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From Series: Gospel
Starting in the 1940s, part 2 of "Gospel" explores the Golden Age of Gospel -- the dramatic explosion of Black sacred music and the segregated highways of the American South -- thr...
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From Title: Part 1: The Inferno (1216-1308) (Dante: Inferno to Paradise)
Dante created Florence's identity, good and bad. He longed to return to the city but never did. Dante was born in Florence in 1265 and was a self-taught intellectual.
Beatrice died at age 24, when Dante was 25. He had been writing sonnets in her honor for seven years. He used poems to her and narrative prose to write "The New Life."
Dante became involved in politics in 1295 at age 30. It was during a period in Florence when a new democratic form of government was in place. Within five years, the city became di...
Dante had intense feelings while writing "The Divine Comedy" and felt that he was living through the events of the poem. The poem begins with Dante trapped in a dark forest, unsure...
In the rainy and muddy circle, Dante and Virgil encounter Cerberus. The third circle is for gluttons, who are treated like pigs. Ciacco tells Dante about the horrific violence that...
The fourth circle is for greed and the fifth is for wrath. Dante recognizes Filippo Argenti, among the wrathful trapped in the River Styx. Argenti was a political rival who played...
The lowest circle is for traitors, all trapped in a lake of ice. Dante and Virgil encounter Count Ugolino.
From Title: Part 2: Resurrection (1309 and After) (Dante: Inferno to Paradise)
After speaking with Beatrice, two streams bathe Dante, washing away sin and restoring goodness. The bath ends "Purgatory." In 1312, Henry VII attempts to capture Florence.
Dante and Beatrice first reach the sphere of the moon. They encounter souls as flames, sparks, and starlight. Beatrice grows more beautiful and luminous as she leads Dante through...
From Title: Building the Eiffel Tower
The approach to building the Garonne River Bridge's piers informs Eiffel's approach to constructing the foundation of the Eiffel Tower; workers develop the bends while inside the c...
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The interior of the moment provides clues to the structural strength of the Eiffel Tower; rivets are essential.
Workers in Gonesse practice the assembly technique. Riveting teams work up to 12 hours a day during the Eiffel Tower's assembly. Mobile steam-powered cranes allow workers to lift m...
Weather and backlash hinder the Eiffel Tower's construction; Eiffel organizes a banquet on the tower's second level platform to improve public opinion. Workers begin the tower's th...
The tower receives a new layer of paint approximately every seven years; the tower's color changes several times. Heritage restorers examine the pigment layers; red indicates Eiffe...
In 2000, workers install 20,000 strobing lights on the Eiffel Tower. The structure stands as a source of inspiration for engineers and builders.
From Title: When Whales Could Walk
Paleontologist Hesham Sallam studies the fossils of prehistoric whales found in the Sahara Desert. Wadi al Hitan, a 75-mile area, houses 40-million-year-old fossils, including an e...
Sallam studies one of the bones of a prehistoric whale in Wadi al Hitan. The Basilosaurus was 60 feet long and weighed seven tons.
Over 50 million years ago, some mammals returned to living in the ocean. Reidenberg studies the anatomy of whales to obtain a better understanding of their origins. The closest ge...
Sallam's team found a new species of ancient whale that they named Phiomicetus Anubis. They study the remains to see if the species walked on land.
From Title: Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
The snowmelt from a blizzard in 1977 brought steel drums of toxic waste to the surface. Residents contacted United States Rep. John LaFalce about the "black sludge." He and his sta...
American Experience
The residents of Love Canal established a group with Gibbs as president. Their goal was for residents to have the ability to leave with their homes purchased at market value, like...
Clean-up began in evacuated parts of Love Canal in 1978. State officials continued to tell residents they were safe. Residents educated themselves on toxicology and worked with can...
From Title: Episode 7: The Brick Wall Falls (Finding Your Roots, Season 10)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets with the singer to uncover her family history. Warwick began singing in her church choir as a child, but did not gain fame until she was in her 20s.
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