Inspired by the 2015 film The Pilgrims, American Experience presents a special discussion sharing Native American perspectives on the arrival of European settlers in New England, 400 years ago. The conversation will examine the experiences of Native populations at the time of the settlers' arrival, what is actually known about the first Thanksgiving, and how native tribes see themselves in today's construction of the United States.
Featured guests include:
Linda Coombs, Aquinnah Wampanoag, historian and independent scholar
Cassius Spears, Knowledge Keeper and Narragansett Tribal Member
The discussion will be moderated by Yvonne Russo, a filmmaker and member of the Sicangu Lakota Tribal Nation. Special remarks to be provided by writer and director of The Pilgrims, Ric Burns.
The event takes place on November 18 from 4-5pm EST and will be live streamed for free through our YouTube and Facebook pages.
I love PBS and this is the
appropriate time to have this conversation. Being of Native American
and African American Heritage, and having grown up in a culture that
actually has a holiday set aside to be thankful, it's a difficult one to
broach when you consider the fact that the originators of the event
were actually predators and genocidal maniacs. Can we actually continue
to honor the culture apart from it's treacherous beginnings?
I love PBS and this is the
appropriate time to have this conversation. Being of Native American
and African American Heritage, and having grown up in a culture that
actually has a holiday set aside to be thankful, it's a difficult one to
broach when you consider the fact that the originators of the event
were actually predators and genocidal maniacs. Can we actually continue
to honor the culture apart from it's treacherous beginnings?-GDW
In case you missed it...
We're excited to present monthly conversations inspired by the history presented in our films. Stay tuned for upcoming topics, and feel free to send us ideas for speakers or themes you'd love to see covered.
If you missed any of our recent virtual events but don't want to miss out on the conversation, you can watch the recordings on our YouTube channel, or at the links below.
In October, we presented a conversation moderated by American Experience Executive Producer Cameo George with filmmaker Stanley Nelson. Nelson and George discussed three of Nelson's Civil Rights films: The Murder of Emmett Till, Freedom Riders, and Freedom Summer.
Major funding for American Experience provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance, Consumer Cellular and by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Additional funding provided by the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, The Documentary Investment Group, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers. American Experience is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston.
My Brother/Friend/Journalist Vincent Thomas forwarded this information to me, and I'm sure it will be of interest to you as well. So mark your calendars. One of our illustrious Sorors (Delta Sigma Theta), Mary Church Terrell an African American woman of substance and power is being featured on PBS' UNLADYLIKE 2020 - Friday, July 10 at 9:00PM.
This is what he has to say about the producer: "Sandra Rattley has been a long time friend and news colleague since the beginning days of Howard University's WHUR-FM. A native Washingtonian, she lived one block over from my family in N.E. D.C. I didn't know her then, but her brother Sonny was a constant
participant in our baseball games nearby.
Sandra became news director at WHUR, before moving on to be a reporter at all news, WTOP before beginning her illustrious career in public broadcasting, described in the link below this announcement.
This should be an interesting program coming up on the 10th. Check your local PBS schedule for times." - Vincent
American Masters - Unladylike2020:
The Changemakers
An exciting hour of TV you don’t want to miss!
UNLADYLIKE2020 is very pleased to announce our one-hour special American Masters – Unladylike2020:
The Changemakers
Airing on PBS stations nationwide Friday,
July 10 at 9 pm ET
Check listings for your local public television station here.
American Masters – Unladylike2020: The Changemakers explores the accomplishments and challenges of five pioneering women who paved the way over 100 years ago in American activism and politics. These changemakers who used
their voices and power to run for elected office, organize for civil rights, and fight for the right to vote, are Martha Hughes Cannon, the country's first female state
senator; Jovita Idar, a journalist, and president of one of the first Mexican American women's civil rights organization; Jeannette
Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress;Mary Church Terrell, a leader in the anti-lynching movement and co-founder
of the NAACP; and Zitkála-Šá, who lobbied for U.S. citizenship, voting rights, and sovereignty for American Indians.
Presenting history in UNLADYLIKE2020’s signature style, The Changemakers is produced and directed by Charlotte Mangin and Sandra Rattley. Charlotte says the stories featured in the special feel current because, “The Unladylike2020
pioneers were critical to making the equality agenda part of the national fabric of this nation.” Sandy adds, “Two of our changemaker heroines, Mary Church Terrell and Jovita Idar took a stand against lynching a century ago. In 2020, Congress is still debating
the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act after 120 years of efforts to make lynching a federal crime. I have no doubt these unladylike women would be out in the streets protesting for justice today.”
