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Articles with keyword "United States"

A still from "The Soul of Youth." 1920

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Film as Argument

By Bruce Bennett

The early disputatious days of American movies.

Portrait of Carl Sandburg

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A Workingman's Poet

By Danny Heitman

Frankness and plain speaking made Carl Sandburg a celebrity.

Poster of Eliza from Uncle Tom's Cabin crossing the Ohio River.

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The First Great American Novel

By Randall Fuller

It was Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Still from "The Red Shoes"

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Saving Grace

By Marilyn Ferdinand

How the Film Foundation restored The Red Shoes and is preserving cinematic history.

Boxcar Bertha

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Knowing the Scorsese

By Bruce Bennett

A Selective Filmography

Black Muslim rally, Harlem, 1963

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Civil Rights and the Changing World

By Earl Lewis

How history was made and how it's being written

The Grapes of Wrath's Tom Joad can't find work at a camp.

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Filming the American Novel

By Meredith Hindley

From The Great Gatsby to Sister Carrie, writers tell stories of social climbers and fortune hunters.

Passenger pigeons

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Drawn From Nature

By Laura Harbold

John James Audubon captured a disappearing world in his paintings.

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Remembering Mary Lou Beatty

By Amy Lifson

"Try again"

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Translating Politics

Political philosopher Harvey Mansfield and NEH Chairman Bruce Cole discuss the power of princes and the origins of modern government.