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Today, we reflect on the legacy of #NelsonMandela, who passed away #onthisday in 2013.

In 1994, just months after becoming South Africa’s first democratically elected president, Mandela spoke at Howard University’s Commencement Convocation, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws degree. In his speech, Mandela celebrated the transformative power of education, acknowledging Howard’s historic contributions to progress.

🔗 americanarchive.org/catalog/cp

This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we honor the stories of Native Americans with powerful documentaries like “Surviving Columbus,” which explores the history and resilience of the Pueblo people.

Discover this and many more films featuring Native voices from Native producers in the AAPB’s Vision Maker Media Documentaries Collection: americanarchive.org/special_co

Yesterday, in 1969, "Sesame Street" premiered, introducing children around the world to the whimsical characters that would go on to raise generations.
Did you know Oscar the Grouch wasn’t always green? Check out his very first appearance back in the day!

Watch the full first episode in the AAPB archive and relive the magic that started it all: americanarchive.org/catalog/cp

Discover the rich tapestry of Puerto Rican history and culture with the WIPR: Arts and Culture in Puerto Rico Collection! 🇵🇷

Featuring thousands of programs originally broadcast from 1953 to 1997 on the iconic 940 AM radio station, WIPR’s programming, primarily in Spanish, delves into 40 years of Puerto Rico's vibrant history, offering a unique lens into La Isla del Encanto and its connections to the world.

Explore the collection: americanarchive.org/special_co

americanarchive.orgWIPR: Arts and Culture in Puerto Rico

📣 New to the AAPB: The Voices of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Exhibit 📣

Featuring television and radio programs from the 1950s and 1960s, this exhibit presents historic testimonies from movement participants, telling the complex history of integrating the segregated South and achieving full citizenship rights for African Americans.

Explore the exhibit: americanarchive.org/exhibits/c

americanarchive.orgVoices from the Southern Civil Rights Movement | American Archive of Public BroadcastingVoices from the Southern Civil Rights Movement presents educational and noncommercial television and radio programs from the 1950s and 1960s that offer historic testimonies – in interviews, speeches, documentaries, panel discussions, and on-the-spot news reports – from many movement participants, both well-known and unknown. National leaders, local leaders, community organizers, students, clergy, lawyers, educators, academics, writers, and even a comedian and a documentary filmmaker relate often riveting stories that document a range of individual and group experiences and perspectives. The exhibit presents accounts from a variety of locales, each a distinct piece of the complex history of the struggle to integrate the segregated South and achieve full citizenship rights for African Americans.The original Voices from the Southern Civil Rights Movement exhibit, launched in 2015 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, consisted of radio programs that had been broadcast as the historical events they covered were taking place. In 2024, we have expanded Voices to include National Educational Television (NET) programs about the Southern Civil Rights Movement from the 1960s to comprise a visual component of the exhibit. Kenneth Alexander Campbell, an intern in the 2020 Library of Congress/Howard University Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced (AHHA) Internship Program, curated the update. Following his internship, Kenneth, an accomplished documentary film artist, received a Masters of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts from Howard University, taught graduate courses in film history and African cinema at Howard, served as Impact Producer on the acclaimed documentary MLK/FBI, and joined the Department of Mass Communications at North Carolina Central University, his alma mater, as an assistant professor. Kenneth passed away on April 19, 2024. We dedicate this exhibit to his memory. In a blog post about his AHHA internship, Kenneth discussed the significance of the NET programs we have added to Voices from the Southern Civil Rights Movement: Before moving to Washington, I became involved with the SNCC Critical Oral History Project at Duke University, back home in North Carolina. This project documented the experience of veteran members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee of the American Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, which later evolved into the Black Power Movement. My personal involvement with that intergenerational, face-to-face, personal exchange deeply affected my understanding of the history of the people of this country… This AHHA research experience has further expanded my understanding of the history the people of this country - and the incalculable impact that public broadcasting can have on how our history unfolds. The long-form work of NET Journal demonstrates what an effective vehicle cinéma vérité and journalistic documentary can be. The “Realities” of the series Public Broadcast Laboratory provide a robust visual landscape of faces to replace the opaque and cliché terms “the public” or “the masses.” And the series Of People and Politics often delves much deeper into the nuances of the public discourse around voting rights and the transition to human rights than I ever expected. NET created a profoundly unique moment in broadcast history. And it documented a profoundly unique moment in American history. But perhaps more importantly, it demonstrated the potential of the camera to be a highly effective tool for broadcasting the densely rich visual history of this land.

This month, the AAPB is excited to celebrate #PrideMonth! 🌈✨

Explore thousands of programs in our archive, dedicated to sharing the diverse experiences and contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals throughout history, hand-curated in our new blog post: blog.americanarchive.org/2024/

We'll be sharing features from this rich collection all month long, so stay tuned!

It's been a bit since we first joined the #fediverse, so we thought we'd re-introduce ourselves!

@amarchivepub is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and GBH, dedicated to preserving #publicmedia.

With 160,000+ TV and radio programs contributed by 550+ public media orgs, producers and archives, we work to make #publicbroadcasting free and accessible to all!

From classic clips to behind-the-scenes insights, join us in exploring our nation's rich media history, one post at a time!

#PublicBroadcasting & #PublicBroadcasters on the Fediverse:

➡️ @beverly_ochieng - Security & media analyst at BBC Monitoring, specialising in Africa

➡️ @ZDF - German public broadcasting network ZDF, founded 1963 (in German)

➡️ @gbhnews - News from PBS/NPR affiliate in Boston MA, USA

➡️ @azpm - PBS & NPR affiliate in Southern Arizona, USA

➡️ @philmeyer - Head of Southern Oregon PBS, USA

➡️ @kcts9 - TV channel & PBS affiliate, Seattle WA, USA

➡️ @BBCRadio4 - BBC Radio 4, UK speech station

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Another established news source on the Fediverse, this time Euronews:

➡️ @euronews

This is their official account on Flipboard, which federates to the rest of the Fediverse.

Euronews is an international TV and online news service, founded in 1993 by a consortium of European public broadcasters.

Their website is at euronews.com

euronewsLatest breaking news available as free video on demand | EuronewsLatest breaking news available as free video on demand. Stay informed on European and world news about economy, politics, diplomacy… with Euronews.

DW, Germany's publicly-owned international broadcaster, now has an official account on here (sort of!). It's run by their research department looking at new ideas for media, including the Fediverse. You can follow at:

➡️ @dw_innovation

The account is in English, as it is intended for international audiences.

Hopefully if this account is a success, it could bring more DW departments to open accounts on here.