The Changemakers is narrated by Julianna Margulies (ER,
The Good Wife, Billions), and features the voices of Lorraine Toussaint (Selma, Orange is the New Black, The Glorias),
Deshja Driggs-Hall, Flora Diaz, Adrienne LaValley, and Julienne Davis. The hour concludes with the perspectives of contemporary women thought-leaders, including Representative Deb Haaland, one of the first American Indian women in Congress; Ai-jen Poo, Executive
Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance; and Brittany Packnett-Cunningham, activist and member of the Ferguson Commission, formed following the police shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr.
If you miss the July 10th broadcast, The Changemakers will be available on the American Masters website through
August 8th.
Sandra Rattley is a behavior change communications specialist with over 35-years experience as a communications leader. In 1999, she launched the Africa Learning Channel, a Pan-African information service broadcast via WorldSpace Satellite Radio to over 100
million listeners in 51 African countries, providing first-voice, best practices information for poverty reduction, civic engagement and ...
Hello All:
Thought I'd inject just a little light humor over a very serious subject. So please indulge me, and enjoy - if you like it, pass it on.
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE ELECTION 2012
(based loosely on the rhythm & rhyme of Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore)
PoeticLicenseTM
BY
GLORIA DULAN-WILSON
(c) NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Twas the night bfore the Election And in every house
The people were shouting Keep Obama in the White House!!
*
He helped us when the economy tanked and we were in despair
The Bushes were laughing and didn't give a care
*
Wall Street was pampered while Main Street was dead
Visions of homes, jobs and auto workers were all ripped to shreds
*
People bought homes that were part of a trap
And now were losing them in a mortgage security gap
*
The first Presidential debate was full of Romney chatter
The President seemed quiet, but that didn't matter
*
The mendacity of Mitt-Twit was salacious and brash
Cause he was not for WE THE PEOPLE, just partisan cash
*
The anger of the people was beginning to grow
Cause his on-camera "caring" was all just for show
*
And what to our wondering eyes did appear
But the puppet master strings so blatant and clear
*
And a conniver named Rove so sneaky and slick
That he, the Kochs and Bushes had tried every underhanded trick
*
They tried to stop votes with bogus I.D. scams to reduce the amout,
They own vote counting machines so they can miscount
*
They lied in Wisconsin, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania
The media, newspapers, television all carried Romneymania
*
And he said he'd cut out the 47% and make sure they didn't get one red cent
Romneysia is a recurring condition; he lies about lying, with no truth admission
*
He'd cancel FEMA, PBS, Big Bird, Medicaid & Obamacare
Let the the Elders eat vouchers; what does he care?
*
He'll send all the jobs to cheap Chinese & Latin Americans for hire
You think unemployment's high now, he'll make it even higher!
*
He's torn down more companies than he's ever built
He's run businesses into the ground without any guilt
*
He's running on a record he never attained
The UAW is suing him for outrageous profits he obtained
*
More rapid than eagles Obama's forces they came
He counterd aend shouted and made Romney/Ryan look lame
*
Now Michelle! Now Hillary! Now Eric! Now Clinton!!
On Nutter! On Jesse! On Kerry! on Colin and too many to mention
*
To the top of world respect! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away, rep-ughblican delays, job blockages and all!
*
As dry leaves before hurricane Sandy did fly
He and Chris Christie and took to the Jersey sky
*
So over the submerged houses with FEMA they flew
And he made sure Jersey & New York had aid that day before he was through
*
And there in a twinkling we all saw the proof
Romney/Ryan was fallacy - Obama/Biden is truth!!!
*
As the independents vacillated and waited around
Obama's leadership in education, health & foreign affairs still abound
*
He's clothed in vision & purpose from his head to his foot
He's brought the soldiers home and our jobs back to boot!
