MDC 102: Making of the Modern Mind II: Music

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Streaming Video from Films On Demand.

Streaming Video from Films On Demand.

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Streaming video from Films On Demand program, "Susan B. Anthony Slept Here." As a black woman in a white world, Bessie Smith lived by her own rules and encouraged other women to do the same.

Streaming video from Films On Demand. Louis Armstrong was the most celebrated native son of New Orleans.