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The Oil Embargo & the Environment
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The 1973 oil embargo highlighted US dependence on foreign oil.
American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Video description: In 1936, the anthropologist and noted Harlem Renaissance figure Zora Neale Hurston traveled to Jamaica to learn the customs and traditions of its free Black population. Her experience there highlights one of the many ways she was ahead of her time.