Shark Tank

The critically acclaimed Shark Tank gives budding entrepreneurs the chance to make their dreams come true, and possibly make a business deal that will make them a millionaire. Season Three continues to make TV history, with the Sharks offering over $6.2 million of their own money in investment deals to bankroll a creative array of innovative entrepreneurs.

http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/index

Speech Accent Archive

The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.

via Speech Accent Archive.

I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr.

This is an audio recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving the “I Have a Dream” speech during the Civil Rights rally on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963.

via I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr. : Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive.

Die Verfassung: Ein zeitloses Dokument; Zusatztexte – Amerika Dienst der Botschaft der USA

zwei Zusatztexte zum Kapitel “Die Verfassung: Ein zeitloses Dokument” aus dem Buch “Das amerikanische Regierungssystem”, das vom Büro für internationale Informationsprogramme des US-Außenministeriums als Teil der Outline-Reihe herausgegeben wurde.

via Die Verfassung: Ein zeitloses Dokument; Zusatztexte.

“I HAVE A DREAM” Video

Elektronische Kopie eine Fernsehübertragung vom 28. August 1963: Teil 1 & Teil 2

I Have a Dream, Address at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Eine Audioaufzeichnung von Kings Rede beim “March on Washington,” zur Verfügung gestellt vom King Center der Universität von Standford. Ebenfalls verfügbar ist eine deutsche Übersetzung der Rede als PDF-Dokument: http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_august_28_1963_i_have_a_dream/

“I have a dream” – video der Rede von Martin Luther King Jr. mit englischen Untertiteln

Leider ist die Quelle des Videos unklar – sobald ich sie identifiziert habe werde ich hier eine entsprechende Notiz machen!

Film: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xeitn3_i-have-a-dream-martin-luther-king-e_people

Martin Luther King Jr. Filmclips

Verschiedene Filmclips über Martin Luther King Jr., zusammengestellt durch die US-Amerikanische National Archives and Records Administration: http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.54547

Der Marsch auf Washington – NARA Film

Filmmaterial der US-Amerikanischen National Archives and Records Adminstration über den “March of Washington” (20 Minuten): http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.49737

Television News and the Civil Rights Movement

It is often suggested that national television news coverage of the civil rights movement helped transform the United States by showing Americans the violence of segregation and the dignity of the African American quest for equal rights. In the American South, local television news coverage had immediate and significant effects. This essay argues that local television news broadcasts in Virginia in the fifties began to address the segregation issue in ways substantially more balanced and desegregated than the print media, while a major television station in Jackson, Mississippi, worked hard to defend segregation and deny access to opposing voices, both local and national.

via Television News and the Civil Rights Struggle: The Views in Virginia and Mississippi | Southern Spaces.