"How to Bloom in Dark Places” by Warsan Shire
Poet Warsan Shire tells the story of a young Somali-born refugee in this poem from the film Brave Girl Rising.
Hope Frye's Testimony on Child Migrant Detention
Immigration lawyer Hope Frye describes the conditions at child migrant detention centers in her congressional hearing testimony.
Terrence Roberts on Understanding History
Dr. Terrence Roberts, one of the Little Rock Nine, speaks about the importance of understanding the history of segregation and civil rights to combat racism and discrimination today.
The Arpilleras of Chile (with Marjorie Agosin)
Marjorie Agosin discusses women’s artistic response to Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile.
The Danger of a Single Story
In her TED Talk, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes the effects that labels can have on how we think about ourselves and others.
The Definition of a Refugee
US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power explains what makes a person a refugee.
The Global Refugee Crisis
Sasha Chanoff, Co-Founder and Executive Director of RefugePoint, discusses the refugee crisis facing the world in 2016.
The Importance of Humanizing Refugees
US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power explains how she works to make difficult problems seem easier to solve.
The Lavender Scare: Gay and Lesbian Life in Post-WWII America
Learn about the attempts to purge the US military and federal government of gay and lesbian employees during the Cold War and decades later.
The New Latinos
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Part four of Latino Americans, this video highlights the swelling immigration from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic that stretched from the post-World War II years into the early 1960s as the new arrivals sought economic opportunities.
The Rights of Refugees
Sasha Chanoff, Co-Founder and Executive Director of RefugePoint, explains the definition of the term “refugee” and illustrates how the international community has sought to address refugee issues since the end of World War II.