*
A bundle of aid for Americans he did not hold back
Like the leader he is, he protects us from lack & attack
*
His eyes, how they twinkle, his smile reassuring
His vision is keen, is strength so alluring
*
He has a strong friendly smile at least a mile wide
He looks you in the eye - he has nothing to hide
*
He has a mellow way of talking He makes you feel calm
He takes responsiblity; protects the country from harm
*
He looks out for women, disenfranchised, the middle class and the poor
He's done more in two years than most have done in four
*
He's taken lemons and given us lemonade
He takes responsibility and isn't afraid
*
When he speaks his words, you know it will work
To not vote for Obama, you'd have to be a jerk
*
He's for All Americans, not just for those
The rich, right wing rep-ugh-blicans chose
*
So as we get up to slay the ones who don't give a whistle
Just remember to vote Nov.6, because this will
*
Be the most important thing you do
When you cast your vote for the country
& WE, THE PEOPLE -
that's YOU!!
*
So let me exclaim before you turn out the light
Re-Elect Barack Obama by Tomorrow Night
*
STAY BLESSED &
ECLECTICALLY AMERICAN
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
(c) November 5, 2012
Hello All:
Thought I'd inject just a little light humor over a very serious subject. So please indulge me, and enjoy - if you like it, pass it on.
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE ELECTION 2012
(based loosely on the rhythm & rhyme of Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore)
PoeticLicenseTM
BY
GLORIA DULAN-WILSON
(c) NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Twas the night bfore the Election And in every house
The people were shouting Keep Obama in the White House!!
*
He helped us when the economy tanked and we were in despair
The Bushes were laughing and didn't give a care
*
Wall Street was pampered while Main Street was dead
Visions of homes, jobs and auto workers were all ripped to shreds
*
People bought homes that were part of a trap
And now were losing them in a mortgage security gap
*
The first Presidential debate was full of Romney chatter
The President seemed quiet, but that didn't matter
*
The mendacity of Mitt-Twit was salacious and brash
Cause he was not for WE THE PEOPLE, just partisan cash
*
The anger of the people was beginning to grow
Cause his on-camera "caring" was all just for show
*
And what to our wondering eyes did appear
But the puppet master strings so blatant and clear
*
And a conniver named Rove so sneaky and slick
That he, the Kochs and Bushes had tried every underhanded trick
*
They tried to stop votes with bogus I.D. scams to reduce the amout,
They own vote counting machines so they can miscount
*
They lied in Wisconsin, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania
The media, newspapers, television all carried Romneymania
*
And he said he'd cut out the 47% and make sure they didn't get one red cent
Romneysia is a recurring condition; he lies about lying, with no truth admission
*
He'd cancel FEMA, PBS, Big Bird, Medicaid & Obamacare
Let the the Elders eat vouchers; what does he care?
*
He'll send all the jobs to cheap Chinese & Latin Americans for hire
You think unemployment's high now, he'll make it even higher!
*
He's torn down more companies than he's ever built
He's run businesses into the ground without any guilt
*
He's running on a record he never attained
The UAW is suing him for outrageous profits he obtained
*
More rapid than eagles Obama's forces they came
He counterd aend shouted and made Romney/Ryan look lame
*
Now Michelle! Now Hillary! Now Eric! Now Clinton!!
On Nutter! On Jesse! On Kerry! on Colin and too many to mention
*
To the top of world respect! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away, rep-ughblican delays, job blockages and all!
*
As dry leaves before hurricane Sandy did fly
He and Chris Christie and took to the Jersey sky
*
So over the submerged houses with FEMA they flew
And he made sure Jersey & New York had aid that day before he was through
*
And there in a twinkling we all saw the proof
Romney/Ryan was fallacy - Obama/Biden is truth!!!
*
As the independents vacillated and waited around
Obama's leadership in education, health & foreign affairs still abound
*
He's clothed in vision & purpose from his head to his foot
He's brought the soldiers home and our jobs back to boot!
*
A bundle of aid for Americans he did not hold back
Like the leader he is, he protects us from lack & attack
*
His eyes, how they twinkle, his smile reassuring
His vision is keen, is strength so alluring
*
He has a strong friendly smile at least a mile wide
He looks you in the eye - he has nothing to hide
*
He has a mellow way of talking He makes you feel calm
He takes responsiblity; protects the country from harm
*
He looks out for women, disenfranchised, the middle class and the poor
He's done more in two years than most have done in four
*
He's taken lemons and given us lemonade
He takes responsibility and isn't afraid
*
When he speaks his words, you know it will work
To not vote for Obama, you'd have to be a jerk
*
He's for All Americans, not just for those
The rich, right wing rep-ugh-blicans chose
*
So as we get up to slay the ones who don't give a whistle
Just remember to vote Nov.6, because this will
*
Be the most important thing you do
When you cast your vote for the country
& WE, THE PEOPLE -
that's YOU!!
