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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou0T4UgSqqg
Posted on YouTube: August 22, 2010
By YouTube Member: Maiyanna
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Posted on DU: September 07, 2010
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This is a War Department propaganda film, released in 1943 and again in 1946 to present the case for desegregating the U.S. military. (Desegregating the military was a major precursor to the civil rights movement.)
I find it to be a very relevant response to the intolerance being pushed by Beck, Palin, and the Tea Party. History does indeed repeat itself. It does give me hope that we've been through such extraordinarily toxic periods in our history before now, and we've survived them.
wikipedia link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Be_a_Sucker!