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King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
Jill Lepore
April 8, 1998
00:29:00
Jill Lepore, historian and author of The Name of War: King Philip's War And The Origins Of American Identity tells the story of the excruciating racial war, colonists against Indians, tha
In Their Own Voice: Native Americans Tell Their History
Gill Solomon
April 1, 2009
01:08:19
Gill Solomon, chief sachem of the Massachuset-Ponkapoag Tribal Council, and Mary Anne Hendricks, sachem of the Natick Nipmuc Indians, talk to park rangers from the Boston Harbor Islands about how they
Nora Pierce: The Insufficiency of Maps
Nora Pierce
May 15, 2008
00:22:30
Nora Pierce reads from her debut novel The Insufficiency of Maps, an unsentimental, Quechen coming-of-age story.
MCC Keynote Address: New Voices, Changing Experiences
W. Richard West Jr.
March 28, 2005
00:48:40
W. Richard West Jr. discusses the history of Massachusetts' cultural leaders, who have always been a resourceful, committed, and resilient lot.
Poverty and Social Justice Challenges Facing the Nation: Part I
Marian Wright Edelman
February 8, 2009
00:44:48
Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, discuss the social, economic, and educational challenges facing this country. New York Times columnist Bob Herbert moderates.
The First 100 Days
Jonathan Alter
April 13, 2009
01:27:09
Jonathan Alter, senior editor and columnist for Newsweek and author of The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, and Richard Parker, lecturer in public policy and senior fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, offer observations regarding
E.L. Doctorow: Homer & Langley
E.L. Doctorow
September 29, 2009
American novelist E.L. Doctorow talks about his new book, Homer & Langley, with noted publisher and editor Jason Epstein.
Religious Imagery in Navajo Textiles
Rebecca Valette
November 7, 2002
01:10:53
Rebecca Vallette, professor of Romance languages at Boston College and an avid scholar of Navajo weavings, explains that the seemingly abstract designs in Navajo textiles are, in fact, religious symbols imbued with specific meanings.
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