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"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Archive Month: February 2012

The Search for Equality: LGBT Stories of Democracy in Action

  • Experiences
The Search for Equality: LGBT Stories of Democracy in Action
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Hear from those who know firsthand just how deeply personal the political can be, and vice versa. The Search for Equality: LGBT Stories of

Interview with Richard Beeman

  • Experiences
Full interview with Richard Beeman
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Our partner Mary Menzel from the California Center for the Book spoke with Beeman, who is one of the nation’s foremost Constitutional scholars, at

Interview with Rebecca Solnit

  • Experiences
Interview with Rebecca Solnit - California Reads
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*Note: this is the short version of this interview. You can also find the full-length version of the interview here on our site. In the aftermath

Film: From The Quarters to Lincoln Heights

  • Community Stories, Experiences
From the Quarters to Lincoln Heights - California Documentaries Project
rom the Quarters to Lincoln Heights
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Experience a taste of the documentary From the Quarters to Lincoln Heights, which delves into the story of how thousands of African Americans came

Interview with Daniel Alarcón

  • Experiences
Interview with Daniel Alarcón - California Reads
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*Note: this is the short version of this interview. You can also find the full-length version of the interview here on our site. Daniel

Trailer: We Were Here: The AIDS Years in San Francisco

  • California Documentary Project, Experiences
We Were Here: The AIDS Years in San Francisco - California Documentaries Project
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When AIDS (or “gay cancer,” as it was first called) began ravaging San Francisco’s gay community in the 1980s, the epidemic raised profound personal

Film: The Polk Gulch Oral History Project

  • Community Stories, Experiences
The Polk Gulch Oral History Project
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When a new wave of urban gentrifiers infiltrate a historically disenfranchised LGBT San Francisco community conflicts and tensions abound. Can they find a way to

Trailer: Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

  • California Documentary Project, Experiences
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone - California Documentaries Project
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Who put the funk in punk? It hasn’t been easy, but for over 25 years a band out of South Central Los Angeles has

Video: A New Harvest: The Future of Small Town California

  • California Documentary Project, Experiences
A New Harvest: The Future of Small Town California - California Documentaries Project
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Throughout the state of California, small town industries like fishing, mining, and agriculture are quickly becoming a thing of the past. As competition stiffens

Film: Hyampom Oral History Project

  • Community Stories, Experiences
Hyampom Oral History Project - Community Stories Grant
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The Hyampom Oral History Project received a Community Stories grant to record the stories of several elders of diverse backgrounds in the Siskiyou County

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