - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University - Freedo Rides - READ
• Grades 7-12 - CSPAN - Freedom Riders (12:00) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - EDSITEment - The Freedom Riders and the Popular Music of the Civil Rights Movement - Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 9-12 - EDSITEment - JFK, Freedom Riders and  the Civil Rights Movement - Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 9-12 - Carolina K-12 - The Freedom Rides of 1961 - Lesson Plan - DO

WATCH

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THE EXPRESS WAY WITH DULE HILL - Chicago 
Tuesday, 5/14 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Chicago is a city known for its rich history and culture. But for some, it's been marred by crime and violence. In this episode, Dule Hill meets the city's talented artists to explore why art and activism are often synonymous in the Midwest. THE EXPRESS WAY WITH DULE HILL Streaming Video

FRONTLINE - A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro's Venezuela 
Tuesday, 5/14 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
Exposing the shadowy figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S. With the Venezuelan news outlet, Armando.info, the inside story of Alex Saab, his capture, then release by the U.S. in a controversial prisoner swap. FRONTLINE Streaming Video

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P.O.V. - Through the Night 
Tuesday, 5/14 from 12-1:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Explore the personal cost of our modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a childcare provider, whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center in New Rochelle, New York. P.O.V. Streaming Video

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INDEPENDENT LENS - Writing With Fire 
Tuesday, 5/14 from 2-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Meet the women journalists of India's only all-female news network, who risk everything in a male-dominated world to uncover their country's political inequities. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

P.O.V. - Children of the Mist 
Tuesday, 5/14 from 3:30-5 pm NH WORLD
Learn the story of Di, a 13-year-old Hmong girl living in rural Northwest Vietnam as she navigates the cultural and social challenges faced by young girls in her community while balancing inherited traditions and modernity. P.O.V. Streaming Video

AMAZING HUMAN BODY - Grow 
Tuesday, 5/14 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Learn how humans begin life as a single cell and, over the course of a lifetime, grow into beings of more than 37 trillion cells. Plus, explore new discoveries that can help humans live longer, healthier lives. AMAZING HUMAN BODY Streaming Video

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