Friday, January 22, 2010

Online Resource Suggestions

A 21st century database - WolframAlpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/

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Containing over 10+ trillion pieces of data, WolframAlpha calls itself a computational knowledge engine and aims to be a 21st century leader in the way that makes it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything.


Independent Lens: Banished: American Ethnic Cleansings

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/banished/

This thoughtful and troubling documentary on the forced removal of black residents was produced as part of the Independent Lens series on PBS. Watch the documentary in its entirety on the PBS website and explore the thirteen counties in the eight states which banished their black residents.

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