*
So let me exclaim before you turn out the light
Re-Elect Barack Obama by Tomorrow Night
*
STAY BLESSED &
ECLECTICALLY AMERICAN
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
(c) November 5, 2012
Hello All:
Thought I'd inject just a little light humor over a very serious subject. So please indulge me, and enjoy - if you like it, pass it on.
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE ELECTION 2012
(based loosely on the rhythm & rhyme of Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore)
PoeticLicenseTM
BY
GLORIA DULAN-WILSON
(c) NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Twas the night bfore the Election And in every house
The people were shouting Keep Obama in the White House!!
*
He helped us when the economy tanked and we were in despair
The Bushes were laughing and didn't give a care
*
Wall Street was pampered while Main Street was dead
Visions of homes, jobs and auto workers were all ripped to shreds
*
People bought homes that were part of a trap
And now were losing them in a mortgage security gap
*
The first Presidential debate was full of Romney chatter
The President seemed quiet, but that didn't matter
*
The mendacity of Mitt-Twit was salacious and brash
Cause he was not for WE THE PEOPLE, just partisan cash
*
The anger of the people was beginning to grow
Cause his on-camera "caring" was all just for show
*
And what to our wondering eyes did appear
But the puppet master strings so blatant and clear
*
And a conniver named Rove so sneaky and slick
That he, the Kochs and Bushes had tried every underhanded trick
*
They tried to stop votes with bogus I.D. scams to reduce the amout,
They own vote counting machines so they can miscount
*
They lied in Wisconsin, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania
The media, newspapers, television all carried Romneymania
*
And he said he'd cut out the 47% and make sure they didn't get one red cent
Romneysia is a recurring condition; he lies about lying, with no truth admission
*
He'd cancel FEMA, PBS, Big Bird, Medicaid & Obamacare
Let the the Elders eat vouchers; what does he care?
*
He'll send all the jobs to cheap Chinese & Latin Americans for hire
You think unemployment's high now, he'll make it even higher!
*
He's torn down more companies than he's ever built
He's run businesses into the ground without any guilt
*
He's running on a record he never attained
The UAW is suing him for outrageous profits he obtained
*
More rapid than eagles Obama's forces they came
He counterd aend shouted and made Romney/Ryan look lame
*
Now Michelle! Now Hillary! Now Eric! Now Clinton!!
On Nutter! On Jesse! On Kerry! on Colin and too many to mention
*
To the top of world respect! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away, rep-ughblican delays, job blockages and all!
*
As dry leaves before hurricane Sandy did fly
He and Chris Christie and took to the Jersey sky
*
So over the submerged houses with FEMA they flew
And he made sure Jersey & New York had aid that day before he was through
*
And there in a twinkling we all saw the proof
Romney/Ryan was fallacy - Obama/Biden is truth!!!
*
As the independents vacillated and waited around
Obama's leadership in education, health & foreign affairs still abound
*
He's clothed in vision & purpose from his head to his foot
He's brought the soldiers home and our jobs back to boot!
*
A bundle of aid for Americans he did not hold back
Like the leader he is, he protects us from lack & attack
*
His eyes, how they twinkle, his smile reassuring
His vision is keen, is strength so alluring
*
He has a strong friendly smile at least a mile wide
He looks you in the eye - he has nothing to hide
*
He has a mellow way of talking He makes you feel calm
He takes responsiblity; protects the country from harm
*
He looks out for women, disenfranchised, the middle class and the poor
He's done more in two years than most have done in four
*
He's taken lemons and given us lemonade
He takes responsibility and isn't afraid
*
When he speaks his words, you know it will work
To not vote for Obama, you'd have to be a jerk
*
He's for All Americans, not just for those
The rich, right wing rep-ugh-blicans chose
*
So as we get up to slay the ones who don't give a whistle
Just remember to vote Nov.6, because this will
*
Be the most important thing you do
When you cast your vote for the country
& WE, THE PEOPLE -
that's YOU!!
*
So let me exclaim before you turn out the light
Re-Elect Barack Obama by Tomorrow Night
*
STAY BLESSED &
ECLECTICALLY AMERICAN
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
(c) November 5, 2012
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