Video: Topics: Culture & Society: Race & Ethnicity
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To The Contrary | February 25, 2011 | PBS (#1951)
Full Program: Ditching DOMA; Budgeting Out Women; Carole Simpson News Lady 24:41
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Independent Lens | Celebrate Diversity | PBS
Join us on Independent Lens, where every week we bring you a story unlike any other. 00:44
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Wayne Johnson: Many People Help Refugees (#2007)
Former chief of the Bureau of Refugee Services Wayne Johnson talks about Iowans who helped refugees who came to Iowa from Southeast Asia in 1979. 01:02
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David Yepsen: Iowans Became Aware of Diverse Cultures (#2007)
Des Moines Register columnist, David Yepsen, talks about refugees helping Iowans to be more aware of diverse cultures. 01:00
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Governor Robert D. Ray: Iowa Benefits From Refugees (#2007)
Former Iowa Governor Robert Ray discusses how Iowa benefitted from the influx of refugees in 1975. 01:31
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Michael Gartner: State of Iowa is One of a Kind (#2007)
Former president of the Des Moines Register, Michael Gartner, explains the state of Iowa's unique status as a resettlement agency. 00:50
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Governor Robert D. Ray: Iowa Responds (#2007)
Former Iowa Governor Robert Ray talks about Iowa's response to a plea from the President of the United States asking Americans to help refugees from Southeast Asia in 1975. 01:06
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Governor Robert D. Ray: Iowa Responds to Tai Dam (#2007)
Former Iowa Governor Robert Ray discusses his decision to bring Tai Dam refugees to Iowa in 1975 after receiving a letter from Art Crisfield, an American who had met the Tai Dam while living in... 01:23
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Wayne Johnson: The Need is Immediate (#2007)
Former chief of Iowa's Bureau of Refugee Services Wayne Johnson talks about changes in refugee services in Iowa over the years. 00:53
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Kenneth M. Quinn: Iowans Send Aid to Southeast Asia (#2007)
Former US Ambassador to Cambodia Kenneth M. Quinn describes the response from Iowans to the plea for aid to refugees in Southeast Asia in 1979. 02:10
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Wayne Johnson: A Legacy Continues (#2007)
Former chief of the Bureau of Refugee Services Wayne Johnson talks about the roles former Iowa Governor Robert Ray and other Iowans played in helping refugees in 1979. These earlier events laid the... 01:19
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Searching for Buxton | Full Program
Full Program: A young African-American goes searching for his family past in a long-disappeared Iowa coal mining town and discovers that much of the prosperity and goodwill his relatives enjoyed nearly a... 29:15
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Colorblind | Trailer | PBS
Former classmates discuss the profound impact their African-American teacher had on their lives. 02:46
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Jim Crow Laws | PBS (#2311)
Separation of the races was the status quo. 00:20
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Freedom to Travel, part 1 | PBS (#2311)
Traveling in the South was dangerous for blacks. 00:57





