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Meet Liliana Astiz

2m 33s
A profile of Liliana Astiz, one of the 40 student freedom riders participating in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride. "The more you take control of what your life is, and the more you take control of what your future becomes," Lily says, "the more you begin to see how much power you really do have."
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Meet Tania Smith

2m 46s
A profile of Tania Smith, a student at American University and one of the 40 student freedom riders participating in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride.
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The First Gay Pride March

2m
Organizers of the first gay pride march had low expectations. Here, they remember the march, held in New York City, one year after the Stonewall riots, in June 1969.
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The Fear of Being Gay

44s
A veteran remembers what it was like to discover he was gay. Homosexuality meant a dishonorable discharge and no one would hire you afterwards.
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Meet Charles Reed, Jr.

1m 30s
A profile of Charles Reed, Jr., one of the 40 student freedom riders participating in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride in May 2011. "Thirty-nine new people from across the nation that I have no connection to at all... we share the same belief that social justice is something that is important," says Charles from the campus of the University of Mary Washington.
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Karl Kumodzi: Student Freedom Rider

1m 42s
An introductory video to Karl Kumodzi, one of the forty Student Freedom Riders participating in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride. From May 6-16, college students will join original Freedom Riders in retracing the 1961 Rides from Washington, DC to New Orleans, LA.
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Boys Beware

10m 12s
This 1955 educational film warns against "the dangers of homosexuality," which is described as "a sickness of the mind." The ten minute video was produced by the Unified School District and the Police Department of Inglewood, California.
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The Great Famine Preview

30s
The little-known story of the American effort to relieve starvation in the new Soviet Russia in 1921, The Great Famine is a documentary about the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Half a world away, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by Herbert Hoover, director of the American Relief Administration known as the ARA.
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America's Gift to Famine Stricken Russia

7m 1s
A 1923 American Relief Administration film, "America's Gift to Famine Stricken Russia," tracks the path of food aid to the Soviet Union, where citizens were suffering a third year of severe drought. In these selected film clips, the ARA introduces important members of its staff and shows the variety of creative ways they delivered food to up to 11 million people daily.
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