Mel Brooks: Melon Balls Mean Money

Extras

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  How the farmworkers’ movement used concerts to fundraise

  Jim Cassell organized concerts as fundraisers for the farmworkers’ movement.

  3:40
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  Peaceful protest with Joan Baez

  Singer Joan Baez was one of the peaceful protesters of the farmworkers’ movement.

  2:31
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  The music of America’s farmworkers

  Daniel Valdez created a bolero song from the poem "Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun."

  3:10
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  Cesar Chavez's love of jazz and pachuco culture

  Civil rights activist Cesar Chavez expressed an interest in music from an early age.

  3:27
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  Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

  Follow the 50-year career of preeminent First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams.

  2:20
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  The case that protected corporate spending in elections

  Learn how the First Amendment protects independent spending by corporations in elections.

  2:26
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  When The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers

  The New York Times sought the legal counsel after publishing the Pentagon Papers.

  2:22
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  The history of the First Amendment

  "We were making up, in a sense, First Amendment law as we went along," said Floyd Abrams.

  2:48
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  A Song for Cesar

  See how Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers’ movement were influenced by music and the arts.

  1:52
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  Thought Leaders

  "Thought Leaders" examines the lives and legacies of political changemakers.