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The Civilian Conservation Corps by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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A Nation of Hypocrites Prohibition - A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Contents: “…Flagrant Defiance of Prohibition (2:29) -- Criticisms of Prohibition (1:06) -- 1920s: Decade of Hypocrisy (4:42) -- Emergence of Speakeasies (3:47) -- Lois Long's Speakeasy Dispatches (4:06) -- Lois Long on Harlem Speakeasies (3:38) -- Chicago Beer Wars (3:16) -- Chicago Gang Violence & Impunity (3:35) -- Al Capone in Media Spotlight (3:39) -- Capone's Complicated Relationship with Public (2:37) -- Liberation of Women (2:39) -- Sexual Revolution (2:24) -- Conspicuous Consumption of Alcohol (1:47) -- Al Smith's Presidential Candidacy (3:41) -- Opposition to Al Smith (3:01) -- Hatred for Al Smith (1:56) -- Religion in 1928 Presidential Election (2:47) -- Election of Herbert Hoover (1:47) -- Aftermath of 1928 Election (2:15) -- Challenges of Repealing Prohibition (2:01) -- Pauline Sabin (4:13) -- Pauline Sabin's Women's Organization (1:57) -- Women in Anti-Prohibition Movement (1:47) -- St. …”
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Hammer and hoe : Alabama Communists during the Great Depression Twenty-fifth anniversary edition. by Kelley, Robin D. G.

Contents: “…In Egyptland: the share croppers' union -- 3. Organize or starve! : communists, labor, and antiradical violence -- 4. …”

Oh Freedom After While by California Newsreel (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

Contents: “…Introduction: Oh Freedom After While (2:05) -- Missouri's Bootheel (3:03) -- Corrupt Plantation Owners (3:14) -- Great Depression: Sharecroppers' Plight (1:58) -- Southern Tenant Farmers' Union (1:40) -- Planters Strike Back (2:22) -- Black Organizer and White Planter (1:54) -- Government-Sponsored Cooperative Farming Communities (1:53) -- Influence of Owen Whitfield (2:54) -- More Troubles for the Sharecroppers (2:20) -- Whitfield's Plan (4:59) -- Protest Gets National Attention (2:49) -- Vulnerable Sharecroppers (3:08) -- Forcible Removal (2:28) -- Help on the Way (4:37) -- Sharecroppers Face Starvation (1:59) -- Cottages for Sharecroppers (3:07) -- Cropperville Community (2:36) -- Passage (2:48) -- Sharecropper Protest Legacy (3:04) -- Credits: Oh Freedom After While (1:26)…”
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A Nation of Scofflaws by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Contents: “…Memories of a Bootlegger Father (2:16) -- Prohibition's Abiders (2:29) -- Prohibition's Defiers (2:23) -- Volstead Act (2:47) -- Exceptions to Volstead Act (3:19) -- Challenges of Federal Prohibition Enforcement (2:41) -- Enforcement on State & Local Levels (2:05) -- Obeying Prohibition (1:26) -- Roy Olmstead's Seattle Gang (4:28) -- Olmstead's Nonviolent Bootleg Gang (1:55) -- Small Business Bootlegging (1:53) -- Prohibition in New York City (2:12) -- Inefficacy of NYC Prohibition Bureau (2:16) -- Crackdown on Prohibition in NYC (2:39) -- Profile of a Prohibition Agent (4:33) -- George Remus's Empire (5:35) -- Remus's Top Tier Bribery (2:24) -- Rum Running (3:46) -- Mabel Walker Willebrandt (3:42) -- Willebrandt's Banner Prosecution of Bootleggers (2:41) -- Rise in Alcoholism & Dangerous Consequences (1:49) -- Gangs & Organized Crime (3:11) -- Al Capone & The Chicago Outfit (2:57) -- Al Capone & Chicago Lawlessness (2:38) -- Proliferation of Home Brewing (4:50) -- Moonshiners (4:17) -- 1924 Democratic National Convention Issues (2:03) -- 1924 Democratic National Convention Candidates (2:41) -- 1924 Democratic National Convention Outcome (3:12) -- Conviction of George Remus (4:19) -- Remus's Controversial Life in & After Prison (4:22) -- Tale of a Prohibition Raid Evasion (1:41) -- Wiretapping & Arrest of Roy Olmstead (5:32) -- Trial of Roy Olmsteaed (2:02) -- Supreme Court Opinion on Wiretapping (1:59) -- Prohibition's Widespread Effects & Regrets (2:03) -- Credits: A Nation of Scofflaws: Prohibition-A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick (2:42)…”
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Clockwork by California Newsreel (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

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From The Library of Black History : Black Hollywood by Tony Brown Productions

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Al Capone and Prohibition by Balanga (Firm)

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Becoming Americans by Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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